Course Description

This course will equip participants with the fundamentals of integral mission and transformational development for Christian missions. The lessons and case studies from this course will be particularly useful for participants who are: (i) interested in serving in cross-cultural missions in poor and marginalized least-reached communities, and/or (ii) church missions organizers or committee members who wish to gain a deeper understanding of how to facilitate cross-cultural transformational development ministries.
Register

  • Location

    Online via Zoom (Live)

    First and Last Sessions are in-person for local students at:

    BGST, 50 Kallang Pudding Rd
    #07-01 AMA Building
    Singapore 349326

  • Dates

    (Thursdays)
    Nov: 7, 14, 21, 28
    Dec: 5

    Closing Date for Registration:
    Nov 4, 2024

  • Time

    7:15–10.00PM

Instructor

Dr Alvin Tey serves as a Resident Faculty in Intercultural Studies in the East Asia School of Theology (EAST). He concurrently serves in Operation Mobilisation (OM) where he leads the People and Organizational Development team in OM East Asia. Alvin has been serving in missions since 2002 (full-time with OM since 2014), specifically in transformational development ministries in India and the Mekong region, and in the OM East Asia area leadership team. Dr Tey received his Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Biola University, a MCS from BGST, and a B.Sc. (Government and Economics) from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    General

  • 2

    Session 1

    • Introduction & Integral Mission

    • Evangelism Lost? A Need To Redefine Christian Integral Mission

    • Imperial Globalization And Integral Mission

    • Integral Mission and the Practitioner’s Perspective

    • C. Rene Padilla and the Origins of Integral Mission in Post-War Latin America

    • Micah Network Declaration on Integral Mission

    • C. René Padilla | Pursuing Integral Mission | The GlobalChurch Project

    • Session 1 Presentation Slides
  • 3

    Session 2

    • Re-examining Poverty & Introducing Transformational Development

    • Searching for Shalom: Transformation in the Mission of God and the Bible Translation Movement

    • The Church and Transformational Development

    • Helping Without Hurting - Part 1: Reconsidering The Meaning Of Poverty - LifeChurch.tv

    • Helping Without Hurting - Part 2: Seeing God At Work - LifeChurch.tv

    • Session 2 Presentation Slides
  • 4

    Session 3

    • Transformation Development – Context & Opportunities

    • New Directions in Transformational Development

    • A Comparative Discourse on Christian and Secular Distinctive: Features of Transformational Development

    • Helping Without Hurting - Part 3: Understanding Why Good Intentions Are Not Enough - LifeChurch.tv

    • Helping Without Hurting - Part 4: Joining God's Work - LifeChurch.tv
  • 5

    Session 4

    • Transformation Development – Issues & Evaluation

    • Organizational and Leadership Implications for Transformational Development

    • When is Transformational Development Completed?

    • Shared Learning in and from Transformational Development Programs

    • Helping Without Hurting - Part 5: Fostering Change - LifeChurch.tv

    • Helping Without Hurting - Part 6: Moving Forward - LifeChurch.tv
  • 6

    Session 5

    • Class Presentations & Conclusion
  • 7

    Assignments

    • Book Review

    • Essay

    • Presentation