Competency Profiles as Basis for Course Design of the MA in Transformational Urban
Course: TUL530 TUL530 Urban Poor Church Leadership
CompID Competency Skill Knowledge Value Character
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Understands and skilful at Have been part of a team in a Hnderstand the difference Experimented with Trainees will have a biblical

entrance ot a community public preaching context between a fast approach and slow processes of finding a foundation for withstanding

approaches to evangelism and person of peace in a opposition when evangelising

when it is appropriate to use these community
306
Able to discern seasons of Have a work plan for each Understand group dynamics, Value a ministry, its Evaluate their own maturity

ministry growth with a developed season of growth for an urban focus of teaching and group teaching, group dynamics of character and ministry

work plan for each season for culture at each phase of the four and culture, according to experience in the light of the

an urban poor context seasons chart its season of growth four seasons of growth
305
Have a framework for Skilled in a process for Have a framework of elements Value both spiritual

discernment about a community unobtrusively gaining information they need to discern about a discernment and non-

before entrance. on a community community before entrance intrusive pragmatic

research methods in

community research
298
Identify characteristics of an Identify characteristics of an

urban poor church from urban poor church from

reflections on Oscar Lewis' reflections on Oscar Lewis'

"Culture of Poverty" thesis "Culture of Poverty" thesis
337
Development of deacons and Able to critically evaluate, using Understands Boblical models of

elders among the poor and the Four Seasons Chart, cell leadership and can relate these to

patterns of leadership in a group, small group, and specific cltural styles of

specific context developed fellowship development Use of

basedd on one of the New these groups to provide pastoral

Testament Church patterns
360
Utilises culturalcommunication Utilises analogies, proverbs, Knows the proverbs and major Values Cultural

vehicles folksongs, drama for evangelism folk stories of the culture communication vehicles
363
Has a gospel that engages in Communicates a gospel that Understands the Biblical basis Values power encounter

power encounters with the breaks the bondages of power encounters with a gospel

bondage of oppressive world oppressive world views that addresses the bondage of

views - fatalism, Karma, oppressive world views - fatalism,

castism, demon possession Karma, castism, demon

possession or equivalents in other
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Intitiates and leads a youth Skilled to initiate and lead a Understands the nature of youth,

youth ministry their issues within the culture, and

varioius models of youth
367
Can enable the development of Able to enable some women Understands the perspective of The importance of Treats the opposite sex with

a women's ministry and leaders to develo a women's mature women leaders about women's ownership of the sensitivity, and honour

participation of women in ministry women's ministries and women's ministry

roles
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Starts childrens works Able to initiate a children's club Familiar with teaching materials Values children

for children

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