Unit information: Engaging with Mission in Practice (Trinity & Baptist College) in 2013/14

Unit name	Engaging with Mission in Practice (Trinity & Baptist College)
Unit code	THRS20131
Credit points	10
Level of study	I/5
Teaching block(s)	Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director	Dr. Finamore
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Department of Religion and Theology
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This module will build on E11002 Integral Mission I and/or E11001 Continuing the Mission of Jesus. It will give students a developing and integrated process of experiential and reflective learning through lecture, seminar and visits to missional projects in and around Bristol. The module will give students an overview of the theology underpinning and practical outworking of models of global mission, urban mission; rural mission; evangelism; church planting; social justice issues; stewardship of creation; community engagement and peace-making.

Intended Learning Outcomes

The unit aims to

1. inspire students to develop their understanding and practice of an integral approach to mission;
2. strengthen their ability to assess critically different models of integral mission.

On completion of the unit students should be able to:

1. identify and critically engage with different models of missional engagement in different contexts;
2. identify issues raised for the life of a parish or local church through involvement in integral mission and demonstrate awareness of ways of processing those issues;
3. engage in further specialised mission study and activity.

Teaching Information

The Unit will employ a mix of fieldwork, seminars and lectures.

The unit will consist of 20 contact hours in total. The unit will involve field visits and engagement with practitioners in addition to 10 hours of lecture-based learning. Contact hours are therefore significantly greater than for purely lecture-based units (normally 10 hours for a 10-credit unit at this level).

Assessment Information

Formative assessment will be through preparation for classes and participation in class discussions and seminars.

Summative assessment will be through an essay of 2,500 words or by written examination of 2 hours. The choice of essay or examination is at the discretion of the Unit Director.

Reading and References

1. Bosch, D., Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission (New York: Orbis, 1991).
2. Frost, M., Hirsch, A., The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church (Peabody: Hendrickson, 2003)
3. Wright, C.J.H., The Mission of God (Leicester: IVP, 2006)
4. Murray, S., Post-Christendom: church and mission in a strange new world (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2004)
5. Padilla, R., Mission between the Times (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985)
6. Walls, A.& Ross, C. Mission in the 21st Century (London: DLT, 2008)