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	THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF URBAN POOR CHURCHPLANTING
			Lectures will be taken from among the following titles.  The selection will be determined after interaction with the first day's class.
	Topic	Required Readings	Supplementary Readings	Activity/ Handouts (to be reviewed)
	Each day will include stories from class members, and a focus on context, theology and practice. These readings are meant to assist not burden you down. All readings are on the CD		Browse means rapid browse of headings, titles, key ideas, not read in detail or you will never sleep Read means read quickly and put entry into log
	Pre-Course	Browse Viv, Companion to the Poor, USA: Authentic, 2004, (on CD) or Grigg, Viv  Cry of the Urban Poor, USA: Authentic, 2004 . (on CD) Browse Glasser, Arthur, Charles van Engen & Gilliland, Dean. (2003). Announcing the Kingdom. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
	First Saturday
1	Introduction to Course		Davey, C. J. (1960). Kagawa of Japan. Across the Death-Line. London, Camelot Press: 56-69.	Expectations of Course Profile
2	The Frontier That Moved!	Cry chap 1	Grigg Viv, Squatters, URBAN MISSION, Vol.6/ no.5 May, 1989, pp 41-50.
3	From Genesis to Revelations: Kingdom as Framework	Snyder, H. (1985). The Age of Jubilee. A Kingdom Manifesto: 68-76.		Start reading log
4	Kingdom, Society and Holism; Kingdom and Mission Discussion of Assignment 1	Myers, Bryant (1999) Walking with the Poor, New York, NY: Orbis Books, Maryknoll pp. 46-56	Browse Glasser, Arthur, Charles van Engen & Gilliland, Dean. (2003). Announcing the Kingdom. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
	Set up weekend visit to slum community
	First Sunday Monday			If not yet done, attend a poor people's church service. Report second day of class
5	Proclamation as Kingdom Focus Among the Poor Enter the Man of Peace! Patterns of Proclamation Works of the Spirit of God	Cry, chaps 9,10,11
6	The Four Seasons of Growth: Poor People's Ecclesiology Discipling Structures for Squatter Churches	Cry chap 13		*Hand in report on Squatter Church Worship Service
7	Causes of  Poverty or Sociological Analysis of Poverty in the Slums Who are the poor of your city? or The Urban Context: Nature of Urbanization Theories of Slum Emergence (These topic may be integrated with one of the other courses)	Cry chap 3   Cry chap 4	Cry chap 2,5 Browse Child of the Dark, Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus Gunnar Myrdal, Asian Drama   de Soto, H. (1989a). Informal Housing (J. Abbott, Trans.), The Other Path (pp. 17-57). New York: Harper & Row. Jocano, F. L. (1975). Round-the-Clock Activities. Slum as a Way of Life. Quezon City, New Day Publishers: 33-50.	*Find one analysis of who are the poor in the city.  Contribute it to the integrated report of the class.
8	Who Are the Poor? Biblical Reflections on Causes and Responses to Poverty	Companion chap 3
9	Developing a Work Plan for Evangelism
	Tuesday
10	Church Growth in the Slums: The Church in the Slums	Cry chap 6,7	Browse Part 1 , Schwartz, Christian A. (2003). Natural Church Development. D-25924 Emmesbull, Germany: C & P Publishing.	Pass in topic for assignment 1
11	The Four Seasons of Growth II: Analysing Case Studies, Initial Design of a Workplan
12	Developing a Work Plan for Each Season of Growth. Discussion of Assignment 2	Hesselgrave, D. J. (1980). Planting Churches Cross-Culturally; A Guide for Home and Foreign Missions. The Believers Congregated. Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books: 269-301. Phillips, K. (1996). Out of Ashes. The Middle Years: Christian Nurture. Los Angeles, World Impact Press: 87-94.
13	Squatter Culture and the Church Anthropology of Squatter Churches	Cry 15, 16. Lewis, Oscar (1966). "The Culture of Poverty." Scientific American, 215(4), 3-9.
14	Theologies of Incarnation	Prior to Class read The Story of Zachery Baumkletterer Browse the Incarnation case studies on the CD		*Rewrite with your spouse your version of the Lifestyles and Values of Servants (do 3 sections that are most useful  for you)
15	Practical Issues in Incarnation	Brewster, E. T. B. E. S. (1982). Bonding and the Missionary Task. Pasadena, CA, Lingua House.
	Wednesday
16	The Poor and Poverty a.In the Message of Jesus b. In the Church of 1st Century		Browse Julio de Santa Ana, Good News for the Poor
17	Intro to reaching Gangs, Drug Addicts and Prostitutes in the Slum Church 12 Steps Intro to Reaching  Street Children	Eding, G. F. (1988). Drug Addiction and Prostitution, Urban Ministry in Asia (Vol. 198-207): Asia Theological Association Patricia Green, Impact of Sexual Exploitation on Children. In Kilbourn & McDermid, Sexually Exploited Children		Pass in reading log Pray through the twelve steps with your husband or wife concerning sin in your own life.
18	Pastoring the Poor	Cry 14	Browse Ellison and Maynard, Healing the City
19	Squatter Economics		Browse Santos, Milton. (1979). The Shared Space (trans from Portuguese, C. Gerry, Trans.). London and New York: Methuen.
20	Intro to HIV/AIDS care Intro to Developing Slum Schools	Foster, G. (1998). HIV and AIDS: Orphans and Sexual Vulnerability. Sexually Exploited Children; Working to Protect and Heal. P. K. M. McDermid. Monrovia, CA, MARC: 216-232.
21	Kingdom Economics: Old Testament	Snyder, H. (1985). The Age of Jubilee. A Kingdom Manifesto: 68-76.
22	Historical Responses by the Church to the Urban Poor		de Santa Ana, J. (1977). Good News to the Poor. Geneva: WCC.	Tomorrow pass in topic for assignment 3 with headings, and intro paragraph
	Thursday
23	Developing a Work Plan III: Teaching Content		Phillips, K. (1996). The Middle Years: Christian Nurture. Out of Ashes.  Los Angeles, World Impact Press: 87-94.
24	Pioneer Pastoring	Cry chap 14	Hesselgrave, D. J. (1980). Planting Churches Cross-Culturally; A Guide for Home and Foreign Missions. The Believers Congregated. Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books: 269-301.	In preparation for Friday exam, write up an outline of a strategy for churchplanting in the slums
25	Diaconal Growth: Dealing with Poverty Cash Flows in an Urban Poor Churchplant		Browse William Booth, In Darkest England and the Way Out	Pass in reading log
26	When You Have No Money: Cooperative Economics: Implications for Slum Churches	Read Kagawa, Toyohiko, Brotherhood Economics Read Companion chap 6	Creating Jobs, New Businesses Offer Hope for Poor Families, paper by Kenneth MacHarg	Setting the Economic Captives Free: Survey of Economic Production of Congregation and Community
27	The Role of the Rich Church in Dealing with Poverty Sahaara Video: Holistic Churchplanting in Mumbai	Cry 21		1 Page outline of steps you feel you can take to bring a rich church in contact with the poor.
28	Leadership for Multiplying Movements	Cry chap 17,18,19	Breen, Mike, (2002). Fivefold Ministries. In The Apostle's Notebook. Eastbourne, England. Garrison, D. (2004). What does the Bible Say? Church Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a Lost World. Midlothian, VA, WIGTake Resources: 199-219.	Optional: go through Breen's gift analysis
	Friday
29	Class Presentations 1
30	Theologies of Community Development Church Community Development Practice.	Companion chap 9,10 Cry chap 20	Browse Paulo Friere,  (1986). Pedagogy of the Oppressed (M. B. Ramos, Trans.). New York: Continuum. or Browse Hanks, Thomas. (1984). Basic Old Testament Vocabulary of Oppression. God So Loved the Third World. Maryknoll, Orbis Books.
31	Development of a Plan for training a team. Discussion of Assignment 3.			Identify 5-8 people to train.
32	Development of Leaders Based on Spiritual Gifting	Cry 18
33	Theologies of Suffering		Browse Elsa Tamez Bible of the Oppressed
34	Theology of Justice Church & Land Rights Struggles	Grigg, Viv, 2006, Biblical Reflection on Land and Land Rights, Auckland, Urban Leadership Foundation. Companion 11	Browse Land Rights Reader Browse Hollnsteiner, Community Organization Among the Rural Poor
35	Additional Topic
	Saturday
36	Class Presentations 2
37	Final Exam			Done in class
38-39	Integration/Evaluation/Prayer			Evaluation discussion and fill in form
Post class	Ongoing practical work and assignments			Papers and final reading log due dates: ____  pass in to registrar.

References

Batchelor, J. (2006). Evangelism: Strategies from Heaven in the War for Souls. Auckland, Proclaim the Gospel International.  Churchplanting, West, Evangelism
Becker, P., J. Carpenter, et al. (2003). Dynamic Churchplanting Handbook. Oceanside, CA 92052, Dynamic Churchplanting International.  MATUL, Churchplanting
Brookes, N. and S. Curnow (1998). Lifting the Lid on the New Zealand Church. Shaping a Future. N. Brookes and S. Curnow. Adelaide, Open Book Publishers; Wellington, NZ: Church Life Survey.  Church, Churchplanting, MATUL
Coleman, R. E. (1993). The Master Plan of Evangelism. Grand Rapids, MI, Revellbooks.  Churchplanting
Comiskey, J. (1984). Home Cell Group Explosion - How your small  group can grow and multiply. 10055 Regal Row #180 Houston TX 77040 USA, TOUCH Outreach Ministries.  Churchplanting
Driver, J. (1997). Images of the Church in Mission, Mennonite Publishing.  MATUL, Churchplanting
Eims, L. (1978). The Lost Art of Disciple Making. Grand Rapids, Zondervan Publishing house.  MATUL, Churchplanting
Fish, R. J. (1989). The Master Plan of Evangelism. Old Tappan New Jersey 07675, Fleming H Revell Company.  Churchplanting
Garrison, D. (2004). Church Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a Lost World. Midlothian VA, WIGTake Resources.  Churchplanting, MATUL
Grigg, V. (1984/2004). Companion to the Poor. Monrovia, CA, Authentic Media (revised and updated), originally Abatross: Sydney (1984), revised MARC: Monrovia (1990)).  Urban, Transformation.Churchplanting,Poverty
--- (1985). The Lifestyle and Values of Servants. Auckland, Urban Leadership Foundation.  Urban, Transformation, Spirituality, MATUL, movements
--- (1992/2004). Cry of the Urban Poor. London, Authentic Press.  Urban, Transformation, Global, Poor,churchplanting,poverty
Hall, D. (c1985). Systems Thinking and the Urban Church. Christianity in Boston. Boston, Emmanuel Gospel Centre: A-1 - A-12. 
Hesselgrave, D. (1980). The Believers Congregated. Planting Churches Cross-Culturally;A Guide for Home and Foreign Missions. Grand Rapids, Baker Book House.  Church, Churchplanting, MATUL
Hirsch, A. (2006). The Forgotten Ways. Grand Rapids, Baker.  MATUL, Churchplanting
Livingstone, G. (1993). Planting Churches in Muslim Cities. Grand Rapids, Baker.  Churchplanting, MATUL
Malphurs, A. (2004). Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Guide for New Churches and Those Desiring Renewal. Grand Rapids, Baker Books.  Churchplanting, MATUL
McManus, E. R. (2001). An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind. Orange, CA, Yates & Yates. 
Moore, R. (2002). Starting a New Church. Ventura, CA, Regal Books.  MATUL, Churchplanting, Western
Phillips, K. (1984). The Middle Years:Christian Nurture. Out of Ashes. 2001 S. Vermont Avenue Los Angeles , California 9007, World Impact Press.  Churchplanting, Urban, Poverty, MATUL
Richards, L. O. (1981). A New Face for the Church. Grand Rapids, Zondervan.  Church, Churchplanting, MATUL
Ringma, C. (1994). Catch the Wind: The Shape of the Church to Come. Sydney, Albatross.  Churchplanting, MATUL, West
Schwartz, C. A. (2003). Natural Church Development. D-25924 Emmesbull, Germany, C & P Publishing.  Churchplanting, MATUL
Stetzer, E. (2006). Planting Missional Churches. Nashville, Tennessee, Broadman and Holman.  Churchplanting
Stockwell, L. (1998). The Cell Church. Ventura, CA, Regal.  Churchplanting, MATUL
Taylor, S. (2005). The Out of Bounds Church : Learning to Create a Community of Faith in a Culture of Change. Grand Rapids, MI, Zondervan.  Churchplanting, MATUL, West
Thwaites, J. (1999). The Church Beyond the Congregation. Carlisle, Cumbria, UK, Paternoster Press.  Church, Churchplanting, MATUL, West, Postmodernism
Warren, R. (1995). The Purpose Driven Church. Grand Rapids, Zondervan.  Church, Churchplanting, MATUL, West