This cohort lays the foundation for studying Ethnomusicology in relation to worship and witness with particular attention to cultural music and the arts by drawing from the disciplines of ethnomusicology, missiology, biblical theology, and Christian spirituality.

This cohort is concerned with the issues involved in developing missiological approaches that engage each context effectively.  Among the issues addressed:

• theological foundation for contextual missiology
• the Enlightenment trap
• models of culture
• role of outsider in developing contextual missiology
• dependence, independence, and interdependence
• healthy contextualization vs. unhealthy contextualization 

This cohort is concerned with the issues involved in developing missiological approaches that engage each context effectively.  Each student will focus on one area of particular interest and importance in their context, sharing their research and insights with others in the group. Together the students and instructor will work to develop better practices of leadership for their particular context. 

This cohort is concerned with the issues involved in developing missiological approaches that engage each context effectively. Each student will focus on one area of particular interest and importance in their context, sharing their research and insights with others in the group. Together the students and instructor will work to develop better practices of leadership for their particular context.  In addition to the Contextual focus, students will be introduced to a core body of missiological literature.

This cohort provides a general Missiological foundation from which the Islamics focus will be developed.  In addition, it will include an update on the most recent understandings of formal and popular Islam and Christian witness in Muslim contexts, an overview of some of the major areas in the area of Islamics needing further study, and a description of the major methodologies and resources for textual, historical and social science research in the field.

This cohort provides a general Missiological foundation from which the Islamics focus will be developed.  In addition, it will include an update on the most recent understandings of formal and popular Islam and Christian witness in Muslim contexts, an overview of some of the major areas in the area of Islamics needing further study, and a description of the major methodologies and resources for textual, historical and social science research in the field.

This cohort emphasizes a variety of issues that shape and impact leaders and followers in the church and missions today. Topics will include, but are not limited to:

• gender issues
• cross-cultural leadership
• leadership styles
• “toxic” leadership
• organizational leadership
• leading change
• leadership development

Each student will focus on one area of particular interest and importance in their context, sharing their research and insights with others in the group. Together the students and instructor will work to develop better practices of leadership for their particular context.  In addition to the Leadership focus, students will be introduced to a core body of missiological literature. 

This cohort is designed for church leaders working in North America, or
other regions of the Western world, who are facing the challenge of
transitioning the church from a traditional Christendom mindset to one
that sees Western cultures as increasingly post-Christendom. It provides an
opportunity for small group interaction, researching the literature,
reflect critically on their own ministry contexts and the benefit of peer review.
It will cover the following topics:

• exegeting the culture; developing a missional ecclesiology
• evaluating the church's readiness for transition
• examining the leadership implications
• communicating the Good News in pluralist and relativist cultural
  settings

In addition to the Missional Ecclesiology focus, students will be
introduced to a core body of missiological literature. Missiology is
multidisciplinary and integrative of the cognate disciplines within the field, broadly
including theology, history, the state of the Church, leadership and the
social sciences.

Spiritual Dynamics in Missiological Perspective explores the personal and missiological dimensions of three topics of special relevance to those working among peoples who are spiritual power-oriented.  These topics are Deep-Level Healing, Power Encounter and Confronting the Powers.

This cohort is concerned with the issues involved in developing missiological approaches that engage each context effectively.  Each student will focus on one area of particular interest and importance in their context, sharing their research and insights with others in the group.  Together the students and instructor will work to develop better practices of leadership for their particular context.

This cohort is concerned with the issues involved in developing missiological approaches that engage each context effectively.  Each student will focus on one area of particular interest and importance in their context, sharing their research and insights with others in the group.