Christian Leadership 3: SyllabusDennis McCallum, Instructor |
[Leaders in Xenos are required to take this leadership class as soon as possible after becoming leaders. The prerequisites for the class are:
We may waive the requirement for one of the servanthood classes under certain conditions, usually that the person is needed for leadership of a new church plant, and they promise to take servanthood ASAP. At this time, the lectures for this course are not available on tape or CD-ROM.]Welsome to Leadership Class!
Assignments
This is a notebook course. That means you will assemble a notebook as the course unfolds, and the quality of that notebook, along with your attendance and participation, will determine your grade for the course. The notebook will become a tool for your use as a Christian leader, so it is important that it be referenced and neat. There should be dividers by subject. The writing or typing should be neat and readable, and you should include your reading assignments, your class notes, any handouts, or other research. The notebook should become a resource you can turn to for ideas and direction in future years as you lead. We will examine the notebooks at the midway point in the class and provide you any feedback you need on your work to date. At the end of the class, the notebooks are due, and will be graded like a final exam. Be sure you keep up with the reading schedule, because you will need the reading to participate in class.
Read and assess Dennis McCallum and Jessica Lowery, Organic Disciplemaking, according to schedule below. The assigned questions are answered and the answers are put into your notebook under assignments. They are not handed in until the notebook is handed in. Even if this is your second time through the book, I believe this much material cannot be retained on one reading. You will probably find yourself getting more from the second reading than you did the first. For those who feel they are completely versed in Organic Disciplemaking, you may substitute Greg Ogden, Transforming Discipleship.
Class Goals
Do groups really need human leaders?
God's part in ministry
What makes a person a leader?
What is a Christian leader?
Assignment: ReadOrganic Disciplemaking P. 13-44. and answer these questions. Due Week 2
1. Do you believe that Xenos can deliver a church planting movement like that in the New Testament?
2. Based on your own home church experience, what barriers might prevent us from achieving this vision?
Other Resources: Lawrence, Effective Pastoring Sanders, Spiritual Leadership
Group leadership: The theology of leadership cont.
Leadership responsibilities
Developing a theology of Failure
Spiritual authority and leadership
Limits to Authority in Leadership
Assignment: ReadOrganic Disciplemaking, p. 45-64 and answer these questions. Due Week 3
1. Review your own history of selecting disciples. Do you see any errors you may have made?
2. In particular, what do you need to focus more on in the future?
Group Leadership: The theology of leadership cont.
Can leadership be learned?
What is vision and how do I get it?
Assignment: Read Organic Disciplemaking p. 65-106. Due week 4
1. Assess your disciples' ability to form and deepen friendships as described in Chapter 4.
2. Which areas would be weakest, and how could you help improve them there?
Group Leadership: Technique
How do people learn?
How do people become motivated?
Leading change in a group
Leadership Team Building
Assignment: ReadOrganic Disciplemaking p. 107-120 and answer these questions. Due Week 5
1. Are you aware of discipling relationships where the pair do not study the Bible or related books? How do you feel about such arrangements?
2. Assess your use of scripture in discipleship
Hand in notebooks for mid-course checkup
Other Resources: William Crabb & Jeff Journigen, The Church in Ruins; Leith Anderson, Dying for Change; Bruce Powers, Christian Leadership
Group Leadership: Leading Groups in Xenos
Urban home church planting in Xenos
Key goals for group leadership in Xenos:
Individual, Group, and Home Church multiplicationAssessing your group
Learning to read 3-part charts
Leading Home Church Evangelism
Evangelism Workshop 1 - Initiating
Assignment: ReadOrganic Disciplemaking p. 121-142 and answer these questions. Due Week 6
1. Assess the prayer lives of your disciples. What is your impression of how well each are doing in the different areas mentioned in this reading? What key areas of weakness do you see?
Group Leadership: Leading Groups in Xenos
Leading Home Church Follow Up
Follow Up Workshop
Assignment: ReadOrganic Disciplemaking p. 143-168 and be ready to discuss the content in class.
Other Resources: Leroy Eims, Lost Art of Disciple Making; Coleman, Master Plan of Evangelism, Bill Hull, The Disciple Making Pastor; Waylon Moore, Multiplying Disciples, Greg Ogden, Transforming Discipleship.
Group Leadership: Leading Groups in Xenos
Leading Home Church Growth
Assignment: Read Organic Disciplemaking p. 169-186 and answer these questions. Due Week 8
1. Assess each of your disciples in these areas:
a) Their hunger for personal ministry
b) Their involvement in witnessing
c) Their eagerness to build up other believers.Are you satisfied with their development at this point? Or have you marked one of more areas for needing improvement?
Other Resources: George Peters, A Theology of Church Growth; Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Church; Ralph Neighbour, Where Do We Go From Here?
Group Leadership: Leading Groups in Xenos
Leading Discipleship Through Cell Groups
Discipleship Goals Worksheet
Goals for Personal Discipleship
Individual Ministry Evaluation
Assignment: ReadOrganic Disciplemaking p. 187-207 and be ready to discuss the content in class
Participation in Overall Xenos Leadership
Leading Home Church Planting
Principles of Church Discipline
Leading church discipline
Assignment: Read Organic Disciplemaking p. 209-240 and answer these questions. Due Week 10
1. Have you ever released a disciple? How did it go?
2. If you have not yet released a disciple, what remaining goals do you need to reach before you will be able to do so?
Leading Home Group Stewardship
Leadership Case Study Exercise
Old Testament leadership lessons: David's Mighty Men
Notebooks due by the following Wed. evening!
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