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After you have successfully registered for Urbana
03, you can receive credit for your Urbana
experience from the following seminaries:
Please note:
- If you enroll in a seminary credit course, Urbana 03
will not automatically reserve space for you in the convention. You
must be registered for Urbana 03 before registering
for these courses.
- Tuition costs for seminary credit courses are in
addition to the regular Urbana registration fees.
- Course expectations
are considered additional work to the normal delegate participation
at Urbana.
Asbury Theological Seminary
Course number: MW740 Tutorial
Title: Christian Witness and
Other Faiths
- Course Description: In a world becoming more and more religiously
plural, all Christians are faced with the challenge of telling the gospel
story
to people who already have a well articulated religious tradition of
their own, whether Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, New Age, Atheism/Agnosticism,
or
an indigenous religion of some sort. Students will learn in this course
effective ways to talk about their faith to members of specific religious
traditions. Students will also learn how to study a new religious tradition
with the goal of learning how to witness effectively.
- Professor: Dr.
Terry C. Muck, Professor of Mission and World Religions
- Course Expectations:
In addition to regular participation at Urbana 03:
(1)
Attend our two hour
meeting at Urbana.
(2)
Read 1,000 pages of material appropriate to the student's
mission goal, chosen jointly by professor and student.
(3)
Write a twenty-page
paper (typewritten, double spaced) that outlines in some detail a mission
strategy to a particular group of people.
- How to register for this course:
Inquire at www.asburyseminary.edu for
information on how to choose this option. Begin the process by emailing
Asbury Theological Seminary your interest, and follow their
instructions.
^Back to top Fuller Theological Seminary
Course Number: MI 591
Title:
Mission Issues at Urbana
- Course
Description: The purpose of MI 591 Mission Issues from Urbana is to provide students
with a disciplined approach to reflection about mission issues raised
at the convention as they relate to the student’s own personal
ministry goals. This year the course will highlight the increasingly
vital role
of Christian theology as a response to contemporary trends in missions.
- Professor: Dr. Stephanie Mar Smith, Assistant Professor and Director
of Master's Programs
- Course Expectations: An orientation lecture for the
course will be given while at the Urbana convention. Attendance
at this session is mandatory. The rest of the course will consist of
independent research, reading and writing.
There
will be one more required group meeting during the quarter. Students
who do not reside in the Pasadena area can “meet” with
the instructor through e-mail or phone.
- How to register for this course:
(1) Students must first be accepted into Fuller Seminary in order to
register for the course. You can easily fill out an online application
at www.fuller.edu.
If you would like to pursue a Masters at Fuller you may contact Admissions
to guide you through the process. Call them at 1 (800) AFULLER.
(2) Otherwise, you may apply as a Limited Enrollment Student with the
capacity to take six courses at any Fuller campus. Your application
includes a pastoral
reference, an official bachelor’s transcript, a religious biography,
application, and application fee. Application materials must be submitted
by December 5. Limited Enrollment applicants may apply online or by
contacting Admissions.
(3) When you arrive at Urbana, check in with the Fuller booth and we
can get you registered for the course. You must be registered at the
Urbana
Convention to register for our course.
- Tuition: $468 plus fees for a
four unit course
- Fuller Registrar Contact Information & Details:
If you have questions, please contact the School of Intercultural Studies
Academic Advising office at 1-800-AFULLER, ext. 5260 or e-mail us
at
sis-masters5@dept.fuller.edu.
^Back to top Lincoln Christian Seminary
Course Number: IC899
Title: Special Issues in Intercultural
Missions - Urbana 03
- Course Description: This course is designed to
introduce students to the best of missions in today's world by exposing
them to the Urbana
Missions
Convention. Attention is given to the dynamics of missions, agencies
that are cutting edge, issues of preparation, contemporary strategies
and unique
challenges of today’s chaotic world - all within a holistic
emphasis. The course is available for 3 semester hours of graduate
or undergraduate
credit through Lincoln Christian Seminary.
- Professor: Dr. Robert C.
Douglas, Professor of Intercultural Studies
- Course Expectations:
(1)
Students will do selected reading before
the convention, journal the Urbana experiences, conduct two focused
interviews, write a reflection
paper after the convention and engage in a debriefing session electronically.
(2) Students are also expected to meet once with Dr. Robert Douglas
during the convention.
- Tuition: $299 per credit hour
- How to register for this course:
Students not previously enrolled in Lincoln Christian Seminary may
register as "special students" by contacting: Registrar,
Lincoln Christian Seminary, Lincoln, Illinois, 62656, 1-888-522-5228,
akline@lccs.edu or visit our website at www.lccs.edu
^Back to top Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Trinity Graduate School
Course Number: ME 675
Title:
Cross-Cultural Missions: Anthropological
Insights on Contextualizing the Gospel
(Note: This course will be offered both on the graduate and undergraduate
level.)
- Course
Description: The course explores ways to contextualize
the Gospel message and the messenger which are culturally relevant
and biblically faithful. It
examines the
many levels which this contextualization must take place.
- Professor: Dr. Paul G. Hiebert, Distinguished Professor
of Mission and Anthropology
- Course Expectations: Assignments involve readings
before the convention, two sessions with the professor at the beginning
and the end of the convention, convention
participation in plenary sessions and seminars, keeping a convention diary, and
writing
a paper on contextualization after the convention.
- Tuition: $ 150 per credit hour
- How to register for this course:
Visit us on the web at www.tiu.edu/etrinity/urbana03 for
course registration, tuition, syllabus, or any other questions, or
call 1-800-588-7705.
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