Competency Profiles as Basis for Course Design of the MA in Transformational Urban
Course: TUL560 TUL560 Small Business Development
CompID Competency Skill Knowledge Value Character
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Is qualified in a marketplace Is qualified in a marketplace

vocational skill or profession vocational skill or profession
115
Has proven workplace skills Has proven workplace skills
260
Maintains personal/ ministry Maintained personal/ ministry Budgetting, bookkeping using

budget/ bookkeeping budget/ bookkeeping over a six Quicken

month period
Summary for Course = TUL560 (13 competencies)

Course Objectives: People credited with competency in this course will be able to critically analyze processes of spiritual, religious,

political and socio-economic leadership of movements among the urban poor and citywide movements.

TUL620 Urban Poor Movement

Leadership The course includes analysis of the issues in incarnational leadership; mission team building; short term team

leadership; leadership in multiple phases of life; development of apostolic, prophetic, evangelistic and diaconal

leadership in emerging churches; contrast of First World managerial styles and consensus based leadership styles;

identification and development of personal spiritual leadership gifts; relationship of poverty to leadership emergence;

women and family issues in leadership; networking and partnership. These are analysed in relationship to multiple

ethnic styles of leadership and decision-making.



These are in the context of church growth theories, and anthropological studies on charisma (Weberian school),

Friere's educational theses, Alinsky et al on community organisation, the implications of Maslow et al on hierarchies

of needs etc. These theories will be examined from urban poor leaders case studies. Anthropological church growth

elements will include processes of multiplying ministries through the training of spiritually gifted believers among the

poor; development of apostolic and prophetic leadership; cell multiplication; web movements, people movements;

revival movements; patterns of urban poor church growth; cultural roles and movements, inside and outside

leadership styles; diffusion of innovations; processes of catalysing indigenous leadership and theologising styles;

momentum, events planning, and changes in leadership style at each phase.



A foundational course on the theology of the Kingdom of God as it relates to the city, in areas of poverty, justice,

land rights, community; reconciliation, work…. Processes in bringing about citywide spiritual and social change. Case

studies of the latest developments in bringing about unity and prayer movements in global cities. Students engage in

serving a citywide process of research or consultation. An introduction to basic theories that relate to analysis of

poverty and church growth, within urban anthropology, economics, geography and sociology including de Soto, culture

of poverty, latest spatial theories in geography. Understanding the urban environment; a theology of the city;

history of the city; urbanisation, urbanism, transitions to postmodern urban culture; urban economics and upper and

lower circuit theories; urban anthropological theories. Examination of theory and models from multiple cities of the

mobilisation of citywide prayer and of ethnic reconciliation processes. Cities and spiritual powers.
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Works with class to bring Works with class to bring publishing communal

together a weekend forum of together a weekend forum of theology

leaders from a sector of the city leaders from a sector of the city

to examine an issue, and to examine an issue, and publish

publish theology or strategy as a theology or strategy as a result.
370
Has a comprehensive Able to visit a diversity of Has moved from a legalistic Unity in diversity Flexible

understanding of the nature of churches and affirm their styles understanding to a Biblical

the church understanding of principles and

diverse structures and styles in

the nature of the church

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