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M5100C Introduction to World Mission

This unit provides an overview of key biblical, cultural, historical, and strategic aspects of mission and explains some of the challenges of communicating the gospel message across widely different cultures.
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Unit Overview

Qualification

Diploma

Unit Availability

Study Mode

No Facilitation, Online Facilitation

Placement

30 hours of vocational placement

Tuition

Diploma BTM Fee

Prerequisite

N/A

Corequisite

N/A

Notes

N/A

Schedule
Availability Facilitation Type Time Dates Facilitator
Trimester 1 2025 Online Facilitation 9am – 1pm
(AEDT/AEST)		 Monday 24 February
Tuesday 11 March
Monday 24 March
Monday 7 April
Tuesday 8 April		 Dr Rod Russell-Brown

Unit Details

This unit provides an overview of key biblical, cultural, historical, and strategic aspects of mission and explains some of the challenges of communicating the gospel message across widely different cultures.

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Describe the biblical and theological basis of Christian mission.
  2. Outline key Christian perspectives related to the practice of world mission.
  3. Explore strategies to strengthen local church involvement in world mission.
  4. Suggest ways in which Australian churches might address cultural and religious diversity in their outreach to the local community.
  5. Apply perspectives covered in this unit to a specific mission context of personal relevance or interest.
  1. Biblical basis for mission
  2. History of mission
  3. Contemporary missiology and practice
  4. Short term mission
  5. Mission in contemporary Australia
  6. Mark 1: to proclaim the good news of the kingdom
  7. Mark 2: to teach, baptise and nurture new believers
  8. Mark 3: to respond to human need by loving service
  9. Mark 4: to seek to transform unjust structures of society
  10. Mark 5: to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth
  1. Online Forums (10%)
    Word Limit: 400
    Due: Weeks 3, 6, 8, 9 & 12
  2. Paper (40%)
    Word Limit: 1600
    Due: Week 6
  3. Essay (50%)
    Word Limit: 2000
    Due: Week 12
  • Walls, Andrew F. and Cathy Ross. Mission in the Twenty-first Century: Exploring the Five Marks of Global Mission. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2008.

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