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AT341.S

Ministry Leadership

Aug 26, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Hybrid

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AT411

Field Education Practicum

Aug 26, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Residential

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AT499.C

Capstone

Aug 26, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Online

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AT581

Thinking, Writing, Reading, and Speaking Clearly

Aug 26, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Residential

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AT413

Mentored Ministry Counseling Practicum

Aug 26, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Residential

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AT305

Cohort I

Aug 26, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Residential

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AT305.C

Cohort I

Aug 26, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Online

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AT310

Christian Formation & Calling

Aug 26, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Residential

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AT340

Theology of Ministry & Worship

Aug 26, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Residential

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AT581.C

Thinking, Writing, Reading, and Speaking Clearly

Aug 26, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Online

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Ministry Leadership (AT341.S)

DESCRIPTION

Students will make significant progress in developing their Personal Philosophy of Ministry based upon their: theological convictions that undergird their primary ministry calling, divine design, values and principles that operationalize their vocational service.

COURSE DATES

Aug 26, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024

PREREQUISITES

(AT300 OR AT310) AND AT411

COREQUISITES

Not applicable

NOTE

This course is being offered as a hybrid. The online component will take place over August 26 - December 13, and the on-campus component will take place on the St. Louis campus October 17- 19, 2024.

Field Education Practicum (AT411)

DESCRIPTION

This course invites students to extend learning from their Field Education experience toward developing skills to 1) better understand how organizational and community contexts shape ministry leadership and 2) discern how to steward their role in a particular organization toward personal, organizational, and community transformation that reflects the shalom of God in Christ.

COURSE DATES

Aug 26, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024

PREREQUISITES

AT310 OR AT300

COREQUISITES

Not applicable

Capstone (AT499.C)

DESCRIPTION

Students take this pass/fail course the last term of their degree, if possible. The course functions like an independent study, with 4 required class meetings for faculty coaching and peer discussions towards portfolio building. This process involves reviewing, reflecting on, and integrating work from the whole degree experience. The portfolio provides both students and faculty summative and longitudinal learning assessment of the degree.

COURSE DATES

Aug 26, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024

PREREQUISITES

ST300 AND ST330

COREQUISITES

Not applicable

NOTE

Will have four meetings during the regular semester. Dates TBD. The other attendance requirement will be presentations during finals week.

Thinking, Writing, Reading, and Speaking Clearly (AT581)

DESCRIPTION

“You are a human animal; you are a very special breed; for you are the only animal, who can think, who can reason, who can read”—so goes the Disney video. And long ago Aristotle noted the same: “it is the special property of man in distinction from the other animals that he alone has perception of good and bad and right and wrong and the other moral qualities, and it is partnership in these things that makes a household and a city-state.” But what does it mean to exercise those distinctively human capacities? Most of us know that it takes place in communities, through conversation. But are we properly equipped to play our part? In this course, then we will develop tools for sound thinking and conversing, by considering what makes for a good argument (clear thinking), how to listen to others’ arguments (clear listening and reading), and how to present our arguments in a way that actually promotes the well-being of others (clear writing and speaking). These principles apply in ministry; they also apply in good cultural engagement and responsible citizenship, and we will use examples from all of these arenas. We’ll even examine the proper use of humor!

COURSE DATES

Aug 26, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024

PREREQUISITES

Not applicable

COREQUISITES

Not applicable

Mentored Ministry Counseling Practicum (AT413)

DESCRIPTION

No description available.

COURSE DATES

Aug 26, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024

PREREQUISITES

Not applicable

COREQUISITES

Not applicable

Cohort I (AT305)

DESCRIPTION

AT305 and AT306 are formative cohort experiences to promote sustainability for a lifetime of ministry, as well as increase skills of ministering to the suffering and healthy conflict resolution through reflection on your own story. Required for the MDIV, MAM and MABTS degrees.

COURSE DATES

Aug 26, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024

PREREQUISITES

Not applicable

COREQUISITES

Not applicable

NOTE

Students will be assigned to a cohort group through the Student Life office. The meetings will be just once a week at one of the assigned days and times listed. Students will be notified of their assigned mentor and meeting day by the Student Life office at the start of the fall term. Student Life reserves the right to, in the best interest of the student and/or the group, provide another option that will seek to satisfy the academic goals and spiritual experience. This could include, but is not limited to, Student Life providing the resources for personal counseling.

Cohort I (AT305.C)

DESCRIPTION

COURSE DATES

Aug 26, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024

PREREQUISITES

Not applicable

COREQUISITES

Not applicable

NOTE

Christian Formation & Calling (AT310)

DESCRIPTION

A biblical, theological and applied study of the implications of God’s sovereign and redemptive claim on all of creation for every aspect of human life. The course will explore God’s calling for the church and its individual members as it addresses the topics of worldview formation, image of God, salvation and mission, church and culture, and work and rest, vocational discipleship. Instruction is also designed to help students assess, understand and grow in their personal and vocational giftedness, as well as develop strategies to equip others in their callings.

COURSE DATES

Aug 26, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024

PREREQUISITES

Not applicable

COREQUISITES

Not applicable

Theology of Ministry & Worship (AT340)

DESCRIPTION

A theological and practical study of the duties of the minister with special emphasis on the development and duties of the pastor as shepherd and the personal care of the church and its people.

COURSE DATES

Aug 26, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024

PREREQUISITES

CC310

COREQUISITES

Not applicable

Thinking, Writing, Reading, and Speaking Clearly (AT581.C)

DESCRIPTION

COURSE DATES

Aug 26, 2024 to Dec 13, 2024

PREREQUISITES

Not applicable

COREQUISITES

Not applicable