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Curriculum for 1A
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Curriculum Name |
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Description |
Objective |
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1 hr |
Completed |
Introduction to the Institute for Servant
Leadership for new students |
Every student can prepare for ISL training
by understanding these components 1. The beginning 2. The design 3. The sponsors 4. The motivation |
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1 hr |
Completed |
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4 hr |
What is Servant Leadership- Leader |
Completed |
Provides the foundational, practical
principles of Christian servant-leadership.
This is the underlying paradigm for the ISL curriculum and process |
Every person can become a more effective
servant leader by answering 4 questions 1. What is leadership? 2. What is servant
leadership? 3. How can I become the
leaders God created me to be? 4. What are the leader’s
challenges and responsibilities? |
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4 hr |
Completed |
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1 hr |
Completed |
Introduction to Natural Church Development
paradigm for new students.
Foundational for the 3 year track. |
Every Servant Leader can understand the NCD
paradigm of a healthy church by grasping 3 components: 1. The 8 Quality
Characteristics 2. The 6 Biotic Principles 3. The Minimum Barrel 4. The Congregational Survey |
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1 hr |
Completed |
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4 hr |
Needs a revision |
Practical teaching and application about
developing a lifestyle of deep, passionate intimacy with God. |
Every servant-leader can develop a passion
for God by developing these habits 1. Bible study 2. Prayer 3. Obedient response 4. Fasting |
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4 hr |
Needs a revision |
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2 hr |
New, needs to be reviewed |
Defines and develops the quality characteristic of
Loving Relationships |
Every
Servant leader can develop healthy relationships by taking these steps: 1.
Understand
the church as relationship 2.
Become a loving person 3.
Develop healthy interpersonal relationships |
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2 hr |
The Church as Relationships - Student |
New, needs to be reviewed |
Defines and develops the quality characteristic of
Loving Relationships |
Every
Servant leader can develop healthy relationships by taking these steps: 1.
Understand the
church as relationship
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Develop healthy interpersonal relationships |
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Reading Assignment |
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Curriculum for 1B
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Hours |
Curriculum Name |
Status |
Description |
Objective |
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2hr |
Ken is re-writing |
Defines and develops
the six biotic principles of a healthy church |
Every
servant leader can cultivate a healthier church by applying the biotic
principles inherent in an organism. Six biotic principles follow |
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4 hr |
Experiencing
God through Worship – Teacher, Rick Webb |
Has not been reviews |
Introduces the
theology of worship and exposes the participant to worship tools both
corporately and individually |
Every
leader can experience and facilitate inspiring worship by understanding the
dynamics of three situations. 1)
Your own life 2)
Small group 3)
Large Group |
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4 hr |
Completed |
Provides a clear,
practical method for preparing and delivering effective lessons, talks,
speeches and sermons |
Every servant leader can
improve communication skills by applying the answers to 4 questions 1.
What is communication? 2.
How can I effectively communicate? 3.
How can I prepare an effective talk? 4.
How can I apply SCORRE to scripture? |
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2 hr |
Need
Oriented Evangelism Leaders Hickman Need Oriented
Evangelism Student Hickman |
Needs some revisions |
Understanding the
value of demographics (both social and spiritual) to help determine the
profile of the church’s target area. |
Every congregation can prepare themselves to
reach their community by understanding these concepts. 1)
Need Oriented Evangelism 2)
Community demographics 3)
Congregational demographics 4)
Cultural and congregational match |
Curriculum
for 2A
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Hours |
Curriculum Name |
Status |
Description |
Objective |
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4 hrs |
Content good, needs formatting for students
notebook |
Defines and develops the
quality characteristic of holistic small groups for the local church. Exposes the participants to effective
models of churches who have effectively developed holistic small groups that
multiply |
Every
leader can know God’s design for Biblical community by understanding the
functions of holistic small groups.
5.
Edification |
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4 hrs |
This piece must be coordinated with final
project. Make sure terminology lines
up |
Defines and develops
the quality characteristics of functional structures. Challenges participants to develop a
mission statement, and strategy for ministry |
Every
leader can develop functional structures for their ministry by taking these
steps 1.
Discover the characteristics 2.
Understand the elements 3.
Design your plan 4.
Monitor for effectiveness |
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4 hrs |
Needs some revision: “program oriented needs to be
more organic in nature” |
Defines and develops the
quality characteristic of need-oriented evangelism on a personal and
congregational level. |
Every leader can be involved in relational evangelism by taking these actions. 1.
Understand
biblical basis of evangelism 2.
Understand the unchurched 3.
Build
bridges to the unchurched 4.
Take advantage of opportunities |
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Curriculum
for 2B
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Hours |
Curriculum Name |
Status |
Description |
Objective |
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4 hr |
Gift
Oriented Ministry |
Do not have electronic copy |
Defines
and develops the quality characteristic of gift oriented ministry. Help participant’s identity their spiritual
gifts and how that fits into the overall ministry of the church |
Every leader can be more effective in ministry by understanding
facets of God’s design for the church.
3.
Mobilization of persons according to their spiritual
gifts |
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4 hr |
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Needs to be reviewed. Make sure material coordinates with
functional structures in 2A. |
Offers a lab setting
for continued development of a mission statement, and three-year strategy for
personal and congregational action to address the minimum factor. |
Every
servant leader can develop and implement a plan for ministry by taking these
steps
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4 hr |
Leading Congregational Change –
Leaders, Jones |
Has not been reviewed |
Helping participants
understand the dynamics of change and how to implement lasting change in the local
church |
Every
servant leader can be a change agent by taking these actions
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Curriculum
for 3A
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Hours |
Curriculum Name |
Status |
Description |
Objective |
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4 hrs |
Responding Appropriately to Conflict-Student Responding Appropriately to Conflict-Leader –Dan
Murrell
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Has not been reviewed |
Understand the
relational environment for change, the student’s personal conflict style and
congregational conflict resolution strategies. |
Every person can build community in times of conflict
by taking these actions:
4. Develop
strategies for dealing with conflict. |
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5 hr |
Completed |
Understanding the
essentials of developing passionate spirituality on a congregational level |
Every congregation can have passionate
spirituality by developing these qualities;
5. Empowering
leadership that models passionate spirituality |
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3 hr |
Completed |
An introduction the
heritage of the Church of God. A look
at the culture of the Church of God through the lens of Natural Church
Development. Reflecting on the purpose
and mandate of the Church of God |
Every servant leadert can value our Church of
God heritage by seeing the NCD eight quality characteristics in our history.
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Curriculum
for 3B
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Hours |
Curriculum Name |
Status |
Description |
Objective |
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4hr |
Holistic
Small Groups at the congregational level |
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How to
structure a church so the multiplication of groups is ongoing. A review of multiplication models of
Biblically functioning community including cell, discipleship, target, etc.
with the focus on building community and evangelism rather than organization |
Every congregation can develop and multiply biblical functioning
community by taking these actions: (Focus is to identify where it is already
happening and then how to structure to make it happen more)
4. Design
biblically functioning community in your church |
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4 hr |
Completed |
Ethics affecting the clergy with emphasis on appropriate
boundaries to prevent clergy from getting involved sexually with their
parishioners. |
Every
servant leader and congregation can have integrity by developing Biblical
ethics in 4 areas
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4 hr |
Completed |
A four-hour practical session of tying it all
together, finalizing the final project, with a sharing and feedback from
class members. |
Every
servant leader can prepare for more effective ministry by taking these steps
(Ken needs to review for accuracy) |
Curriculum
for Presenter Training
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Hours |
Curriculum Name |
Status |
Description |
Objective |
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12 hr |
Completed |
Day and a half workshop to train presenters in
communication and help them prepare to present their module. Involves both instruction and hands on
application. |
Every
presenter can prepare to present for ISL and develop his communication skills
by taking these steps
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Schedule Outling for Presenter training |
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