MDIV 2007

CHURCH MINISTRY &

CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP 888

UNIVERSITEIT VAN STELLENBOSCH

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CONTENTS

Date / Page
Contents / 2
2007 MDiv program: modules & dates / 3
Word of welcome / 4
MDiv program: orientation and organization / 5
Criteria for 24 hour exam / 6
MDiv program: Credit allocation / 7
Definition/methodology of a practical theological ecclesiology / 8
MDiv program outline / 9
1st Term
Introduction to MDiv: Practical Theological Ecclesiology (Hendriks) / 15 – 19 January / 12
Church Law & Church government ( Coertzen) / 22 – 26 January / 13
Spirituality (Ackermann) / 29 January – 2 February / 18
Research methodology (Louw) / 5 – 12 February / 20
Church Law & Church Government (Vosloo) / 13 – 19 February / 23
Systematic Ecclesiology (Vosloo) / 20 – 26 February / 24
Symbolism (Study of creeds and conf.) (Vosloo) / 27 February / 26
SA Church History (Vosloo) / 20 – 26 March / 30
Conflict Management (Hendriks, Onwunta) / 27 – 30 March / 32
2nd Term
Christian Leadership (Hendriks) / 10 – 16 April / 33
Congregational studies & Community analysis (Hendriks) / 17 – 23 April / 34
Liturgy, Homiletics, OT, NT (Cilliers, Jonker, Punt, Mouton) / 24 April – 4 June / 36
Culture, Gender & Religion (Ackermann) / 5 – 11 June / 41
Church & Public moral discourse (Koopman) / 12 – 15 June / 45
3rd Term
Ecumenics (Simon) / 23 – 30 July / 47
Youth care and Moral formation (Koopman / Thesnaar) / 31 July – 6 August / 49
Church, Civil Society and Market (Swart) / 7 – 13 August / 50
Ministry of Justice and Reconciliation I & II (Simon) / 14 – 27 August / 52
Church in Africa (Simon) / 28 August – 3 September / 54
4th Term
Hospital care & care for the sick, Hospital supervision (Louw) / 17 September – 15 October / 56
Children & Youth Culture (HuguenotCollege) / 16 – 22 October / 60
Faith Development & Formation (Thesnaar/Simpson/V Rensburg) / 23 – 29 October / 62
Children & Youth ministry (Thesnaar / PetraCollege) / 30 October – 5 November / 64
Preventative pastoral care: Marriage and family ministry (Louw) / 6 – 12 November / 66
24 hour openbook exam on a case study / 14 – 16 November

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2007 MDIV [Church ministry and Christian leadership] 888 [120 Cr]

Week /

1st Term

(15 Jan–30March)

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2nd Term

(10 Apr – 15 June) /

3rd Term

(23 July – 6 Sept) / 4th Term
(17 Sept – 16 Dec)
1 / Introductionto MDiv: Practical-theological Ecclesiology [2cr]
Hendriks
15-19 Jan / Christian leadership: [3cr] Hendriks
[Submit research proposal on April 10]
10-16 April / Ecumenics [3cr]
Simon
23-30 July
[Draft of research assignment must be handed in on 23rd July] / [Hand in research assignments on 17 Sept]
Hospital care & Care for the sick, Hospital supervision: [2cr] MacMaster 17-24 Sept
2 / Church law & Church governm.: [2cr]
Coertzen, Vosloo
Coertzen 22 – 26 Jan / Congregational Studies & Community analysis Hendriks [3cr]
17-23 April / Youth care and Moral formation. [3cr] Huguenot College & Koopman.
31 Jul- 6Aug / Continue: (AIDS) [2cr]
MacMaster
25 Sept – 1 Oct
3 / Spirituality [2cr]
Ackermann
29 – 2 Feb / Liturgy & Homiletics: [2cr]
Cilliers 24 – 30 Apr / Church, Civil Society and Market: [3cr]. Swart
7 - 13 Aug / Continue: (AIDS) [2cr]
MacMaster
2 - 8 Oct
4 / Research methodology: [36cr] Louw
5-12 Feb / Homiletics & OT: [2cr]
Cilliers
1-7 May / Ministry of Justice and Reconciliation I: [3cr]
Simon
14 - 20 Aug / Continue: (AIDS) [2cr]
MacMaster
9 – 15 Oct
5 / Church law & Church government: [2cr]
(continued) Coertzen, Vosloo
13 - 19 Feb / Homiletics & NT: [2cr]
Cilliers, Jonker
8-14 May / Ministry of Justice and Reconciliation II: [3cr]
Simon
21 - 27 Aug / Children & Youth culture: [3cr] HuguenotCollege. 16 - 22 Oct
[Thesis at US Printers]
6 / Systematic Ecclesiology: [2cr]
Vosloo
20 - 26 Feb / Homiletics, OT& NT: [2cr]
Cilliers, Punt
15-21 May / Church in Africa [3cr]
Simon
28 - 3 Aug / Faith development & formation: [3cr]
HuguenotCollege
23-29 Oct
7 / Symbolism: [2cr]
Study of creeds and confessions. Vosloo: 27 Feb – 5March / Sermon practical: [2cr]
Cilliers, Jonker, Punt
22-28 May /
[Completion & finalization of thesis]
4 – 7 Sept
/ Children & Youth ministry [3cr]
HuguenotCollege
30 Oct – 5 Nov
8 / Symbolism [2cr]
(Continued) Vosloo: 6 - 12 March / Sermon practical: [2cr]
Cilliers, Jonker, Punt
29 May – 4 June / Preventative pastoral care: Marriage and Family [3cr] MacMaster
6 - 12 Nov
9 / Symbolism: [2cr]
Vosloo
13 - 19 March / Church & Gender culture: [3cr] Ackermann
5-11 June / 48 hour open book exam on a case study
14-16 Nov
10 /
SA Church history, 1652-2005: [4cr] Vosloo
20-26 March / Church and public moral discourse: [3cr]
Koopman
12-15 June / Meeting of Lecturers, Students & Mentors for 2008 Licenciate Programme 18 Nov
11 / Conflict management [2cr] Hendriks / Onwunta27-30 March

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W E L C O M E

Dear colleagues, students and lecturers

Over the past six years our MDiv course has developed significantly, mainly as a result of the good communication among all those involved and their capacity for applying conflict in a positive way! The presentation and organization of the programme, apparent in the content of this comprehensive study guide, are adapted every year on the basis of the assessment thereof by students and staff.

The MDiv year is an opportunity for growth in faith maturity, knowledge and skills. Growth can only take place in the context of koinonia and towards this end we ask for the cooperation of all who are involved. Let’s make room to live love and be willing to sacrifice what it demands.

A good theologian knows that the art of living is a balancing movement in which one should be able to handle paradoxes. Freedom and discipline are such a paradox. On the one hand, the programme attempts to create as much freedom as possible for theological growth and development. On the other hand, this can only materialize if a very clear agreement and discipline exists among all the role-players. An attempt to illustrate this follows - the result of six years of wrestling, but it remains open for contributions and negotiation.

May the Lord help us to be a blessing for each other and may we cooperate to glorify God.

Jurgens Hendriks

Programme Coordinator

Tel 808-3260 (or 8083577: Betina Vaughan for messages); e-mail:

MDiv programme: orientation and organisation

  • The objective of this programme is the development of Christian leadership for church ministry. The coherence, or integration factor, which relates the various parts of the programme with each other, is a practical theological ecclesiology. PTE enquires how you do and live theology in the context of a congregational and social environment. Students must continuously and critically test the content of the programme for an understanding how it relates to this objective. (A condensed programme exposition follows hereafter.)
  • Clarity about what a PTE involves is crucial to obtain the main objective of the programme The methodology of a practical theological ecclesiology is attached hereto (p 8). Please note that it is holistic, hermeneutical and missionary by nature. In each module lecturers should indicate how the content of their module fits into this process of doing theology.
  • Prof Hendriks acts as the convenor of the programme. At the end of each term, the class representative must make an appointment for an evaluation discussion. Each programme unit must be evaluated separately by Uni-Ed (the class representative arranges this). A final and overall programme evaluation is done at the end of the year.
  • Each programme unit will be assessed by means of a test or an assignment. The results must be made available to the students 14 days after the testing. Should a lecturer find this to be impossible, an arrangement with the class must be made during the module indicating when the results will be available.
  • A programme unit normally lasts from a Tuesday until the following Monday. Students must take note that this includes the weekend. Their constructive use of the time during weekends would be advisable.
  • Students register for a full time Masters degree. This implies being available for full-day classes (08.00-17.00). This does not mean that the emphasis is on attending classes and lectures. However, particular programme units demand more contact sessions and discussions that may be from 08:00 to 17:00 or even in the evenings. Extramural activities and temporary employment must adapt to the MDiv programme, not vice versa!
  • The M Div may lead to D Th studies if an average of at least 70% was attained.
  • It is a fact that attendance of classes and participation constitute an essential part of theological formation and integration. Therefore, students’ attendance and active participation will also be assessed.
  • Late submission of assignments: The late submission of assignments will be penalized consistently with 5% per day. Only a certificate of illness will be accepted as an excuse. This agreement is imperative. Students who lag behind use the time of other modules and this causes a lot of tension among class members and lecturers. This agreement has been accepted by the Faculty Board at the request of previous MDiv classes. No lecturer may deviate from this.
  • Students are warned to make an early start with their research paper and to work at it continuously. Please note the relative final dates on the programme. Here late submission will be penalized by 5% per week. All papers must be delivered to the programme convenor’s office / alternatively, his secretary. He then hands the papers to the supervisors.
  • All tests and tasks for all modaules as well as the final final (unbound) assignment which counts 36 credits mubt be handed by the responsible lecturer to the secretary of Practical Theology and MIssionlogy (room 2012) for moderation. The final 36 credit assignment can be the final copy which the study supervisor reviewed and where he/she made notes for the student. He/she must record the mark which was givent for the assignment.

Criteria for the 48 hour examination

14-16 Nov 2007 (open-book evaluation)

Objectives (the examination attempts an overall assessment of some of the following aspects):

  • Integration of theory with the practice (integrating your first 5 years of training).
  • Determine how a practical theological ecclesiology is related to problems in the ministry, social problems and philosophical problems.
  • Reflect theologically and critically about the case study (theological reflection is essential).
  • Consider the connection between an understanding of the church and its context on the one hand and, on the other hand, understanding God (systematic theological connection) and how this correlates with confessions of faith.
  • Explain your ecclesiology for the ministry within the context of the case study.
  • How does hermeneutics play a role? How must Scripture be dealt with? Examine the relation: Scriptural authority – Scriptural calling.
  • What sections of the OT/NT are relevant in the case study and how would exegesis apply here?
  • The purpose of the evaluation is outcomes-based: how would you react to the case study in the light of the different cultural contexts and what challenge is presented to Christian leadership and skills for the ministry? What type of Christian leader/minister/care provider is needed? Which model would be meaningful for the ministry?
  • The 48 hour exam count as 25% of the mark awarded to the modules of this program (the modules thus count as 75% of 84 credits).
  • The 48 hour exam can influence the final mark of the program becuase it is the most effective assessment of the outcomes of the programme.

MDiv PROGRAMME: CREDIT DISTRIBUTION AND CALCULATIONS

The credit distribution is explained in Yearbook part 9 and in the front of this book at the time table. The total of the normal modules is 84. The research assignment is 36 credits and the total credits of the programme is 120.

In the MDiv the above-mentioned submodules must be passed with a minimum of 50% to be considered for the calculation of the collective pass mark:

The MDiv pass mark is a minimum of 50%.

The MDiv degree gives access to a DTh only if it is passed with 70% or more.

Credit distribution

The church: PTE, history, being, law and symbols………………………………. 19 Credits

Worship service ……………………………………………………………………12 Credits

Ministry practice: Leadership, congregational analysis, spirituality……...... 8 Credits

Ministry of reconciliation, justice and conflict……………………………………..9 Credits

Context analysis: church in the community ………………………………………..16 Credits

Pastoral Care………………………………………………………………………..8 Credits

Faith development/formation and enrichment……………………………………...12 Credits

Research assignment………………………………………………………………..36 Credits

Total = 120 Credits

Comment

  • A minimum mark of 50 must be attained in each module for consideration of a final comprehensive mark, of which the minimum must be 50 in order to pass. This final mark is calculated in the proportion of 70% (for all 4 modules) and 30% (mark for the assignment). This means that each module within the above mentioned sections must earn a minimum of 50 so that the whole of each course / (see timetable in front of booklet) must be passed with a minimum of 50. The M Div may lead to D Th studies if an average of at least 70% was attained.
  • A final assessment by way of a case study evaluation will be done at the end of the programme in order to determine the outcome of the programme. This will be done by means of a 48-hour examination that students can write at home. The lecturers of the faculty will award an evaluation mark in order to determine whether the student truly has integrated the theology (theory) and can apply it to the ministry practice.

THEOLOGY DEFINED

A methodology for a Practical Theological Ecclesiology

In other words: how to do theology in the ministry

  1. The missional praxis of the triune God, Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier
  2. and about his body, an apostolic faith community,
  3. at a specific time and place in a globalized world (a contextual situation)
  4. where members of this community are involved in a vocationally based, critical and constructive interpretation of their present reality,
  5. drawing upon an interpretation of the normative sources of Scripture and tradition,
  6. struggling to discern God’s will for their present situation (a critical correlational hermeneutic),
  7. to be a sign of God’s kingdom on earth while moving forward with an eschatologically, faith-based reality in view (vision, mission), and
  8. while obediently participating in transformative action at different levels:

a)personal,

b)ecclesial,

c)societal,

d)ecological and

e)scientific

(A doing, liberating, transformative theology, strategy).

From another perspective:

  • Theology is about the discernment
  • that takes place in faith-communities,
  • That leads to their active involvement in church and society,
  • This being their reaction to the presence of a triune, missional God

Who speaks to us through Scripture and tradition [MEMORY]

In our context [INTUITION & ACTION]

And who beckons to us from the future. [IMAGINATION & VISION]

HJ Hendriks

FACULTY OF THEOLOGY STELLENBOSCHUNIVERSITY

1.NAME OF PROGRAM:MDIV (CHURCH MINISTRY AND CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP)

2. PROPOSERS:THE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENTS OF: OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT; SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY AND ECCLESIOLOGY; PRACTICAL THEOLOGY AND MISSIOLOGY

3.OBJECTIVES

3.1General

To equip students for church ministry within the broad paradigm of a Christian and Reformed theology. The program focuses upon the following:

(a)Knowledge of the Christian faith and theology as well as the development of a Christian identity. From the perspective of a practical-theological ecclesiology, the focus is upon the functions of the church and the functioning, organizing and administration of congregational ministry.

(b)An understanding of the being of the church within a historical and dogma-historical context.

(c)The development of communication skills which are directed upon preaching within the framework of public worship and the liturgy, as well as general ministerial skills.

(d)To equip clergy, congregational servers and Christian leaders concerning the question of personal identity/spirituality/faith maturity with the view to the ministry of reconciliation and justice, as well as pastoral-therapeutic aid.

3.2Target market

Training of servers, clergy, ministers, pastors, aid workers, pastoral aid workers and pastoral therapists for congregational ministry. The program aims to equip people professionally who are called for congregational ministry.

3.3Nature of training

The program comprises four main themes: identity of the being of the church; practice of ministry; contextuality; and faith maturity/formation.

These four themes focus upon the following:

(a)A practical-theological Ecclesiology:

*Church functions/koinonia contexts

*Church law/church order

Church doctrine and confessions of faith within historical contexts.

(b)Public worship and related components susch as homiletics, liturgy and the sacraments.

(c)Christian spirituality and leadership within the context of the building-up of a congregation and the functions of the offices.

(d)Ministerial functions within the societal problems of reconciliation, forgiveness, truth, justice and human rights.

(e)Critical contextual and situational analyses within the contexts: building up on the congregation, testimony and missionary outreaches, the ecumene and the interreligious dialogue/debate.

(f)Pastoral formation of congregational servers and aid workers. Pastoral and communication skills/interlocutory skills focusing upon dealing with conflict, counselling and therapy.

(g)Preventive pastoral care within the eco-systemic context of marriage, family and society.

3.4Desired outcome

3.4.1Equipment of congregational servers

(a)Congregational servers, ministers, clergy, service workers, pastors, Christian leaders who focus upon the building-up/development of the congregation, taking into account social development; equipment of offices for congregational ministry.

(b)Persons who would be able to build up the congregation: internally (building up) and externally (missionary outreach and testimony).

(c)To equip liturgists with the view to meaningful public worship.

(d)Persons who can act as pastoral aid workers and pastoral counsellors.

(e)Mediators and people who deal with conflict with the view to the ministry of reconciliation and justice.

(f)Equipping catechists with the view to youth care and morality formation.

(g)The establishment of ministerial practices such as testimony (missions), koinonia, diakonia, marriage pastorate and family pastorate.

3.4.2Skills mastered

(a)Hermeneutical and exegetical skills

(b)Conceptual and analytical, logical and critical skills

(c)Ministerial skills

(d)Preaching and rhetorical skills

(e)Interlocutory and counselling skills

(f)Training/pedagogic skills

(g)Pastoral aid workers' skills

3.4.3Meta-outcomes of program

(a)Contribution towards the development of mental health and morality formation

(b)The development of Christian spirituality (distinctive) within cultural and religious diversity

(c)The promotion of church unity and ecumenical cooperation

(d)The promotion of human dignity and the solution of social problems which are interwoven with the question of ethics and humanity.

3.4.4Specific to program vs mutual outcome

This program, together with other University programs, aims to promote critical-analytical thinking and is predisposed to promote the issue of mental health within social contexts.

The distinctiveness of the program focuses upon

(a)A practical-theological Ecclesiology (identity)