Course descriptions and scheduling are subject to change by administrative decision. See course offerings booklet for current offerings. Some courses will be offered on a two- or three-year rotation.
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This course focuses a vision for congregations of the faithful at work with God in the world on the urgent moral and social crises of our times. While churches are widely seen as frequent defenders of establishment injustices, their potential for effective, focused moral witness against the major ills of human society is often overlooked. Their proven track record of work to reduce human misery, to minister to the poorest and persons most at risk is an important history to be retrieved and critically evaluated. We will direct our critical attention to Christian churches during Civil Rights Era, and their legacies, in hopes that we will be inspired to engage Christian communities in the ongoing quest for social justice today.
CM 640 Topics (1-3 SH)
This course allows an in-depth engagement with a particular setting within the broad field of ministry settings.
CM 643 Missio Dei in Cultural Context (3 SH)
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CM 663 Mennonite Faith and Polity (2 SH)
This course covers 1)the history of MCUSA polity formation from the time the denomination was formed from two previous Mennonite denominations (2002), 2) the contents of the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective and the Membership Guidelines, the roles of the Executive Board, the Constituency Leaders Council, and the area conferences, and the current conversations about membership in the area conferences; and 3) processes of credentialing of leaders within MCUSA.
United Methodist Studies
The seminary has developed a partnership arrangement with Wesley Seminary in Washington D.C. to cooperatively offer courses in United Methodist studies. At minimum the following three courses will be offered between the two seminaries.
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670 United Methodist
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Studies I (
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3 SH)
A study of the history of the United Methodist Church from the beginning of the Wesleyan movement until the present.
CM 681 United Methodist Doctrine (2 SH)
This course begins with the early history of the Wesleyan movement in England, draws on John Wesley’s sermons and journals, and considers the ways Methodist organized for practical life within their churches and for their mission in the world. It will lay the framework for the ways that the particular Methodist gifts and graces in ecclesiology, theology, and practice, have interwoven throughout the first centuries of the movement.
CM 680 United Methodist Studies II (3 SH)
This course follows the story as Methodism becomes a worldwide movement. Through selected resources from The Book of Discipline, from John Wesley’s sermons and journals, from contemporary scholarship in Wesleyan theology and theological method, and from discussion of the contemporary life of the church, students will examine the core of United Methodist belief, and review the doctrinal expectations of candidates for ordination in the United Methodist Church.
CM 691 United Methodist Polity (2 SH)
Through selected official resources of the United Methodist Church, from contemporary scholarship in Wesleyan theology and The course will include contemporary questions in United Methodist polity , from readings in ecclesiology, and from discussion of the ongoing practical life of the church, students will examine the ways in which United Methodists have organized themselves for mission in the worldthe 21st century.