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TMMC1251: Engaging with Leadership and Theology for Ministry and Mission

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Type	Tied
Level	1
Credits	20
Availability	Available in 2024/2025
Module Cap	None.
Location	Durham
Department	Theology, Ministry and Mission

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combinations of Modules

TMMC1217 - Foundations of Leadership and Theology for Ministry and Mission

Aims

To enable students to describe and discuss different models of leadership in the church and the workplace.
To enable students to reflect upon models of leadership using biblical and theological approaches within the context of the churchs ministry and mission.
To encourage students to reflect from a theological and biblical perspective upon their own experiences of leadership.
To develop students awareness of servant leadership and collaborative ministry in the context of the ministry and mission of the church.
To enable students to assess the effect of cultural trends on leadership in the church.

Content

Secular, biblical and theological approaches to issues of leadership.
The relationship between leadership, authority, service and collaboration from an ecclesiological and missiological perspective.
The relationship between understandings of leadership, personal formation and spirituality.
Biblical and historical models of ecclesial leadership and their impact on contemporary approaches.
The impact of cultural trends on approaches to ecclesial leadership.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Describe and discuss a range of theological and biblical principles which apply to leadership and collaboration in the context of the churchs ministry and mission.
Explore a range of influential ideas about leadership and management from a theological perspective in the context of Christian discipleship, ministry and mission.
Describe and discuss historical models of church leadership
Discuss the impact of cultural trends on leadership in the church.

Subject-specific Skills:

Assess their own exercise of leadership skills within an ecclesial context
Reflect theologically upon their experience of group and team membership and leadership.

Key Skills:

Carry out a guided task that involves independent inquiry; management of time and resources; using IT; meeting deadlines; evaluating the task and learning from it.
Recognise key issues in their own personal and professional development.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Lectures
Seminars
Placements

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total	Monitored
Lectures				8
Seminars				8
Placements				80
Personal Study				92

Summative Assessment

Component: Review and Presentation		Component Weighting: 50%
Element	Length / Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Book Review	1,000 words	40
Oral Presentation	20 minutes	60

Component: Theological Reflection		Component Weighting: 50%
Element	Length / Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Theological Reflection	2,500 words	100

Formative Assessment

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