Description
The course will equip students to mobilize, train, and lead their congregation or non-profit organization to engage faithfully and effectively in God’s mission as a central part of congregational/organizational identity. We will deconstruct colonial notions of mission as charity and postmodern assumptions of mission as self-transformation through a critical analysis of the most popular congregational mission strategies (mission trips, child sponsorship, development projects, orphanages, meal packaging, etc.). We will reflect on the foundations of mission theology, anthropology and development studies needed to engage more authentically and respectfully using case studies and interviews with innovative leaders.