A Degree in Urban Missions Theology Church Growth
LeadershipDevelopment Social Sciences Culture Studies
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The MATUL as a degree in: 4. Community Transformational
Practica 1 Poor Peoples Theology Poor Peoples Theology 2 Leadership
of Apostolic Movements 3 Social Entrepreneurial Leadership
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A Foundation in Poor Peoples Theology Action-reflection
theology is truncated if actions are not carefully developed
according to best practice 1
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Urban Conversation God Conversation Transformational
Conversation Getting Started with Poor Peoples Theology
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Storytelling of Jesus Parables, Proverbs, Pithy Sayings
Correlated with The Story-telling of the People In Style in content
in context Contextual urban theologies Getting Started with Poor
Peoples Theology
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Organize for Outcomes Action-Reflection Theology? We do
theology God is a God of action As the people do they create local
theologies Theologians role is to listen, identify, codify, write,
communicate, create overarching leadership to ideas In 15 courses
Leading to a Multi- Dimensioned Thesis Transformational
Conversational research correlating the Biblical and theological
themes with the Participant Observational anthropological
methodology in a Grounded Research approach Theology is always
missional for so is God
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2 The core question behind the degree is how do we multiply
apostolic leaders of movements of churches? Around apostles are
prophets, evangelists, pastors, teaches, deaconesses
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Its not just about the classes, but strengthening YOUR FOCUS.
Apostles?
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pioneer new works evangelize multiply cells build teams of
diverse gifting sustain mobility train others in diverse ministries
appoint successors suffer much Apostles
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Deacon/ness = NGO/ Business Leadership Pastor/Teacher
Evangelist Apostle movement Leaders Prophet -conceptualizers
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Deacon/ness = NGO/ Business Leadership Pastor/Teacher
Evangelist Apostle movement Leaders Prophet -conceptualizers
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Across the degree students need to be multiplying cells, small
fellowships The TUL530 Churchplanting and the TUL620 Movement
Leadership courses train in apostolic skills One the first
semester, multiplying them in the second year The diaconal courses
should contribute to this process Many just want to be students of
each course The degree has lost one core course in this, so is not
succeeding well with this
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3 Social Entrepreneurship Leadership Theology of Economics, of
Social Justice outworked in small business, and development of
NGOs
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WHAT IS SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE SLUMS? Innovative
management of resources Making profit (whether a non-profit or a
business) With a social outcome Crossing over from the informal
sector to the formal sector Setting up of small scale businesses in
the slums Large scale projects Models Purpose Vision Economics of
Solidarity =surviving together Creating chains of supportive
business Self help development programs// Harambee schemes
//SACCO
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Contextual theology for urban poor people involves responses to
poverty. The starting point for this are the many Biblical
principles of economic discipleship. Teaching principle of
creativity, productivity, thrift, management leads to increased
success in entrepreneurship among poor people. As Christians in the
community they also have a concern about peoples health, education,
garbage, housing, so take lead in community organizing to
accomplish goals in such arenas. This social entrepreneurship
requires a development of skill-sets of resource raising, people
management, financial management, board and leadership skills,
business planning, fundraising. Getting Started with
Entrepreneurship
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7 of the courses in the MATUL lend themselves to training some
of these skills. The starting point is in the Community Economics
course which covers ten Biblical principles, and explores these at
individual, community, city and national/international levels,
looking at cooperative schemes and microfinances. Five internships
where students are working within NGO's gives them inside
understandings of NGO management, funding, financial management,
budgetting, boards, etc. The community transformation course
involves them in the logistics of a seed project with a local
church. These are integrated in the Organizational And
Entrepreneurial Leadership course which step by step leads them to
develop a business plan, financial plans, funding plan, personnell
plan for a local organization, ideally where the plan is good
enough so that a funder invests small capital. Getting Started with
Entrepreneurship
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Organize for Outcomes How much information? Thus graduates
should know how to be social entrepreneurs heading up or starting
NGO's or churches, how to facilitate students in their
entrepreneurship or in social entrepreneurship. They should be
familiar with the complete range of skills for managing such
processes. Some will move into business, but with a social
conscience. Some will move into the global social entrepreneurial
scene as businessmen /women or as leaders in large multinational
NGO's. All will have intimate knowledge of urban poor contextual
dynamics. Multi- Dimensioned Lower Circuit to Upper Circuit
Entrepreneurship
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YEAR 1 Semester 1Semester 2 TUL 500Writings, Reign and Urban
RealitiesTUL 540Urban Reality and Theology TUL 505Language and
Culture AcquisitionTUL 550Service to the Marginalized TUL 520Urban
SpiritualityTUL 555Educational Centre Development TUL 530Building
Faith CommunitiesTUL 560 Theology & Practice of Community
Economics YEAR 2 Semester 1Semester 2 TUL 620Leadership in Urban
MovementsTUL 640 Entrepreneurial @ Organizational Leadership TUL
630Community TransformationTUL 655Advocacy and the Urban
Environment TUL 650Primary Health CareTUL 670Research Project or
Thesis
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Fields in Urban Missiology Holistic Mission Theology
Transformational Conversations Urban Spirituality Church
growthEvangelism Cultural Studies Language Urban Realities
Leadership Studies Movement Leadership Transformational Leadership
Social Entrepreneurship Cooperative Urban Economics Social
Entrepreneurial Competencies NGO Leadership in Marginalized Health
Land rights Schooling Urban Planning
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Summary of Principles of Kingdom Economics Principle Genesis/
JubileeGospels & Acts Epistles 1. CreativityGod the
creatorSpirit sets free 2. Cooperative Economics Let us
makeSharingProvide for others 3. Productivity Good outcomes 4.
WorkHe makes He structures Labour in the gospel Work with hands (1
Thes 4:11) 5. RestGod restsJubilee come3. Rest 6 Redistributn for
Equality Jubilee return of land Tithing No needy one Weekly Giving
Global redistn (2 Cor 8,9) Simplicity 7. Savings & Debt Jubilee
cancels debts Debts cancelled Owe no man 8. CelebrationIt was
goodWorship daily 9. Ownership / Own home / Forsake all, / Provide
family (Levites) yet own home (1 Tim 5:8)
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4 Community Transformation Practica Theology of Street Kids,
Land Rights, Housing, Community Economics, Education, Social
Justice outworked in small business, advocacy for land (and
latrines), working with sex trafficked women, multiplying church
based slum schools, and development of NGOs How do these relate to
the multiplation of movments of churches among the poor?
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A unique partnership process of equality, liberating creativity
Its about team work, and co-authoring will get us there. First step
has been to design collectively Then to get course outlines up to
standard This year, significant input from across the globe with
quality course designs The problem with this approach is when a
school heads off in a strange direction what influence do you have.
Collaboration
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