Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2024-2025
Module TMMC1251: Engaging with Leadership and Theology for Ministry and Mission
Department: Theology, Ministry and Mission
TMMC1251: Engaging with Leadership and Theology for Ministry and Mission
| Type | Tied | Level | 1 | Credits | 20 | Availability | Available in 2024/2025 | Module Cap | None. | Location | Durham |
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Prerequisites
- None
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combination of Modules
- TMMC1217 - Foundations of Leadership and Theology for Ministry and Mission
Aims
- To enable students to describe and discuss different models of leadership in the church and the workplace.
- To enable students to reflect upon models of leadership using biblical and theological approaches within the context of the church’s ministry and mission.
- To encourage students to reflect from a theological and biblical perspective upon their own experiences of leadership.
- To develop students’ awareness of servant leadership and collaborative ministry in the context of the ministry and mission of the church.
- To enable students to assess the effect of cultural trends on leadership in the church.
Content
- Secular, biblical and theological approaches to issues of leadership.
- The relationship between leadership, authority, service and collaboration from an ecclesiological and missiological perspective.
- The relationship between understandings of leadership, personal formation and spirituality.
- Biblical and historical models of ecclesial leadership and their impact on contemporary approaches.
- The impact of cultural trends on approaches to ecclesial leadership.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Describe and discuss a range of theological and biblical principles which apply to leadership and collaboration in the context of the church’s ministry and mission.
- Explore a range of influential ideas about leadership and management from a theological perspective in the context of Christian discipleship, ministry and mission.
- Describe and discuss historical models of church leadership
- Discuss the impact of cultural trends on leadership in the church.
Subject-specific Skills:
- Assess their own exercise of leadership skills within an ecclesial context
- Reflect theologically upon their experience of group and team membership and leadership.
Key Skills:
- Carry out a guided task that involves independent inquiry; management of time and resources; using IT; meeting deadlines; evaluating the task and learning from it.
- Recognise key issues in their own personal and professional development.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Lectures
- Seminars
- Placements
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Seminars | 8 | ||||
| Placements | 80 | ||||
| Personal Study | 92 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Review and Presentation | Component Weighting: 50% | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Book Review | 1,000 words | 40% | |
| Oral Presentation | 20 minutes | 60% | |
| Component: Theological Reflection | Component Weighting: 50% | ||
| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Theological Reflection | 2,500 words | 100% | |
Formative Assessment:
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■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University