Mentor's Manual

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6. Lay out in Scripture the foundation of all solid ministry management, i.e., the theology of God’s purpose and wisdom, and identify and refute the major barriers and objections that some might raise to planning ministry processes. 7. Give clearly and persuasively the key benefits to adopting a flexible but disciplined approach to urban ministry management. 8. Know how to mobilize gifted available team members for ministry using the specific items of the PWR process, highlighting the kinds of attitudes and actions necessary for aggressive and credible outreach in urban communities. 9. Identify some of the key problems and challenges associated with outreach in urban neighborhoods, and provide practical advice on how to handle these issues as you engage in pro- claiming the Good News and doing good works in the city. 1. Discuss the ramifications of applying a kingdom ethic of doing justice and loving mercy to the very ends of the earth. 2. Explain our responsibility as disciples of Christ in today’s society to live as world Christians, striving to think globally but act locally. 3. Lay out the ways in which the Church is both an outpost and beachhead of the Kingdom, called to demonstrate freedom, wholeness, and justice in its engagement with the world, responding in love, obeying the leading of its head, the Lord Jesus Christ. 4. Provide a basic knowledge of four of the critical issues pertaining to world justice today: poverty and oppression, the human environment, ethnocentrism and difference, and war and violence. 5. Rediscover our roles as representatives of Christ and his Kingdom, and our duty to be aware of and engage with clarity the great issues of our time, and lead our congrega- tions to act consistent with our calling to be salt and light in them. 6. Outline the biblical understanding of the concept of difference from a kingdom perspective, and detail how wrong uses of the categories of difference can fuel bigotry and hatred among people.

Teaching Objectives for Capstone, by Module

After your reading, study, discussion, and application of the materials in this lesson, you will be able to:

Objectives for Lesson 4 Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: Society and World