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September September 28 - December 2, 2009

Introduction -- Walk through Syllabus, My Story
Unit 1: Jesus, the Kingdom, and the Church
Unit 2: First Century Churches
Unit 3: Orthodox Churches
Unit 4: Catholic Churches
Unit 5: Medieval Church
Unit 6: Lutheran Churches
Unit 7: Reformed Churches
Unit 8: Anglican Churches
Unit 9: Free Churches
Unit 10: Pentecostal Churches
Unit 11: Emerging Churches

NOTE: Our class time for November 11 will be moved from 1pm to 3pm so that we can hear Bishop Graham Cray speak in Payton 101.

About the Professor

RYAN K. BOLGER is Associate Professor of Church in Contemporary Culture in the School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary. He is coauthor with Eddie Gibbs of Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Communities in Postmodern Cultures (Baker, 2005). He is the recipient of an award from Duke Divinity School for research work on pastoral leadership in the emerging church, and an award stipend from Yale for his teaching work on American culture and the gospel.

About the Teaching Assistant

Curtis A. Bronzan is a postgraduate student in the School of Intercultural Studies, researching ecclesiology in postmodern culture. A 2007 graduate of Fuller's MDiv program, emphasizing in Worship, Theology and the Arts, he leads a missional community serving the Long Beach area. He is husband to Cassie and adoptive father to 8 month old Chihuahua/Mini Pinscher Betty.



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brendamantel Following Jesus message 0 Oct 9 2009, 4:11 PM EDT by brendamantel
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seems to be the theme...
On Mosaic's website, Erwin McMannus approaches this topic.
http://mosaic.org/podcast/
Click on: "Concrete:What Following Jesus Looks Like"
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Marisol-De-Jesus My thoughts on the last class session-class 1 0 Sep 30 2009, 3:07 PM EDT by Marisol-De-Jesus
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One of the things that made my think considerably was the argument that after the 60’s there was transition from modernity to post-modernity which have resulted in a declining of church attendance because we have interpreted the Gospel with modern lenses. That points out the need for the Church to find a way in the post-modern context. I agree with the fact that the Church cannot expect that people will change their culture to find God. Furthermore, I believe it is impossible for anyone to “get rid” of the his/her culture to embrace a new one because it is embedded so deeply in our worldview and social structures that a person will feel a huge conflict (tension) constantly that will be almost unbearable. As the professor said in class, if there is a disconnection between the Jesus of the culture and the Church, there is a problem; the Church will become useless and even hinder people’s search for God and for ways to practice their spirituality. The Church has to stop being in the business of filling huge and costly buildings with people and open up to serve the community where they are at (reaching out) through social justice programs. The worship expressions have to change to meet the needs of a new generation how is moved by different elements. However, I believe (as result of my personal experience in church) this is not an easy change because the Christians are the ones who usually resist the change and insist in being countercultural as if it is a sign of being “separated form the world”. The Church needs to be educated to see this change as initiated by the Holy Spirit who act in us and give us the wisdom to facilitate his work in the world.

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