CHRISTIAN NURTURE:
EDUCATION, SPIRITUAL LIFE AND DISCIPLESHIP
minimum of 10 study hours plus directed experiential learning.

Education:

• Why is education a part of our ministry?
• Human development and characteristics of different ages
• A sampling of educational models used in the church
• Criteria used in selecting materials for teaching
• Constructing a lesson - develop a lesson plan, teach the lesson and critique the results
• Other issues of importance in education

Spiritual life and discipleship:

• Introduction to a reformed understanding of spiritual life and discipleship
• Conversation about the support for the candidate's own spiritual journey
• Together with the candidate, evaluate which models of discipleship are best suited for his/her community

Resources:

• Selected articles from "Alert Magazine" and the "APCE Advocate"
• The Teaching Church by Eugene C. Roehlkepartain
• Soul Stories: African American Christian Education by Anne Streaty Wimberly
• Teaching Teachers to Teach by Donald Griggs
• Teaching for Faith (book and/or video) by Richard Osmer
• Learning and Leading - selected videos from PCUSA
• More than Glue and Glitter: A Class Room Guide for Volunteers by Debbie Trafton O'Neal
• Help! I'm a Sunday School Teacher by Mary Duckert
• A Climate for Learning: Educational Planning for your Congregation by June Holohan
• Soul Feast by Marjorie Thompson
• Reformed Spirituality by Howard Rice
• Books by Henri Nouwen

REACHING OUT:
EVANGELISM AND MISSION
minimum of 10 study hours plus directed experiential learning

Areas of Training

• Dialogue about the history of evangelism and mission among the candidate's own ethnic/cultural group
• Key Biblical texts relating to evangelism, faith-sharing and cross-cultural mission
• Discussion of key issues in evangelism and mission facing the church
  Candidate's interview of a missionary to a non-Christian community on topic areas including:
  • Dominant beliefs about God, salvation and the faith of people in that community
  • Major issues people face in living out their faith
  • Major issues the missionary being interviewed faces in living out their faith
  • Perceptions people have of Christianity, the United States, and the role and influence of Christian missionaries
  • Candidate participation with particular congregations in their evangelism and mission committee work and study
• Reading and/or viewing videos with discussion from several materials as suggested, or others on the topic:
  • "Mission in the 1990s", by Clifton Kirkpatrick
  • "De-Westernizing the Gospel", Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship
  • "Go Therefore: 150 Years of Presbyterians in Global Mission", by James Smylie
  • "Presbyterians in World Mission", G. Thompson Brown
  • "Service Evangelism", Richard S. Armstrong
  • Translated materials from the American Bible Society and other ecumenical partners