Missional Leadership

ML700 DEVELOPING EMERGING LEADERS (3)

West
An advanced perspective and skill enhancement course which provides a theoretical and practical orientation to leadership development studies through the implicational lens of missiological theory, research, and application. The class helps students accelerate their leadership development vision and ethic, and develop culturally appropriate strategies, perspectives, and principles for training leaders in their current or anticipated ministry settings. Prerequisite: IS501. Meets with CL620 on the Kentucky campus.

ML705 TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP THEORY (3)

West
This course enhances the leadership reflexes of missional leaders by exploring the contextual nature and transformative implications of leadership. Using a post-modern approach to teaching and learning, case studies of leaders are engaged through various media - film, biography and literature. Postgraduate students only.

ML714 LEADING GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS (3)

Tumblin, West
This course combines organizational psychology, ecclesiology, and Christian leadership studies to move the student to an understanding of organizational and group dynamics. Students will develop proficiency in the analysis and development of organizations. Meets with CL614 on the Kentucky campus.

ML715 CROSS-CULTURAL LEADERSHIP (3)

Gray, West
This course examines the role of culture and cultural dynamics in the selection, emergence, and functioning of leadership. Primary attention will be given to leadership dynamics within the multicultural North American context, but consideration will also be given to how American theories and models are appropriated in other cultural contexts. Prerequisite: IS501. Meets with CL615/MS653 on the Kentucky campus.

ML720 LEADING THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION (3)

West
This course focuses on capacities sought after by executive leaders of nonprofit ministry organizations (NPOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and ministry start-ups, especially those within intercultural contexts. Key priorities of strategic leaders - vision, organizational development, strategic planning, human and financial resources, systems management - make up the focus of the course. Taught as a simulated ministry launch process, the participants explore faith and faithfulness while navigating contingencies within the organizational life cycle of a resource-dependent organization. Postgraduate students only.

ML725 CONTEXTUALIZED LEADERSHIP TRAINING (3)

West
Exploring culturally comparative leadership perspectives, course participants are oriented towards strategic concerns such as: indigenous leadership, campaign evangelism follow-up, dependency and sufficiency models, culturally-determined leadership studies, church-based theological education, contextualization in theological education and specific international examples of the leadership training strategies. Special emphasis is on designing resources and strategies for long-term reproducible models. Postgraduate students only.

ML755 LEADERSHIP TRAINING: FIELD PRACTICUM (3)

West
Planned as a field-based course, participants will develop missional teams to facilitate contextualized training in selected intercultural contexts. Participants, depending on gifting, preparation and ministry/research interests, will practice theoretical perspectives by developing conferences/seminars, contextualized curricula, and teaching in ministry institutes/schools in international field settings. Prerequisite: ML725. Postgraduate students only.

ML760 MISSIONAL LEADERSHIP RESEARCH DESIGN (3)

West
The course provides a historical, theoretical and heuristic orientation to leadership studies for the purposes of conducting doctoral-level research and theory-building in church life, missiology, intercultural studies and evangelism. Participants will design publishable research projects in theory-grounded missional leadership. Postgraduate students only.

ML780 TEACHING ADULT LEARNERS: DOCTORAL SEMINAR (3)

West
Participants are oriented theoretically and technically for careers in teaching and learning. The course addresses androgogical theory and practice, experiential learning, developmental perspectives, and post-modern and multicultural concerns in classroom and campus settings. Learners will also critically develop syllabi, course plans, instructional design, bibliographic materials and instructional technologies. Special emphasis is given to the intercultural teaching of subjects such as: Mission/missiology, ministry, Biblical studies, church/church history, comparative religion, culture and leadership. Postgraduate students only.

ML790 INDEPENDENT RESEARCH IN LEADERSHIP (3)

Staff
Guided independent research for advanced students. See academic policy and procedures. By contract. Credit only. May be repeated.

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