Covers the biblical and theological basis for urban mission and biblical
perspectives on urban issues such as poverty, leadership and globalization.
Lecturer: John Edmiston
Theological Stance: Evangelical/Charismatic
Cost: Free
Assessment:
Write a 2000 word (4 page) term paper on:
"The specific application of the principles of
Urban Ministry to three situations in your life and ministry"
Term papers should be scripturally
based and demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of the course
material.
Term papers should be done in MS-Word or similar format (Wordperfect, RTF , PDF) and may be sent to the lecturer at any time. On completion of the term paper you will be issued with a "Certificate of Completion" similar to those for in-service courses in the workplace. Contact the Lecturer
Free E-Text
- The Biblical
Foundations of Urban Ministry download now
The text takes approximately 3 minutes to download over a 28.8 K modem and can
be read offline (that is when you are not connected to the Internet) in any
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with Opera) thus saving you time online. It can also be printed out. For help
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Additional Free Etext-
Readings In Urban Missions large
MS-Word file (1.2 MB) OR zip
file (600 KB)
This is a compilation of readings for the Introduction to Urban Missions course
at the Asian Theological Seminary and is a 250 page Word file. The text takes
approximately 12 minutes to download over a 28.8 K modem and can be read off-line
(that is when you are not connected to the Internet) in Microsoft Word. The
zip file is a compressed version of the Word file and is about half the size
taking 6 minutes to download at 28.8K.
Articles/Lectures - The following table contains articles and lectures relevant to the course. They are all also in the ebook/etext. The course will cover all 8 lectures in the theology section then five lectures each on the other two sections. Many of them were written while I was the editor of Eternity Online Magazine and some are chapters from my book The Market, The Kingdom and the Terrorists.
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