Encarnação Alliance partnersEncarnação Alliance partners

Master of Arts in Master of Arts in Transformational Transformational

Urban Urban LeadershipLeadership

(MATUL)(MATUL)

Transform your City for the Kingdom of GodTransform your City for the Kingdom of God

A Global Learning NetworkA Global Learning Network

What is transformational leadership?What is transformational leadership?

When you look at your city what do you see?When you look at your city what do you see? Many focus on the new developments, the condos, malls, businesses.

A few have eyes to see behind these

developments: squatter communities

• Homelessness, unemployment • Street children• Prostitution, drug addiction

• Movements of disciples and poor people’s churches are the critical catalyst in transforming this poverty

• Churchplanting and entrepreneurial leadership generates such movements

Picking garbage in Payatas

What’s the need?What’s the need?2 billion people

around the globe living in slums, sidewalks, under bridges, on riverbanks, and in garbage dumps.

We need to be We need to be demonstrators of the demonstrators of the

Kingdom of God to the Kingdom of God to the marginalized.marginalized.

Along the Rails in Metro Manila

The MA-Transformational The MA-Transformational Urban Leadership is Urban Leadership is

focused on finding answers focused on finding answers and implementing changeand implementing change

Seminary and serving the poor Seminary and serving the poor

So much of seminary education is upwardly mobile. MATUL is downwardly mobile.

The MATUL program sharpens concepts, attitudes and skills needed to uplift poor communities both spiritually and materially.

This is your invitation to join communities of This is your invitation to join communities of scholar-practitioners serious about bringing the scholar-practitioners serious about bringing the Gospel of the Kingdom to the poor.Gospel of the Kingdom to the poor.

ATS Students in Welfareville

The MA in Transformation Urban LeadershipThe MA in Transformation Urban Leadership

• An innovative program that includes two years of field work and residency

• Studying with senior movement leaders and development practitioners

• Completing supervised training in various areas of churchplanting, community development, and bringing justice.

Spiritual and experiential preparationSpiritual and experiential preparation

• We recognize that ministry among the urban poor is something that cannot be learned only in the classroom

• We emphasize experiential learning by connecting the classroom to marginalized urban peoples.

MATUL Learning DomainsMATUL Learning Domains

6.Culture Studies

5. CommunityTransformation

2.Urban Spirituality and Theology

1. Urban Churchplanting &

Movement Leadership

3. Specialist Disciplines: Slum Schools, HealthPrograms, Marginalized etc

4. Small Business and Organizational Development

BiblicalStudies

infiltrate each

course

The MA includes all the skills and theory of the Encarnação Alliance grassroots churchplanters training … Domains for Grassroots Churchplanting

1. Urban Spirituality and Theology

2.Biblical Studies

3. Entrance & Evangelism

4. Church Growth &Pastoral Care

5. Leadership

6. Community Transformation

7. Advocacy& Justice

In addition the MA includes:•Movement Leadership•Theological Reflection•Entrepreneurial Development•Extended Engagement in Holistic Ministries

IntroductionDeveloping a Poor Peoples' ChurchIntroductionsWho are the poor of ...Personal evaluation

Theological FrameworkThe Kingdom of God The Kingdom and the PoorStory-telling TheologiesKingdom Economics in OT & NT

Spiritual FormationSpirituality for the SlumsA Theology of ChurchplantingSufferingPrayer and fasting

The Slum ContextGlobal movements in slumsCauses of Slum PovertySquatter Culture and the ChurchSquatter Economics

Entrance & EvangelismIncarnationStyles of Evangelism in the SlumsFinding the Needs: Entrance PointsThe Spirit, Evangelism, and JusticePower EncountersReaching Gangs & Prostitutes

Discipleship & PastoringDiscipling MovementsTraining the illiterate through story-telling and drama Discipling Street ChildrenMinistering to HIV/Aids victimsDeveloping a Work Plan

Church GrowthFour Seasons of GrowthPastoral CareCash Flows of urban poor churchesSlum Church Worship LeadershipDeveloping Leadership Gifts & Eldership (Eph 4:11,12)Training of Urban Poor PastorsTeam BuildingFamily Survival in the SlumsLeadership for Multiplying Churches

Community TransformationDiaconal DevelopmentPreventive Health EvangelismEducation – and church-plantingHIV & AIDS CareIntro to Micro- EnterpriseProject Design & Event Management how to budget, fund raise, income generating projects, small business management

AdvocacyCommunity OrganisationTheology of land rightsConnecting Rich and Poor ChurchesKingdom & Justice

Mission StrategyUrban Poor Mission StructuresRevival and the movements of God’s Spirit among the poor

Topics in Grassroots Training of Slum Pastors

With a base in the grassroots training in holistic churchplanting,

in addition at an MA level…Development of Movement Leadership

e.g. issues moving from leadership of 6 churches to 30, of small economic or development projects to wider scale processes

Expansion of Theoretical Understandingse.g. Understanding City Systems or Structures of Advocacy

Preparation of Cross-cultural MissionariesOur major goal is to create structures serving 5,000 leaders who will move 50,000 from the slums to the slums

Expansion of Holistic Elements in Church Formatione.g How to get every elder established with a Kingdom economic theology and economic base

Entrepreneurial Development

How does MATUL differ from other degrees?How does MATUL differ from other degrees?

An Entirely New Field: Urban Poor Movement LeadershipA Leadership Degree

• Movement Leadership (evang/apostolic leadership centre) vs Management for NGO ‘s (diaconal centre)

• this is not an MBA

Urban Poor Leadership (This is an urban degree)A Movement Leadership Degree vs a Development Degree

• Why? Theologically - Jesus came to train movement leaders (apostles). Deacons/managers were in support roles

– His style was holistic mission with a centrality of evangelism, not holism based on Western fundraising (cf. Valdir Steuernagals reflections at WEA on failure of holism in contrast with holistic mission)

Urban Poor Leadership • There is no formal training for these leaders globally• A largely untapped field of knowledge

• Urban Poor Church Planting • Urban Spirituality• Urban Reality and Theology • Field Supervision• Service to the Marginalized• Educational Centre Development • Community Business Development• Leadership in Urban Movements• Primary Health Care• Advocacy and the Urban Environment • Theology & Practice of Community Transformation• Entrepreneurial & Organizational Leadership• Integration Seminar and Capstone Project

Some MATUL “hands on” coursesSome MATUL “hands on” courses

The Kingdom of God as core theological framework• Holistic church-planting as central vehicle for Kingdom

development

The spiritual is central • to economic, social and justice Kingdom dimensions

The Church, the Word, the Spirit are the Primary Agents of Transformation

• International Diaconates are to serve the advance of the incarnational church

Story-telling • Is the primary methodological process of doing theology

among the poor not linear Western logic

Incarnational • requires students to relocate to/next to slums for large

portions of the degree

Core Theological Concepts Behind the DegreeCore Theological Concepts Behind the Degree

Who should join this program?

Those with experience in churchplanting and church-based developmentThose wishing to become change agents among the urban poor cross culturallyUp to 1/3 of each class can come from NGO backgrounds if they wish to develop a holistic ministry lifestyle

MATUL PartnersMATUL Partners

• MATUL is a program in partnership with The Encarnação Alliance, an international network of urban poor leaders and scholars

•Asian Theological Seminary in Manila, begin July 2007•Hindustan Bible Institute in Chennai, India begin June 2007•Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles expected to begin June 2008•A web-based process for field-based teams will be available in late 2008•An African and Latin partner in 2009, 2010

www.encarnacao.org

Corrie de Boer and students in Welfareville

MATUL LeadershipMATUL Leadership

•Encarnação Alliance Coordinator, Dr. Viv Grigg, lived in the slums of Manila, Calcutta and Sao Paulo. (Get his book, Companion to the Poor (Authentic) for core elements of this program).•Dr. Corrie DeBoer is the Chair of the Encarnação Alliance Training Commission•Dr. Lee Wanak is Program Director at Asian Theological Seminary in Manila•Dr Paul Cornelius is Principal of HBI in Chennai, India•Dr Rich Slimbach is developing this for Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles

Corrie and students in Welfareville

What are the costs per unit?What are the costs per unit?

at ATSat ATSPhilippines & Third World HK, Korea, Singapore & Taiwan Western countries & Japan

Per Unit For DegreePhp 1,500 PhP US$ 40.00 US$US$ 60.00 US$

at HBIat HBI

at APUat APU

Scholarships available for

qualified students

Who's qualified?Who's qualified?

1. Possess an undergraduate degree. 2. Pass the ATS English Admission Test.3. Complete an application form

ATS application found at: http://www.ats.ph/admission. Look for Application Form buttons)

HBI application found at:APU application to be announced

What is the schedule?Registration and classes begin in June.

Campus: 54 Scout Madriñan, Quezon City, PhilippinesMailing Address: QCCPO Box 1454-1154 Quezon City 1102, PhilippinesATS Phone: (632) 928-6717 Loc 125, Fax: (632) 928-5114Center for Urban Transformation Phone: (632) 928-5097Program Director: Dr. Lee Wanak/ L_Wanak@yahoo.comProgram Assistant: Nelson Gaurano/ nelson@ats.phChair, Encarnação Alliance Training Commission: Dr. Corrie DeBoer/ stewcorrie@yahoo.comGeneral E-mail: info@ats.ph

Asian Theological SeminaryAsian Theological Seminary

Our mission is to glorify God Our mission is to glorify God by providing quality by providing quality

theological education to theological education to prepare leaders who will prepare leaders who will

effect biblical transformation effect biblical transformation in the Church and societies in the Church and societies

in Asia and beyond.in Asia and beyond.

Hindustan Bible Institute

Chennai

Contact

Asuza Pacific University

This program will be delivered entirely as a field based program overseas

Expected to begin June 2008

Contact: Dr Rich Slimbach