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| Term Offered: |
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| CT707 |
TUL630 |
Theology & Practice of Community |
35 |
5 |
40 |
40 |
120 |
| Candidates will be able to utilise Bellingham's biblical approach to social transformation based on the |
| relationship of the Kingdom of God to community development, community organisation and |
| Candidates will explore transformation theory through a critical evaluation of injustices, surveying some |
| basic needs, population, environmental issues, debt, underdevelopment, imperialism, capitalism, |
| dependency, women and children in poverty, Colonialism, Modernity, Industrialization, Marxism, and |
| The reasons for and steps in “Community Organizing” are critically analyzed. Inclusive participation |
| models are analyzed to maximize the contribution of the poor in their own self-determination and |
| understand the critical need for sustainable and environmentally sound transformation. Candidates will |
| know how to enter a community wisely, utilise different methods of incarnational community |
| development, organizing or advocacy, so as to successfully work for systemic change. |
| Critical contextualisation of community development skills of good project planning, execution of seed |
| projects, evaluation and communications will be attempted with a local church or NGO. Progressions |
| will be designed to sustain a flow of events throughout the calendar year, and build towards a major |
| EC808 |
TUL640 |
Entrepreneurial & Organizational |
35 |
5 |
40 |
40 |
120 |
| This introductory financial management course will help the non-financial manager of an urban poor |
Course Objectives |
| church or mission define biblical principles of financial stewardship, simplicity, walking by faith, |
By the end of this course, you should be able to: |
| voluntary poverty and their relationship to entrepreneurship and fundraising. They will be equipped with |
Define biblical principles of financial stewardship, simplicity, walking by faith, |
| the essential tools for supporitn their ministries through entrepreneurial develoment. The course will be |
voluntary poverty. |
| built around case studies from slums in multiple cities. |
Explain the value of the managerial accounting process in Christian |
| Candidates will also understand raising funding for the poor within culturally acceptable processes. |
Describe how financial and accounting tools make it possible to carry out the |
| Communication is a critical component of Christian mission-based organizations. This course is |
mission and goals of the faith-based organizations. |
| designed to introduce leaders to issues of relationships which will result in more prayer for, giving to |
Demonstrate the effective use of financial statements by analyzing the |
| and involvement in deeply mission-based organizations. Students will also consider the biblical |
information, asking probing questions and synthesizing the data for making |
| framework for marketing and fundraising activities, reflecting on appropriate parallels in the words and |
conclusions. |
| actions of Paul. . |
Demonstrate the complete process of financial analysis for effective decision- |
| Candidates are able to understand how to relate well to a slum community, find budding entrepreneurs |
Describe the role of budgets in managing both operations and strategic plans. |
| within the community, and articulate a business vision for them. They can critically evaluate the |
Evaluate the fiscal health of your organization and other organizations. |
| methods of fostering entrepreneurship and innovation, enunciate business goals and objectives and |
Describe normative cash flows in the process of planting an urban poor church |
| formulate strategic plans for specific small business ventures in an urban poor community or |
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| communities. Candidates will be able to read financial statements, understand basic book-keeping and |
Living By Faith (mesh with course on finances, needs to be completely redone |
| banking concepts, evaluate the viability of small business ventures, recognize and develop strategies |
from the perspective of workers among the poor not American fundraising |
| to respond to business life cycles, and formulate problem solving strategies. |
techniques) Two key areas receive special focus: 1) the careful assessment and |
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