MT 520 – Biblical Foundations of Mission

I just registered for a new class at Fuller, via Distance Learning.  After this is completed (on June 13!!!) I’ll only have 4 left!  Praise God!

Fuller Theological Seminary-IDL Courses
MT 520/620: Biblical Foundations of Mission (4 quarter hours)
LECTURER: Charles Van Engen, Professor of Biblical Theology of Mission

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

A central theme of the Scriptures is the mission of God as it relates to the present and coming Kingdom of God. The sovereign living God exercises absolute reign in and through history, and establishes a covenant relationship with the people of God redeemed and called to be God’s instruments among and for the nations. The Great Commission is the culmination of Jesus’ teaching on the Kingdom of God and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is the climactic event which creates the Church and completes the Christ event. From Pentecost onward the mission of the Church must be viewed eschatologically because the glorious appearing of the Kingdom at our Lord’s coming marks the end of the Church’s mission.

ASSIGNMENTS:

*  A summary paragraph for each book of the Bible read describing the mission of God.

*  Six 2-page book reviews following given instructions for each textbook.

*  One 15-20 page paper tracing a biblical theme of missiological significance through the Old and New Testaments.

REQUIRED READING:

Briscoe, Jill. Jonah and the Worm.  New Berlin, WI: Jilcoe/Hemp, 1983.

Glasser, Arthur. Announcing the Kingdom.  Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003.

Kaiser, Walter. Mission in the Old Testament.  Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.

Newbigin, Lesslie. The Open Secret. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.

Nissen, Johannes. New Testament and Mission.  New York: Peter Lang, 1999.

Van Engen, Charles, ed. Good News of the Kingdom. Mary Knoll: Orbis Books, 1993.

By the way, if anybody around Cincinnati has those texts I’d love to borrow them!