Proposal OverviewProposal Overview

A story-telling M.A. in Global Urban Ministry

Communal ideas(?) collated by Viv Grigg

Urban Leadership Foundation

The following ideas all open for debate, discussion, input.

Proposal Goals

Need

Proposed Schedules & Status

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Proposal GoalsProposal Goals An accredited postgrad diploma (10 courses), MA (20 course plus

project?) also courses available at a BA level– For churchplanters and workers among the poor

– For workers of several compatible movements Experiential/Community- based

– In-field story-based

– First and 2nd furlough concentrated 3 to 6 months of courses

– Both skills and academic training

– Holistic Kingdom of God and churchplanting orientations Accessible by web and yearly consultations

– Each course broken up into four ten hour units on the web

– Students meet yearly for a one week intensive in an Asian and a Latin city

Preliminary Inputs:Brazil consultation, June 01, – Ideal: functional Sept ‘03

Perceived Need for CollaborationPerceived Need for Collaboration Capacity-building: many workers need paced upskilling Healing: Workers need academic reflection to process the horrific nature of issues they face We need to design what we collectively want and market it to an academic institution for a partnership

– Occasionally our attempts to get courses from extant institutions have been successful but inadequate responses - they control processes

– We have most of the building blocs between us– We have enough qualified faculty between us– We have sufficient personnel to almost make it viable

Field-based: low cost, accessible in Asia and Latin America, mostly web-based, with yearly gatherings, accredited

Can be done 1 course per quarter, plus 6 months full time furloughs? plus project, all over 5 years?

Team/ResourcesTeam/Resources

Presently Asuza Pacific Global Studies is pursuing discussions (click working paper below)– I have explored this with 9 other possible schools.

• Asuza has had the best response

– Rich Slimbach has credibility within the structure• is generally compatible with our shared theologies

– an accredited university• entrepreneurial environment• They have done similar with the ESL programs

Resources Needed– requires cohorts of 22 people, initial cohort of 15

– email, web equipment needed by participants

– locations in Brazil, UK, Chiang Mai and LA?

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Options AnalysisOptions Analysis

• We all have some prefield and basic programs– Do we want to mesh forces at a level beyond these?

• Other Options– Secular programs in development– Ray Bakke is developing an M Div program with Asian Theological Seminary

• too high a level– Eastern Baptist has an training program in economic development

• not churchplanting centered– New Covenant in New Zealand has what we need

• an undergrad 4 year full time program, but distance is a problem– Kevin Dyson’s network may be able to provide what we need– Multiple partnerships between schools should be explored,

• one school needs to take the lead– There are other urban schools

• none seem to comprehensively meet our needs, all are helpful• very few train churchplanters

– To be viable will have to mesh with CCDA in the US

TechnologyTechnology

New technology being used– after first time each course has being taught, it be developed

as web-based with video content clips from classes• development of this is expensive and requires institutional

backing

– web cam linkup will make professor -student dialogue viable

– international phone costs have become negligible Limits to technology

– courses need to be designed around group interaction

– initial and yearly gatherings of each group are essential• to sustain momentum• to sustain story-telling basis for learning modules

Political QuestionsPolitical Questions

Do we the people, want to work on something like this together?– Is it a need?

– 12 course British or 20 course US system?

– MA or BA?

– When would it be sufficient need to warrant the resources?

– How much time can out people put into study while in ministry?

– Can it be done with another third world partner better?

– Can we build sufficient trust and working relationship to enable it?

– How do we balance the control of the academic institution on content and personnel to keep it on track to meeting our needs

Proposed ScheduleProposed Schedule

Preliminary Inputs: prior to Brazil consultation, June 01– Send out initial diagram of possible courses– Request for a key trainer to be involved in team from each mission– Raise $10-15,000 to cover my time, researchers time plus admin and others time in

developing the process– Initial competency profiles (what are our training outputs) developed– Discern and mesh available training modules used by organizations at four levels

• prefield (e.g. language learning, orientation, anthropology courses)• experiential field • in-field skills courses• mid-field academic courses

– Determine what we are missing and desire and need to develop– Refine 1 paragraph course descriptions for 24 courses, decide what other general

courses are essential (e.g. anthropology)

Click for Details of Competency Profiles (to be added)

Proposed Schedule 2Proposed Schedule 2

Brazil consultation - June 2001– Discuss these issues in detail

• refine proposal• common agreement• evaluate viability - numbers etc• refine proposal back to Asuza

2002-3 Asuza or other accrediting process• Functional Sept ‘03?

Current Status– On-track

• Rich excited and involved (see response)• initial diagram of courses• initial competency profiles• everyone excited

– Behind in what areas?• need to nail down excitement to commitment• need to raise funding to cover my time

0.1 Undergrad Introductionto Urban Mission

(Urban Encounters)(R)

Basic Biblical &

Theological Foundations

Track 1 Theology of

Urban Mission

1.1 Urban Theology

(Kingdom and City)(R)

1.2 Urban Spirituality

1.3 Citywide Evangelism

Revival and Transformation

1.4 Theology and Practiceof Societal Transformation(Kingdom Movements)

etc

Track 2 Urban Poor

Mission Leadership

2.1 Urban PoorMissions Theology(Kingdom & the Poor)(R)

2.2 Practice of UrbanPoor Mission(Churchpltg, econ etc.)(R)

2.3 Confronting Powers: Leadership of CommunityOrganisations

2.4 Kingdom Economics:Micro-enterpriseLeadership & Devt

2.5 Lifestyle andValues of Incarnational Leaders

2.6 Practice of DeveltProject Planning& Management Skills

2.7 Pastoral Care of

Urban Poor Leaders

Track 3: Transformation ofLeadership & Structures of

Postmodern Cities

3.1 Urban Sociology

and the Urban Church

3.2 Leadership Dynamics

of Urban Movements

3.3 Urban Research

3.5 Kingdom Economics

and Urban Economics

3.6 Biblical Reflections onUrbanAnthropology

etc

Track 4: Community Devt

(Rural and Urban)

Primary Health Care

Crisis & Disaster

Management

Information Technology

Publishing &

Media Communiction

NGO Management

& Administration

Small Business Management &Administration

Specialist courses:Street Children, AidsProstitution Interventions

Track 5: Cross-Cultural

Leadership

EthnoTheologyand Leadershipof Movements

Language &

Culture Learning (R)

Cross-CulturalConflict Management(Reconciliation)

Ethnic Leadership

Styles (R)

etc

Contributing Track 1:

Theological Foundations

Basic Biblicaland Theological Foundation (R)

Hermeneuticsin the PostmodernContext

Theological Research

and Writing

etc

Support Track 2l

Professional Disciplines

Education units

Primary Health Care Units

Media units

Information Tech units

Urban Planning* Urban Geography* Urban Housing Issues

Other Professional Courses

etc

Initial Course Proposals Initial Course Proposals (print to read)(print to read)