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LEADERSHIP TRANSFORMATION & MINISTRY SKILLS
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC870
Women/femmes and New Models of Leadership
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
A-TERM: This course aims to deconstruct and demystify "leadership", encourage active participation in discovering individual and communal leadership styles, and expand how we approach leadership through the lens of women/femmes.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Hee An Choi
A TERM
9:00-3:15
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC871
Spiritual Formation for Peace Builders
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
Through reading and reflection on biographies and autobiographies of national and international peace-builders, students will look at how the cultural contexts and spiritual practices of the peace-builder influenced their peace- building work. The focus will be on peace-builders beginning in the 20th century with Gandhi, King, Chavez, Day, Deming, and others. Students will also explore their own contexts and how those contexts impact their perspectives on both spiritual formation and confliction transformation.
Professor
Class Day & Time
David Hooker
R
3:30-6:15
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
N
School
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Boston
MC/SE602
Church & Community: Intro to Public Min.
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
This course introduces students to important strategies for social ministry, such as, congregation-based community organizing, community development, and others, designed to facilitate a holistic social ministry and prophetic role in the community and exploring as avenues towards gospel faithfulness and shalom in the city. The biblical/theological bases for social responsibility are explored.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Wright, Annette
Saturdays Sep. 23, Oct. 21, Nov. 18, Dec 2
TBD
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
Y
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
Digital Live - CUME/online // NOTE CLASS DAYS
School
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Hamilton
MC/SF501
Spiritual Formation for Ministry
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
The foundational course in the Division of Practical Theology and an introduction to theological seminary. A beginning working knowledge of spiritual formation leading to a lifetime of continuing education. Spiritual exercise and small group practice for personal application and for leadership in the church.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Adams, Gwenfair
T
1:30-4:30pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
Live - Hamilton
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 3096
Faith-Based Community Organizing: Strengthening Social Justice and Strengthening Congregations
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
This course instructs students in principles and skills from the discipline of faith-based community organizing. The course will draw upon the variety of approaches employed by the four large national faith-based organizing networks in the U.S. Students will gain insight from the experiences of organizing practitioners, both organizers and clergy leaders in these organizations, who are actively engaged in empowering their communities, holding public officials accountable, and transforming unjust social structures related to economic and racial justice goals. Additionally, students will be asked to reflect on the personal and professional implications of faith-based organizing for their own developing understanding of ministry and for the mission of their respective religious communities. Topics of discussion include (but are not limited to) developing more leaders in the congregation, power, conflict, justice, self-interest, community, democracy, race. the role of clergy in a faith-based community organization, Scripture and the organizing process, what the organizing process entails, accomplishments of these organizations on social justice issues at the local, state, and national levels.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Finfer, Lewis
W
3:00-6:00pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
PAST 7252
Parish Leadership & Admin. I
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
The purpose of this course is to integrate the experiences that students have in their field education placement with the theological and organizational principles of parish administration. Students will have an opportunity to reflect upon various dimensions of ministry. Field placements have been designed to give exposure to various aspects of parish life including pastoral visitations, preaching, worship and administration. Course is crosslisted as FLED 7201.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Luke A. Veronis
TR
10:40 AM-12PM
Grading Option
Letter, PF, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
crosslisted as FLED 7201
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC715
Introduction to Preaching
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
An introduction to the theology and practice of preaching within the context of Christian ministry and worship. Students develop skills necessary for preparation, composition, delivery, and critique of sermons.�
Professor
Class Day & Time
David Jacobsen
TR
11:00-12:15
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
N
School
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Boston
CL654
Leadership in Urban Ministry
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
Emphasis is given to equipping, leading, and supporting urban Christians in and for their various callings in home, community, church, and workplace through the educational ministry of the local congregation. Helps students to identify their own leadership opportunities, to consider their own leadership assets, and to develop others.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Lloyd, J. Anthony
R, alternating
6-10pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
Y
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
Digital Live - CUME/online // NOTE CLASS DAYS
School
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Hamilton
CL503
Foundations of Christian Leadership
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
This course is designed to equip individuals to serve effectively as leaders, as agents of change, as facilitators of mission, as administrators in the parish or in other related vocational settings. Systems theory is utilized as the major theoretical/theological approach to the foundation of leadership.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Barnes, Kenneth
W
6-9pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
Y
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
Digital Live - Hamilton/online
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2925
Administration and Leadership
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
This course aims to build skills for imaginative and shared leadership in religious, not-for-profit, and academic institutions. Students will develop skills within three areas: managing self-awareness for leadership, developing strategic approaches to complex situations, and interpreting meaning. At the heart of each class session will be interactive learning experiences that include case studies, role-play, debating, and team-based interviewing of a wide range of administrators and leaders. Because many HDS MDiv and MTS graduates are contributors to communities that encounter complex problems, students will be taught how to shepherd meaning through shared communal processing. This course teaches students how to develop contextual and communal approaches to leadership and administration as opposed to dictatorial forms of leadership. Students will learn that ethical leadership and moral administration begins with humility, keen listening, compassionate engagement (to self and others as well as to new information), and the interrogation and evaluation of their own moral compasses, values, strengths, and immunities to certain forms of change. This course will pay close attention to the complex layers of communal conflict and/or challenges by distinguishing between technical and adaptive challenges. Students will be taught to attend to what matters most in each situation and how to motivate substantive and sustainable responses to adaptive problems. Additionally, the course also shows leaders how to do more than �solve problems�. It teaches students how to forge a more productive understanding of the human interactions, motivations, and fears that play crucial roles in the development of a community�s capacity for change and courageous action.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Crowley, Brandon
R
9:00-11:00am
Grading Option
Letter. P/F
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
N
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
N
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 3300
Religious Literacy and the Professions
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
Religions have functioned throughout human history to inspire and justify the full range of human agency from the heinous to the heroic. Their influences remain potent here in the 21st century in spite of modern predictions that religious influences would steadily decline in concert with the rise of secular democracies and advances in science. Professionals in a wide range of fields need to understand these complex religious influences in order to understand modern human affairs across the full spectrum of endeavors in local, national, and global arenas. In this course, we will focus on religious literacy in the professions of journalism, arts and popular culture, government, humanitarian action, education, and organizing. How can a nuanced and complex understanding of religion enhance the ability of professionals in these fields to serve their populations? Students will learn a critical theory method for comprehending the ways that religions shape, and are shaped by, different social, cultural, and political contexts and will apply that method to case studies in diverse professional sectors. Students will select one of the six professions listed above as a focus for their work in the course and for the Certificate in Religion and Public Life for those wishing to pursue this option. See this link for a list of the Religion and Public Life Fellows who will serve as co-instructors, each leading their own section. This course is open to all but required for those pursuing a Certificate in Religion and Public Life. Course must be taken for a letter grade if pursuing the certificate.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Moore, Diane & Rashid, Hussein
TR
10:30-11:45am
Grading Option
Letter, P/F
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
PAST 7252 A
Parish Leadership & Admin I FieldEd
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
FA23
Field Education
Professor
Class Day & Time
Stavroula Gurguliatos
TBD
TBD
Grading Option
Letter, PF, Audit
Credits
0
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisite?
N
Notes
N
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