PACO 825 Growth & Development of the Contemporary Minister

D. Min. students are required to take this course in order to develop an awareness of the myriad of challenges and opportunities facing ministry leaders today. The course also supports the development of a personal strategy to facilitate longevity in service, increased competency and personal growth in ministry and facilitates its application in his/her personal, spiritual, marital, familial, and ministry life.

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After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, discussions provide opportunities to integrate insights and skills gleaned from the assigned readings, assessments, lectures, web resources, and the Scriptures as the student narrates movement through a process for growing in favor with God and others.

Due to the nature of these connected, collaborative, cumulative research-based discussions, the content-building discussions will have a “paper or presentation-like feel” (i.e. more is expected than in a typical discussion-based thread). Required texts, assessments, and lectures-to-date are to be noticeably and consistently used to ground assertions. In response to prompts in each discussion, the student must synthesize pertinent material and write a substantive research-based thread and reply.

Pertinent insights from all readings-to-date should be synthesized weekly and moved forward into subsequent learning activities. Each thread must be at least 450 words, and noticeably/meaningfully employ at least 1 pertinent insight from each required source-readings-to-date and lecture notes/presentations (see Course Schedule). In the assigned Module: Week, the student will write 1 substantive research-based reply related to a specific point of reference within a classmate’s thread. Each reply must noticeably/meaningfully employ at least 1 pertinent insight from course related knowledge and be at least 150 words.

All posts must be written with clarity and conciseness, without spelling, grammar, word choice errors, and adhere to meaning-making guidelines and rubric expectations. Current Turabian form guidelines should be followed. Specific instructions are provided in the prompt of each Discussion. NOTE: The Discussion: Imagineering a Rational Meaningful Detachment into Life has different expectations: the word count for this Discussion will be 350 words for the initial thread and 150 words for the reply. The Discussion Self-Narrated Class Introduction will have no length requirement. (CLOs: A-G)

Subject Matter Conversations Assignments (2)

Subject Matter Conversations (SMC) are intentionally designed to create meaningful learning experiences between the faculty member and students. The student is required to identify and carefully respond to one of nine questions for these assignments. Throughout the course, there will be two opportunities to connect via Microsoft Teams; however, the student has the choice to attend one of the SMCs or get the necessary information from the provided assignment details. The student is highly encouraged to attend the SMCs. Links to these meetings will be sent at the start of the term. (CLO: A)

The student will write 2 book reviews to resource the cumulative learning process. The Practical Book Review: Ortberg Assignment will solely address the Ortberg text and Practical Book Review: Issler Assignment the Issler text. The body of each review must be at least 4 pages and follow current Turabian form. Specific instructions are provided in the assignment folder of the course. (CLOs: A, D, F)

Self-Administered Assessments Assignment

The student will take the three online assessments: The Taking Flight DISC Profile, Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Appraisal Test, and the BeMIS Adjective Checklist. These assessments provide language and skills to understand oneself and others. These are not infallible sources of information, instead, consider them to be sources of meaningful commentary for every relational context. The student will create a well-crafted, brief synopsis using the questions provided in the assignment instructions.

This quiz will confirm subscription to the Question & Answer Center (QAC). This quiz will contain 1 multiple-choice question and will have no time limit. (CLO: A)

Quiz: Completion of Module Readings

This quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned module: week. This quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 1 true/false question, and will have no time limit. (CLO: A)