4 courses with the subject URBN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
URBN 3111Theology of Urban Ministry
B, Ct, 3 credit hours This course is designed to expose the student to biblical theology as it relates to the urban culture. The student will have the opportunity to examine scriptural context and to determine from those contexts biblical principles to help resolve the needs of the urban community today. Some of the issues that will be discussed will be racial reconciliation, inter-racial family systems, the multi-cultural congregation, and the contextualization and relocation of ministry and ministry personnel.
L, Ct, T, 3 credit hours This provides a study of the problems associated with communicating the Bible message to another cultural group. The ultimate purpose is to understand people in order to communicate Christian truth so that they will understand it and the missionary will understand the complex cultural situations on the mission field.
B, Ct, 3 credit hours This course is designed to inform and equip the student to minister in urban environments. It will be an exploration into the biblical fundamentals of evangelism and discipleship in complex and diverse urban systems. Topics to be covered include: the biblical mandate, model, and methods for evangelism and discipleship, heart issues of motivation, cross-cultural evangelism and discipleship, the physical features and technological systems of city life, ethnicity, class, poverty, immigration and migration, assimilation, associations, institutions, networks, and urban worldviews. In addition, this course will equip the student to evaluate complex problems systematically and encourage the student towards flexibility and innovation.
L, Ct, 3 credit hours This course is an introductory course in urban sociology. It is intended to familiarize the student led to urban ministries with the major theories of culture and the study of culture and social structure. The course will cover historical and recent changes in laws and cultural norms which tend to affect the social structure, attitudes, and behavior of US populations in and around our urban centers. The student will be introduced to some social science sub- COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 108
