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This unit offers students the opportunity to identify, understand, develop, and integrate healthy patterns and practices of personal formation, self-management, and professional practice with a...
Personal Formation for Generational Ministry -
This unit identifies various issues in contemporary life and considers appropriate pastoral responses. Themes to be examined include anxiety, aging, suicide, mental health, violence, abuse...
Responding Pastorally to Critical Issues in Contemporary Ministry -
This unit considers faith development in light of the bio-psycho-social changes that occur across the lifespan from gestation to old age. Students are introduced to...
Human Development and Faith Across the Lifespan -
This unit considers the various theological bases and lived practices of worship and liturgy in a changing cultural context. The unit looks at recent and...
Worship 3.0 -
This unit explores skills and issues in congregational leadership. A variety of real life ministry case studies will be presented for students to engage. Through...
Transforming Pastoral Leadership: A Case Study Approach -
Students will explore both Indigenous and Christian ways of imagining the relationship between country (including its waterways and seas), human beings, and God. They will...
Theology and Ethics of Country (NAIITS) -
This unit engages with the distinctive and diverse culture of rural Australia with a view to exploring the needs and opportunities for ministry. Interaction with...
Rural Ministry -
This unit invites an engagement with the practical aspects of day-to-day ministry. Particular attention will be given to contemporary practices involved in leading congregations and community/parachurch organisations, including: communication skills; leading...
Practical Leadership for Pastoral Ministry -
Designed for students whose first language is not English, this unit reflects on the importance of context for learning and leadership. Students will be made...
Learning in Context -
With the underlying purpose of making spiritual formation and the disciplines of discernment and self-discovery explicit to the educational experience from the students’ first year...
Living the Faith -
Following on from the unit ‘Leading Self’, this unit enables student to explore factors that contribute to developing other leaders, building teams, mobilizing volunteers, dealing...
Leading Others -
This is the first of two units to enable students to reflect on their own formation as a missional leader and the factors that contribute...
Leading Self -
Designed for students whose first language is not English, this unit provides an introduction to aspects of pastoral leadership. Students will learn the principles and...
Leadership in Community and Worship -
This unit aims to develop students understanding of a range of issues facing indigenous peoples in various parts of the world and will explore ideas...
Indigenous Practical Theology Symposium (Advanced) (NAIITS) -
This unit aims to introduce students to a range of issues facing Indigenous peoples in various parts of the world, and to a variety of...
Indigenous Practical Theology Symposium (NAIITS) -
Students will examine leadership, organizational and change theory and the skills required for leaders to lead organizations and communities in the context of the changing...
Indigenous Leadership Development (NAIITS) -
This unit will introduce students to a range of contemporary approaches to human subject research, and the epistemologies and theoretical perspectives that frame typical approaches....
Human Research Methodologies – Online -
The unit offers an introduction to the theology and practice of Christian preaching. It examines the nature of preaching in the context of Christian community...
Homiletics -
This unit aims to equip students to develop meaningful discussions on gender and sexuality. Students will develop the ability to navigate and dialogue with different...
Gender and Sexuality: A practical-theological frame -
This unit provides a framework for reflection, action and learning in the ministry of supervision. It seeks to equip practicing pastors to work as supervisors...
Foundations in Pastoral Supervision -
This Diploma unit will build upon skills taught in Church, Culture and Hermeneutics I. It will invite students to reflect upon the impact of cultural...
Church, Culture and Hermeneutics II – Beyond Ourselves -
This unit introduces students to different understandings of evangelism and gives opportunity to reflect on their relevance in different contexts. Students will explore practical skills...
Evangelism Outside the Box -
This unit explores the role of culture as a hermeneutical tool and its impact upon the way we be the church. Students will be equiped...
Church, Culture and Hermeneutics I – Identity and Belonging -
This unit explores the art of engaging in Christian life and ministry with a contemplative awareness. It will examine the Biblical, theological and practical foundations...
Action and Contemplation: The Art of Christian Engagement -
This unit invites a critical examination of the responsibilities of congregational leadership. Particular attention will be given to contemporary theory and practice concerning the themes...
A Toolbox for Ethical Pastoral Leadership -
This unit outlines a multicultural vision of the Kingdom of God and explores what it means for the leadership of a church to minister in a Culturally and...
Christian Leadership in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Context