This course presents key missiological concepts that prepare students to encounter people in their context, compelled by the Missio Dei. The contributions of authors like Bosch, Bevans, Kritzinger and Bediako are studied to gain an understanding of missiology and to understand encounterology, as a mode of being with people that opens a way for gospel ministry.
By the end of the course, you will be able to”
- Explain the relationship between Missio Dei, the modes of mission, and the emerging church in the book of Acts.
- Describe missional hermeneutic against the backdrop of encounters between people from different contexts.
- Explain what missiological research design is and apply it by writing a contextual research paper.