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Serving Contextual Communities Serving Contextual Communities
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The Evangelical Theological Seminary of Cairo
Serving Contextual Communities Serving Contextual Communities The - - PDF document
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Rochina, Rio Serving Contextual Communities Serving Contextual Communities The Evangelical Theological Seminary of Cairo Serving Contextual Communities Are our seminaries conscious that they are functioning in societies that have crucial
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Serving Contextual Communities
Are our seminaries conscious that they are functioning in societies that have crucial various needs? Are our educational systems and curricula geared towards meeting these needs? How are we equipping our students and future leaders to face the communities that are affected by war, poverty, disorder, and disaster?
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Serving Contextual Communities
I. I. The issues The issues
- 1. The Church’s primary mission
- 2. Seminary-church borders
- 3. The “invisible” seminary
- 4. Strategic planning
II.
- II. A way forward
A way forward
- 1. Good news
- 2. Bond model
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- 1. The church’s primary mission
- a. to advance the gospel of Jesus Christ by
reaching out to the lost,
- b. to advance the gospel of Jesus Christ, but its
secondary mission is to address the social needs, c. to address the social needs of society as an expression of working out the gospel,
- d. to advance the gospel and
and to care for the social needs.
I. I. Serving contextual communities: Serving contextual communities: The issues The issues
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- 1. The church’s primary mission
“Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field” (Mt. 9: 38). “Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a
- shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is
plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." (Mt. 9: 35-38, emphasis added).
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- 5. CHRISTIAN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Although reconciliation with other people is not reconciliation with God, nor is social action evangelism, nor is political liberation salvation, nevertheless we affirm that evangelism and socio-political involvement are both part of our Christian duty. For both are necessary expressions of our doctrines of God and man, our love for our neighbour and our obedience to Jesus Christ. (Emphasis added)
The Lausanne Covenant
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- 2. Seminary-church borders!
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The issues
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Invisible lawnmower Invisible lawnmower Invisible seminary! Invisible seminary!
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- 3. The “invisible” seminary
- “Seminaries are virtually invisible to leaders of
secular organizations and institutions, even those in the seminary’s own city and region.” (E. Lynn
and B. G. Wheeler)
- “Most civic leaders do not understand what
seminaries do and they do not view them as either civic or educational assets in the community.”
(Timothy P. Weber)
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The issues
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- 4. Strategic planning
- “a disciplined effort to produce fundamental
decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization is, what it does, and why it does it” (Bryson)
- Core values, SWOT (external needs assessment),
priorities, goals and objectives
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- 4. Strategic planning
“Cultural Appropriateness” is the first of the twelve values in ICETE’s brochure on the Renewal of Evangelical Theological Education. Cultural Appropriateness means that “training is
referenced to the traditions, conditions and need in the local society, and is responsive to shifts in social norms and values.”
- I. Serving contextual communities:
The issues
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- II. Serving contextual communities:
A way forward
1. The good news
- Health
- Conflicts
- Community care
- Poverty
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HIV/AIDS Awareness Seminar HIV/AIDS Awareness Seminar
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- 2. The Bond Model
- 2. The Bond Model
- 2. The Bond Model
- 2. The Bond Model
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BOND… .
Courageous Persevering Resourceful Decisive Patriotic Strong Agile Multi-skilled Intelligent Witty Cultured Honest
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BOND… .
a male chauvinist pig a male chauvinist pig an emotional desert an emotional desert a spiritual black hole a spiritual black hole
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BOND… .
Resourced Trained Briefed Supported
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BOND….
Briefed
a.
- a. The organizing principle
The organizing principle b.
- b. Content
Content c.
- c. Problem-based learning (PBL)
Problem-based learning (PBL)
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BOND…. Trained Briefed a. a.Faculty as practitioners Faculty as practitioners b. b.Faculty as researchers and writers Faculty as researchers and writers c. c.Revising our internship practice Revising our internship practice
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BOND….
Resourced Trained Briefed
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BOND….
Resourced Trained Briefed Supported
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For Akeelah Akeelah, winning the competition.. , winning the competition..
- ne word at a time.
- ne word at a time.
- For ICETE (and us), serving contextual
For ICETE (and us), serving contextual communities communities… …
- ne step at a time.
- ne step at a time.