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Course
Joining God's Mission
~18 Hours
In Joining God’s Mission, learn what missional theology is, how it influences reading Scripture, and develop a clear set of mission, vision, and values that will enable you to plant a healthy and thriving church.
Charlie Cotherman
About This Course
Just as plants need healthy soil, so too does our ministry need the life-giving missional theology in relationship to the ultimate Source of life: God. Just as nutrients already exist in the soil, the good news is that God’s call is an invitation to join a mission that is already in progress! In other words, God is already caring for the culture and community you will step into. In this foundational course, Joining God’s Mission, you’ll learn about missional theology: what it is, how potent and freeing it is for planters, and how it can inform the way you read all of Scripture. Armed with this good news, you’ll also learn to discern how God is already at work in your community and how to join into that mission by developing a clear set of mission, vision, and values that will enable you to plant a healthy and thriving church.
Learning Outcomes:
- Define missio Dei and center the work of church planting within its larger biblical and historical perspective
- Develop a missional lens for interpreting the whole of Scripture and apply it to your own reading of the Bible
- Identify places in your context in which God is already at work and how your church plant can join in
- Write or revise a set of mission, vision, and values statements that reflect your team's biblical and contextual understanding
This course counts towards the Church Planting Certificate.
Created in partnership with the Church Planting Initiative and FULLER Equip.
- Church Planting
- Lead Pastor
- Leadership
- Church & Ministry
- Theology & Biblical Studies
- Theology
Introduction
1. Getting Started
A Theological Paradigm Shift
2. Rediscovering the Mission of God
3. Reading Scripture Missionally
4. God in the Scriptures
5. The Missional Church
From Missio Dei to Mission & Vision
6. Joining God's Mission in Your Context
7. Mining Your Mission
8. Developing Your Church's Mission & Vision
Summary
9. Next Steps
Your Instructor
Charlie Cotherman
Church Planter, M.Div
Charlie Cotherman planted Oil City Vineyard in Oil City, PA in 2016. He is passionate about rural church planting and returned to his home area to plant the church. Charlie is married to Aimee, and they have three children. He received his MDiv from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and his PhD from the University of Virginia. He is a historian of religion and is the co-editor of Sent to Flourish.
