THE525 The New Testament Church
This is a study of the origin, nature, purpose, mission, polity, and ministry of the church. It examines the biblical and theological issues involved in the doctrine of the church with a particular focus on the practical preparation of students for effective or enhanced ministry in local churches or parachurch ministry organizations, based on a biblical understanding of the local church.
Credits: 3
Student learning outcomes
- Create a Biblical philosophy for the formation, structure, and purpose of the Church past and present.
- Evaluate their personal presuppositions about the church in comparison to the Biblical philosophy.
- Create or compare leadership structures of the local church to the Biblical examples.
- Analyze the stages of church development and compare to a current church model.
- Assess the Biblical mandates for a church versus man-made traditions.
- Develop a strategic approach to collaborative relationships between the church and other organizations (para-church, secular, etc).