After much encouragement on the Online School for Missionaries, I’m in early stages of tinkering with an overall curriculum outline I’m going to work on developing for this site. The following is my “macro list” of categories (note each letter category represents not just a 5 minute segment but probably several collections of 5 letter segments). What would you suggest adding to it?
Missions Curriculum, Major Topics
0. Introduction to missions
1. Biblical basis of missions
1A Key Scripture Survey
1B Old Testament Survey:
- The Patriarchs
- The Exodus as Outreach
- The Tribes in the Promised Land
- The Missionary Nature of the Psalms
- Missions under Solomon
- Jonah: Reluctant Missionary
- Babylon: Imperial Evangelization of the World
- Persia: Imperial Evangelization of the World 2.0
- Diaspora Jews & evangelization
New Testament Survey:
- Jesus and Missions
- The Great Commission
- Paul’s Missions
- John’s Revelation Vision
2. History of missions
2.A 0-100 AD
2.B 100-200 AD:
2.C 200-300 AD:
2.D 300-400 AD: from toleration to legalization to imperialization
2.E 400-500 AD: plague, and Celts
2.F 600-700 AD: the challenge of Islam
2.G 700-800 AD
2.H 800-900 AD
2.I 900-1000 AD
2.J 1000-1100 AD
2.K 1100-1200 AD
2.L 1200-1300 AD
2.M 1300-1400 AD
2.N 1400-1500 AD
2.O 1500-1600 AD
2.P 1600-1700 AD
2.Q 1700-1800 AD: Revolutions of Freedom
2.R 1800-1900 AD: The Great Century of Missions
2.S 1900-1945 AD: From war to shining war
2.T 1945-1980 AD: The Third World Rises
2.U 1980-2000 AD: The AD 2000 Movement
2.V 2000-2010 AD: Post 2000 to Cape Town 2010
3. Current Status
3A World Christian status
3B Global trends
- Statistics: reading the signs of God
3C Meta Trends in Missions
3D Current issues
3E World Faiths
4. The Missionary Call
4A Callings vs Obedience
4B Choosing your destination
5. Preparation
5A Initial Steps
5B Agency selection & candidacy
5C Fundraising
5D Logistics
6. The Missionary Life
Spiritual Formation & Accountability
Culture shock and culture stress
Finances and fundraising
Ongoing member care
Time management & prioritization
Communications
Team dynamics
Family Issues
Risk assessment, crisis management, security
Sabbaticals
Re-entry and reverse culture shock
Local politics
Local friendships, home friendships, global friendships
7. Crossing Cultures
7A Getting into a culture
7B Understanding culture
8. Cross Cultural Communication
8A Language learning
8B Contextualization
9. Cross Cultural Witness
10. Cross Cultural Discipleship
11. Spiritual Warfare & Persecution
11A Spiritual warfare issues
11B Intercession
11C Persecution
12. Missionary Network Formation
12A Swarms: Micro Missions and Practical Field Networks
12B Partnerships between Agencies
12C Conferences and Congresses
13. Missionary Strategies
13A Urban ministry contexts
13B Short Term Teams: how to lead them, how to receive them
13C TESOL
13D Business as Mission, Tentmaking, and Microenterprise programs
13E Media: Audio, Video, Internet Evangelism
14. Church Planting
14A Contextualized church planting
14B Natural church development
14C Local church leadership
14D Self Sufficiency
15. Church Planting Movements
16. Preparation for Wildcards
16A Disasters
16B Pandemic disease
16C Wars, Unrest, Political Upheaval
16D Economic Fluctuations
16E Spectacular Moral Failure
16F Sudden Loss
17. Leaving
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