THEOL FRAMEWORKS FOR MINISTRY I (LD 0500)
Term: 2026-2027 Winter Term
Schedule
Sat, 8:30 AM - 4:20 PM (1/9/2027 - 1/9/2027) Location: MAIN
Sun, 12:30 PM - 6:20 PM (1/10/2027 - 1/10/2027) Location: MAIN
Mon, 8:30 AM - 4:20 PM (1/11/2027 - 1/11/2027) Location: MAIN
Description
Ministry is a theological task done with and for living persons. Students in this course explore a theology of ministry that helps people interpret God’s action in their actual lives. The course assists students in thinking about ministry from the location of divine action, recognizing how the leader’s own theological conceptions fuel their imagination for ministry. Students are asked to construct their own “theology” of ministry. Each student is encouraged to focus on their own area of specialization (children’s ministry, youth ministry, pastoral care ministry, etc.) but is also moved into examining a theology of ministry that explores the centrality of God’s action in intergenerational dimensions of human communities.