Case Study: United Lutheran Seminary

Aside from my role with the All Nations Leadership Institute, I am an assistant pastor with the Lighthouse Church of All Nations. Though I involve myself in multiple facets of pastoral leadership, these do not meet all my educational needs. There is a need in this season for systematic and hierarchical learning in theology and ministry that is vital to my pastoral growth and development. Further, I want to focus on nurturing habits of mind for scriptural scholarship: inquiry, analysis, research and reflection. Enrolling and participating in a formal learning environment would meet this need and give me the push towards a higher level of knowledge.

Planting and leading multiethnic churches at a high level will require a keen understanding of future leadership trends and the ability to effectively lead people from all cultures. SEBTS unwavering commitment to fulfilling the Great Commission supports my passion for leading a gospel saturated movement that will equip church planters, entrepreneurs, leaders in Corporate America, missionaries, and pastors to lead in any arena in which God calls them to be his witness. This program coupled with my experience will provide the confidence and skills required to thrive in any leadership role and empower God’s people to boldly do the same for the sake of advancing His Kingdom in a world that desperately needs authentic Gospel-centered leadership.

The Kilgore Board of Trustees at Kilgore College, according to the Kilgore College website, has specific powers and duties imposed by the state statutes including policy direction for the college. They also establish goals consistent with Kilgore Colleges’ role and mission, but overall they are to make wise decisions that will further benefit the facility they govern and the community they are in. And on Monday July 20, 2015 the board had practiced their powers in a public meeting, at the McLaurin Administration Building, on the Kilgore College campus. The meeting was primarily to discuss new executive orders regarding the Colleges’ budget. This included decisions over employment (employment cuts, retirement, and replacements), and facility

This summer, I got to see firsthand the way my liberal arts education impacts the way I share Christ. Along with ten other OBU students, I was given the privilege of serving through the North American Mission Board in Portland, Oregon. My job as a church-planting intern was to build relationships with unbelievers, share Christ with unbelievers, learn what it would be like to actually plant a church, and ultimately, learn to live life on mission.

Texas Christian University (TCU) located in Fort Worth, Texas is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), which is a denomination that values discussion, freedom of belief; and a concern for all individuals. TCU has a nursing school, Harris College School of Nursing. There are nursing associations that the school offers, however, there is not a religious group that the nurses can come together and reflect in spiritual ways. There are 24 religious organizations listed on TCU Religious and Spiritual Life (2015), though, a student nurse does not have religious way to connect that is central to his/her type of need. The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (RSL) would be responsible for adding Nurses Christian Fellowship (NCF).

David currently leads the campus development of Chi Alpha on the Tarrant County College (TCC) campuses. To this position, he brings twenty years of corporate managerial experience. David divides his responsibilities between Chi Alpha at the downtown Trinity River TCC campus and his position as college and career pastor at Fossil Creek Church. Considering the importance of David’s role at Fossil Creek Church to this ability to serve Chi Alpha, this motivational plan will address excellence both in terms of ministry responsibilities and balance. In our interview, David communicated the value he places on developing leaders, therefore, I will focus on leadership development a primary measure of excellence.

Christian University is my desire for a Global Women's Ministry. The ministry vision has been

Graduates of this degree program will be able to rationally and honestly defend the Christian faith in a ministry context. A Church history concentration studies the development and transformation of Christian theology, classical values, branch reformation and cultural trends. This degree is well-suited for academics and lay ministry staff. A ministry specialization prepares students for careers as pastoral leaders and congregational

A pastor in Sullivan City, Texas said he will start carrying a handgun while preaching from the pulpit, a change that was prompted by the mass shooting at the First Baptist Church (FBC) in Sutherland Springs which killed 26 worshippers on Nov. 5.

I desire a collaborative and interdisciplinary program because I seek creative solutions to the challenges of our time. I want a flexible rigorous and intense intellectual environment because that energizes, challenges, and brings out the best in me. I see its programs, tremendous faculty resources, and intense intellectual culture as good fit for me. To be given the honor and privilege of studying at UChicago is a desired journey, which I hope to pass it forward in the future. A UChicago education will mold and set me up for success in accomplishing my career goals in teaching at higher education, making significant contributions in Hebrew Bible and Women’s studies, as well as the unfolding of slowly seeing my dreams of establishing a Divinity school, top university and community centers in the poorest areas of my nations a possibility.

The United Methodist Church is growing and it is happening in nontraditional areas. Between 2005 and 2013 outreach ministries connected the UMC with diverse communities and created over 130,000 new disciples in His image. Outreach ministries believe in providing sustenance to who are without basic needs and envision a day without want. On this foundation, missionaries built programs and create an opportunity for growth. Through ministry, the UMC continues to provide support and generosity to those who need help, while transforming missionaries’ actions into disciples across the globe. UMC apportionments equip ministries and change the world.

One of the issues facing larger churches is the inability for the pastors and ministers to intimately connect and engage with each individual member on a regular basis. While

I see a tremendous need for leadership development in both of my ministry contexts, even though they are culturally very different. I consider several key concepts from the previous MC506 class to be

The University of Alabama welcomes thousands of new students each August. Away from home, one of the many decisions freshmen face is the amount of involvement in a local church.

Early in my graduate theological education I encountered the work of British missionary and theologian Lesslie Newbigin, who transformed my understanding of the church’s mission and thus my sense of call. With Newbigin’s guidance I began to understand mission not as a command to be obeyed or a duty to be fulfilled, but as an exciting and life-giving adventure that flows from the very heart of the triune God. Such an approach grounds our missional efforts in the nature of God and the great story of redemption, rather than in the misguided impulses and trends of human nature and culture. In the end, mission is directed to the praise and glory of God.