Document 6572069

Department of Theology and Religious Studies
P. O. Box 267, Meru, 60200, Kenya
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Email: theology@kemu.ac.ke
MASTER OF ARTS IN MISSION STUDIES
COURSE CODE
COURSE TITLE
CREDIT HOURS
SENIOR LECTURER
CONTACT
MTEO 500
BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR MISSIONS
3
REV. DR. JOHN KOBIA ATAYA (Ph.D.)
kobiaataya@yahoo.com mobile 0726213924
INSTRUCTION MATERIAL FOR DLM STUDENTS
© September 2014
Purpose of the course
The purpose of the course is to provide knowledge and skills on Biblical foundations for missions.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1. Explain the main tenets of Biblical foundations for missions
2. Analyse the Biblical texts on missions
3. Interpret the Biblical theology on missions
Course Description
Explanation of main tenets of Biblical foundations for missions: definitions, missio-Dei, missio-Ecclesiae,
mission as evangelism, great commission. Analysis of Biblical texts on missions: Jonah, Deutero-Isaiah,
Matthew, Luke and Acts of the Apostles. Interpret Biblical theology for mission: mission as salvation
history, mission in the context of religious plurality, mission as liberation theology, mission in
eschatological perspectives, the West as a mission field in the 21st Century
Course Texts
Arias, M. and Johnson, A. (1992) The Great Commission: Biblical Modes for Evangelism. Nashville:
Abingdon Press.
Mugambi, J. N. K. (1989) The Biblical Basis For Evangelization: Theological Reflections Based on an
African Experience. Nairobi: Oxford University Press.
Nazir-Ali, M. (1991) From Everywhere To Everywhere: A World View of Christian Mission. London,
Glasgow, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto and Johannesburg: William Collins & Co. Ltd.
Nthamburi, Z. (1991) The African Church at the Crossroads: Strategy for Indigenization. Nairobi: Uzima
Press.
Ferguson, S. B. and Wright, D. F. (eds) (1988) New Dictionary of Theology. Leicester, England,
Downers Grove, Illinois, USA: Inter-Varsity Press.
Teaching methods
 Lectures
 Individual/group presentations
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
Discussion
Assessment methods
 CATs
 End of Trimester exam 60%
40%
COURSE OUTLINE
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Delineation of key concepts
2.1 Mission, Missions, Missiology and Mission Studies
2.2 Missio-Dei
2.3 Missio-Ecclesiae
2.4 Mission as evangelism
2.5 Discussion task
3.0 The mission mandate in the Old Testament
3.1 The call of Israel to be a blessing to the other nations- Genesis and Jonah
3.2 Further OT strategy for mission: the study of Jonah, Deutero – Isaiah
3.3 Discussion task
4.0 The mission mandate in the New Testament
4.1 The Great commission-Matthew 28
4.2 Further NT strategy for mission: the study of Luke and Acts of the Apostles
4.3 Discussion task
5.0 Theology of mission
5.1 Mission as salvation history
5.2 Mission in the context of religious plurality
5.3 Mission in eschatological perspective
5.4 Mission as liberation Theology
5.5 The West as a mission field in the 21st Century
5.6 Discussion task
6.0 Conclusion
1.
1ST ASSIGNMENT
3RD TRIMESTER 2014
“Then he said to them ‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you-that
everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled”. Then
he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and he said to them, “thus it is written, that the
messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance and forgiveness of
sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations; beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these
things. And see I am sending upon you what my father promised; so stay here in the city until you
have been clothed with power from on high” Luke 24: 44-49.
Discuss the mission theories arising from this Lukan great commission.
Due date
October 17th 2014
Marks
20/40
2. 2ND ASSIGNMENT 3RD TRIMESTER 2014
Provide analysis of the Lukan great commission indicating with examples how the Churches in Kenya
are applying the mission principles.
Due date
November 14th 2014
Marks
20/40
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