Urban Leadership Foundation
A hub for leadership training in cities and among the world's 1.4 billion slum-dwellers
| THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF Urban Poor Discipling Movements | Viv Grigg | ||
| COURSE STRUCTURE | Lectures will be taken from among the following titles | The selection will be determined after interaction with the first day's class. | |
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Introduction to Course |
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Interactive Teaching/ Discussion |
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The Frontier That Moved! |
Story: Third World Disciplemaking |
Audiovisual |
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Theological Presuppositions |
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Lecture |
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From Genesis to Revelations: Kingdom as Framework |
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Lecture |
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Kingdom, Society and Holism |
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Lecture |
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The Kingdom and Mission |
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Proclamation as Kingdom Focus Among the Poor |
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Enter the Man of Peace! Patterns of Proclamation Works of the Spirit of God |
Lecture |
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Poor People's Ecclesiology |
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Discipling Structures for Squatter Churches |
Lecture 1 1/2 hrs |
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Causes of Poverty Sociological Analysis of Poverty in the Slums |
Who are the poor of your city? |
Discussion on Reading |
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Who Are the Poor? Biblical Reflections on Causes and Responses to Poverty |
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Discussion on reading |
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The Urban Context: Nature of Urbanization |
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Lecture Audiovisual |
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The Church in the Slums |
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Lecture Discussion on reading |
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Theories of Slum Emergence |
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Lecture 1 1/2hrs |
| Church growth in the Slums | |||
| Pioneer Pastoring | |||
| Developing a Workplan | |||
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Squatter Culture and the Church |
Anthropology of Squatter Churches |
Interactive Lecture |
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Pastoring the Poor I |
Lecture Discussion |
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Pastoring the Poor II |
Lecture Discussion |
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Squatter Economics |
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Lecture |
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The Poor and Poverty a.In the Message of Jesus b. In the Church of 1st Century |
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Lecture |
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From Churches to Movements |
Lecture Guest |
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Historical Responses by the Church to the Urban Poor |
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Lecture |
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Theologies of Incarnation |
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Worker's Family Relationships in the Slums |
Interaction on papers |
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Leadership for Multiplying Movements |
Lecture |
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Kingdom Economics: Old Testament |
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Lecture |
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Apostolic Teams, Communities and Urban Poor Missionary Survival Structures |
Lecture |
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Brotherhood Economics: New Testament |
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Lecture |
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Diaconal Growth: Dealing with Poverty |
Lecture |
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The Role of the Rich Church in Dealing with Poverty |
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Theologies of Development |
Theories of Development |
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Discussion of Readings |
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Theologies of Community Development |
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Community Development Practice |
Lecture |
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Theologies Related to Class Struggle |
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Community Organization |
Lecture |
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Theologies of Justice |
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Lecture |
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Theologies of Suffering |
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Class Reports |
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Theologies of Land Rights |
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Land Rights Struggles |
Video/Lecture 1 1/2hrs |
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Final Exam |
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1 hr |
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Integration/Evaluation/Prayer |
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Discussion/Prayer |