Leading and Emerging Culture
Fall
2004
Facilitator: Spencer Burke
Professor of Record (credit students only): Charles
Zimmerman
Announcing an exciting new course specially designed for
serious learners, whether for credit or audit!
Join with others in a collaborative learning group to explore the
changing nature of leadership in the church with some of today’s most creative
thinkers and practitioners.
Course description
A practical and highly interactive course on leadership in
the shifting context of ministry in the 21st century. This class will involve online study and
personal interaction with several important thinkers and practitioners of
emerging church leadership, including Spencer Burke, who will serve as course
facilitator.
Facilitator
Spencer Burke is creator and CEO of TheOoze.com. Spencer spent 20
years in paid ministry including the last 8 of those years at Mariner's church in
California and now volunteers at ROCKharbor as an Elder, teacher and counsel to the
staff. He's also a founding board member of Damah, an independent short-film festival committed to
spiritual experiences in film. Spencer launched a new alternative to schooling
called ETREK, an experiential
model that integrates real-time, real-life, peer-to-peer curriculum development
and lifelong learning. He hosts an annual learning party Soularize for
IndieAllies.net a grassroots network of the emerging church. Humorous,
inspirational and surprising are words people use to describe his story-telling
speaking style. An accomplished photographer, he has exhibited his work in galleries
and taught at the university level. Author of two books Stories
of Emergence (March 03) and Making Sense of Church (Sept.
03). Spencer lives in a 1909 "beach shack" with his wife, Lisa, and
their two children; Alden (6 years old) and Grace (2 year old), in Newport
Beach, California.
Guest Faculty
Frederica Matthewes-Green, Dan Kimball, Andrew Jones, Sally Morgenthaler or Paul Harris, Bill Easum, Todd Hunter, Tom & Christine Sine, Leonard Sweet, Brian McLaren, and Joe Meyers
Course Basics
·
Learning groups have 15
- 20 learners and a facilitator and convene for 3
months.
·
Groups meet
face-to-face twice: for the first
session to meet each other and develop the topics to be explored, and for the
final session to celebrate and compile learnings. The fall 2004 groups
meet September 14-15 and December 14-15 at Biblical Theological Seminary.
·
Twice a month,
group members participate in facilitated group phone conferences with experts (Guest Faculty) or authors in the agreed upon
subjects (5-7 calls).
·
Twice a month,
peer-to-peer phone conferences
are used to further explore the topics being discussed (about six calls).
·
Once a month,
one-on-one personalized learning with facilitator. Phone conversations focused on how the topic uniquely
plays out in your real-life situation (three calls).
·
For each subject there is
a reading list developed by the group with feedback from our
academic advisors. Learners
capture and share their learnings and ideas via ETREK’s online web
tools.
·
Optional Credit, Graduate credit may be
obtained through Biblical Seminary (see
below).
Requirements
·
You are a leader or
leader-in-training of a congregation or organization.
·
Your congregation /
organization wants to address the needs of the emerging culture.
·
You are open minded and
willing to explore emerging culture trends and issues that affect your church /
organization.
·
Credit students must meet
the regular requirements for Biblical Seminary.
Cost
The following special rates apply (materials, travel, food and lodging not included).
·
Non-credit
students = $1000
·
Master’s
credit students (3 credits) = $1500
·
Doctoral
credit students (1 DMin module) = $1500
Reading List
Burke, Spencer. 2003. “From the
Third Floor to the Garage.” http://www.theooze.com/articles/article.cfm?id=552
------------------. 2003. Making Sense of Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
Kimball, Dan. 2003.
The Emerging Church.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
McLaren, Brian. 2001. A New Kind of Christian. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Credit students – see additional
requirements
PT681 Leading and Emerging Culture
Fall 2004
Requirements For Credit Students
Professor of
Record Dr. Charles H.
Zimmerman, Biblical Seminary
215-368-5000
ext 159
In addition to the reading and participation
requirements on the previous pages, complete the following assignments to
receive graduate credit.
1. Carefully and
reflectively read the following:
Hirschhorn,
Larry. 1997. Reworking Authority: Leading & Following in a Postmodern
Organization. Cambridge, MA: MIT
Press.
Guder,
Darrell L. ed. 1998. “Understanding North American Culture.” Missional
Church: A Vision of the Church in North America, pp. 18-45.
Gunderson,
Denny. 1998. “Leading in a Postmodern World.” Mars Hill Review No. 12,
pp. 51-54.
2.
Write
a paper integrating your learning in this course. All papers should be typed, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins
all around, Times New Roman, 12-point font.
Include a title page and reference page(s). Note that title and reference pages do not count as part of the
page limits; they are additional.
For Master’s credit (3 hours)
Write a 10-15 page paper
addressing the following:
Denny Gunderson describes some of the changes brought about by the
cultural shift of postmodernity along with a few of the shortcomings of a
modern leadership paradigm. Complete
Gunderson’s article by writing a philosophy of postmodern leadership being sure
to include principles and practices.
This philosophy should demonstrate substantive engagement with the
materials from this course.
Due: December 22, 2004
For Doctoral credit (1 DMin
module)
Write a 15-20 page paper
addressing the following:
Reflect on your past philosophy of church leadership including principles and
practices (written or unwritten) and put it in writing. Think through the leadership implications
and entailments generated by this course.
Rework your philosophy of leadership taking into account these contextual
changes. Your changes should be
documented in the paper and indicated so they easily stand out.
Due: January 20, 2005
Academic
Policies and Student Responsibility
All assignments are due by the final due date for the
course listed above. After the final
due date, faculty cannot grant students permission to submit late work. Students must seek a course extension by the
final due date from the academic office (215-368-5000, ext 111).
Please note that students are fully responsible to know
and follow all seminary rules, regulations, and deadlines published in the
catalog and student handbook, and all requirements concerning their degree
programs.
Academic and
General Integrity
As followers of Jesus Christ, we are called to integrity
and Christ-likeness in all areas of life.
What this means in the academic realm is that all assignments are to
reflect your own work. Those found
guilty of cheating or plagiarism will receive a grade of zero on the assignment
and will follow the process outlined in the current LEAD handbook.
To plagiarize is “To steal or purloin and pass off as
one’s own (ideas, writings, etc., of another)” (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, 1953). Plagiarism is
theft. Not putting the definition above
within quotation marks, not crediting Webster’s (via the text citation), or
changing a word (e.g., “claim” for “pass off”) and presenting the definition as
your own would all be plagiarism. In
other words, plagiarism is using someone else’s material without giving that
person credit. Other forms of
plagiarism include mixing unmarked quotations with your own words and putting a
single reference at the end of the paragraph, buying a paper from a term paper
service (from any source, including one of those online), turning in a paper
written by a student who already took the course, or having someone else write
your paper. If in doubt, ask your
professor or the library staff before
you turn it in.
Grading
System
To remain in good academic
standing at Biblical, a student must maintain a 2.00 grade point average. Biblical’s grading system is:
|
4.00 |
96.0 -
100 |
Superior |
|
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A- |
3.67 |
|
|
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B+ |
3.33 |
|
|
|
B |
3.00 |
88.0 -
91.9 |
Good |
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B- |
2.67 |
86.0 -
87.9 |
|
|
C+ |
2.33 |
84.0 -
85.9 |
|
|
C |
2.00 |
80.0 -
83.9 |
Fair |
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C- |
1.70 |
78.0 -
79.9 |
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D+ |
1.30 |
76.0 -
77.9 |
Poor |
|
D |
1.00 |
72.0 -
75.9 |
|
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D- |
.70 |
70.0 -
71.9 |
|
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F |
0.00 |
0.0 -
69.9 |
Failing |