Mentor's Manual

32 For the Nex t Generat i on: The Urban Mi n i s t r y I ns t i tute ’ s Mentor Manua l

Capstone Overview

What has been believed everywhere, always, and by all.

~ Vincent of Lerins

The Capstone Curriculum is a 16-module training program, designed to be engaged at a seminary level, to serve as the most essential knowledge and skill learning necessary for effective urban ministry and church leadership. Based on an expanded and detailed discussion of the critical sections of the Nicene Creed, the Capstone Curriculum seeks to equip learners in the foundational truths of the Great Tradition of the Church. It was constructed to offer solid, historically orthodox, Christ-centered, biblical training to urban leaders that is both culturally sensitive and entirely affordable to those who normally would be excluded from training because of academic background or cultural distance. The curriculum is organized around four departments or categories, Biblical Studies, Theology and Ethics, Christian Ministry, and Urban Mission. Each department contains four modules or courses, each with four lessons which contain the content of the material in a structured, systemic manner. Each module consists of a Mentor’s Guide, a Student Workbook and DVD (two video discs containing four hours of video). Additionally, each module includes a full complement of training tools (case studies, quizzes and exams, exegetical and ministry projects, Scripture memorization assign- ments, and required and suggested supplementary textbooks). The Capstone Curriculum is specifically structured to be used in a variety of formats, time frames, and teaching venues. As a com- plete training curriculum, it may be accessed through The Urban Ministry Institute’s Satellite Certificate program. This curriculum provides a Christian leader all they need to be effective servant leaders in their family, church, and ministry contexts. While each individual module in the Capstone Curriculum possesses its own unique set of learning objectives based on the theme and goals of the course, the following objectives are our “across-the-curriculum” objectives for the entire set. These objectives represent the pedagogical constellation of aims that every module and all modules seek to represent. In that sense they comprise the key, fundamental goals of the entire resource,

Sacred Roots and

the Capstone Curriculum