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TMMC1251: Engaging with Leadership and Theology for Ministry and Mission

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Type Tied
Level 1
Credits 20
Availability Available in 2023/24
Module Cap None.
Location Durham
Department Theology, Ministry and Mission

Prerequisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • TMMC1217 - Foundations of Leadership and Theology for Ministry and Mission

Aims

  • To enable students to describe and discuss different models of leadership in the church and the workplace.
  • To enable students to reflect upon models of leadership using biblical and theological approaches within the context of the churchs ministry and mission.
  • To encourage students to reflect from a theological and biblical perspective upon their own experiences of leadership.
  • To develop students awareness of servant leadership and collaborative ministry in the context of the ministry and mission of the church.
  • To enable students to assess the effect of cultural trends on leadership in the church.

Content

  • Secular, biblical and theological approaches to issues of leadership.
  • The relationship between leadership, authority, service and collaboration from an ecclesiological and missiological perspective.
  • The relationship between understandings of leadership, personal formation and spirituality.
  • Biblical and historical models of ecclesial leadership and their impact on contemporary approaches.
  • The impact of cultural trends on approaches to ecclesial leadership.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • Describe and discuss a range of theological and biblical principles which apply to leadership and collaboration in the context of the churchs ministry and mission.
  • Explore a range of influential ideas about leadership and management from a theological perspective in the context of Christian discipleship, ministry and mission.
  • Describe and discuss historical models of church leadership
  • Discuss the impact of cultural trends on leadership in the church.

Subject-specific Skills:

  • Assess their own exercise of leadership skills within an ecclesial context
  • Reflect theologically upon their experience of group and team membership and leadership.

Key Skills:

  • Carry out a guided task that involves independent inquiry; management of time and resources; using IT; meeting deadlines; evaluating the task and learning from it.
  • Recognise key issues in their own personal and professional development.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Lectures
  • Seminars
  • Placements

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Lectures8 
Seminars8 
Placements80 
Personal Study92 

Summative Assessment

Component: Review and PresentationComponent Weighting: 50%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Book Review1,000 words40 
Oral Presentation20 minutes60 
Component: Theological ReflectionComponent Weighting: 50%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Theological Reflection2,500 words100 

Formative Assessment

More information

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