EM038-812 - Developing Resilience and Spiritual Maturity in Cross-Cultural Ministry

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • Evangelism & Missiology Unit Discipline

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, spiritual formation and resilience in cross-cultural ministry

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on spiritual formation and resilience in cross-cultural ministry

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship and learning to sustain spiritual growth and development of resilience in cross cultural ministry

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on spiritual formation and resilience in cross-cultural ministry

C. Be in a position to

Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Developing Resilience and Spiritual Maturity in Cross-Cultural Ministry’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

1. Factors in spiritual formation and the development of resilience in intercultural ministry
2. Biblical perspectives on resilience and its development, and spiritual formation
3. The role of suffering and developing a biblical response to it in spiritual growth 
4. The forms and role of spiritual warfare in intercultural ministry and their impact on spiritual formation and resilience in the light of Scripture and missiological literature
5. Developing healthy approaches to relationships and to conflict in the light of Scripture and missiological perspectives
6. Developing a plan for spiritual formation and developing resilience, including engagement with spiritual disciplines.
7. Helping others – family members, friends, and co-workers – grow spiritually and in resilience

Further Information

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code EM708-4.

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


Prescribed:

Sedmak, C., The Capacity to be Displaced: Resilience, Mission, and Inner Strength (Leiden: Brill, 2017).

Smith, G., Called to be Saints: An Invitation to Christian Maturity. (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014).

 

Recommended:

Averbeck, R., “Spirit, Community, and Mission: A Biblical Theology for Spiritual Formation,” Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care 1(2008): 27-53. Avaiable from https://journals.biola.edu/sfj/assets/20/sfj-1-1-27.pdf

Berding, K., “At the Intersection of Mission and Spiritual Formation in the Letters of Paul,” Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care 6 (2013): 18-37.

Bosch, D., A Spirituality of the Road (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2001).

Brogden, D., Abiding Mission: Missionary Spirituality and Disciple-Making among the Muslim Peoples of Egypt and Northern Sudan (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2016).

Chan, S., Spiritual Theology: A Systematic Study of the Christian Life (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1998).

Eeningenburg, S., and Bliss, R., Expectations and Burnout: Women Surviving the Great Commission (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2010).

Elmer, D., Cross-Cultural Servanthood: Serving Others in Christlike Humility (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2006).

Fernando, A., The Call to Joy and Pain: Embracing Suffering in your Ministry. (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2007).

Foyle, M., Honourably wounded: Stress among Christian workers (London, UK: Monarch, 2010).

Hibbert, E, and Hibbert, R., Leading Multicultural Teams (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2014).

Hale, T., Authentic Lives: Overcoming the Problem of Hidden Identity in Outreach to Restrictive Nations (Pasadena, CA: Willam Carey Library, 2016).

Hoke, S., and Taylor, W., Global Mission Handbook: A Guide to Cross-Cultural Service (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009).

Miller, R., Spiritual Survival Handbook for Cross-Cultural Workers (Orlando, FL: BottomLine Media, 2011).

Moreau, A.S., Essentials of Spiritual Warfare: Equipped to Win the Battle (Shaw Publishers, 2008).

O’Donnell, K. (ed.), Doing Member Care Well: Perspectives and Practices from around the World (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2002).

Schaefer, F & Schaefer, C. (eds.), Trauma & Resilience, A Handbook: Effectively Supporting Those Who Serve God (Condeo Press, 2016).

Shaw, R., Spiritual Equipping for Mission: Thriving as God’s Message Bearers (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2014).

Teague, D,. Godly Servants: Discipleship and Spiritual Formation for Missionaries (Mission Imprints, 2012).