Competency Profiles as Basis for Course Design of the MA in Transformational Urban
Course: TUL520 TUL520 Urban Spirituality
CompID Competency Skill Knowledge Value Character

Course Objectives: Disciplined habits that promote an urban spirituality through weekly reading, study, response and practice of the

classical spiritual disciplines. Development of an action plan for the next years of spiritual formation.

TUL520 Urban Spirituality

Reflections on the continuity of building an intimate relationship with God in the context of the city, knowing the

appropriate use and application of prayer and fasting, encountering and responding to spiritual conflict, exercising

deliverance ministry, in-depth bible study, practising the presence of God, the exercise of spiritual gifts with an

attitude of servant-hood, and practising moral integrity and ethics.



Issues of sustaining and developing a healthy marriage partnership in the midst of the stresses of urban ministry

and poverty are examined in the light of Biblical holism.



The Care and Nurturing of Urban Poor Workers, which includes pastoral care of urban poor workers, psych testing,

theology of work and rest, cross-cultural stress and shock issues, reentry, etc. Critical application of the four

seasons of Christian growth to ones own life and the lives of a selected group of people, ascertaining which season

each person is in and how that contributes to their spiritual development and function within a ministry team or faith

community. Analysis of the expanded use of pastoral and ministry gifts, critically evaluating one’s own appropriate

pastoral roles and the capacity to respond to urban poor pastoral issues. Development of a cell group.
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Theoogy of martyrdom Able to confront opposition with Theology of suffering and Values suffering and Gracious in opposition

Biblical wisdom martyrdom martydom (Mat5:10)
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Has clarity as to call to follow Able to explain the call to the Understands the diversity Obedience to the Biblical Sense of vocation

Jesus among the poor, to the poor to others without shame, involved in Jesus call to minister mandates to minister

poor or as an advocate for the and despite opposition from among the poor, and the costs among the poor

church leaders
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Person of focussed vision Consistently identifies objectives Understands processes of Values spirit-inspired goal- Singleminded

through times of retreat identifying objectives, goals, setting

strategy, timframes, limitations,

resources
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Able to face suffering and Interprets themese in a theology Values character produced

injustice with Biblical perspectives of justice from both Old and New by suffering

Testament passages.
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Godly reactions to dishonour, Works through processes of Understands the soveriegnty and Grace, dignity and Forgiving (Eph 4:32)

shame, abuse, adversity and reconciliation with enemies or grace of God in leadership stability under opposition

opposers conflicts, public opposition,

adversity and crisis
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Critically evaluates personal Sustains private worship Understands the balance between

spiritual growth in the light of doing justice as spirituality and

inclinations to varied spiritual devotional disciplines

disciplines
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Sacrifices in marriage, Understands the costs on family Values sacrifices in

singleness, childlessness for the of ministry and the ways of marriage, singleness,

sake of the gospel balancing provision for the family childlessness for the sake

of the gospel
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Identifies and released from Processes of release from Freedom for the flow of Freedom of Spirit

personal spiritual bondages and bondages and cardinal sins the Spirit

cardinal sins

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