{"id":420,"date":"2018-04-29T01:39:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T01:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missional.university\/tmc\/?page_id=420"},"modified":"2018-08-18T16:09:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T16:09:44","slug":"missional-congregations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/departments\/missional-congregations\/","title":{"rendered":"Missional Congregations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-420\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-420-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-420-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-420-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2>DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONAL CONGREGATIONS<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-420-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-420-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-420-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-420-1-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div id=\"pl-1515\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1515-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div id=\"pgc-1515-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" ><div id=\"panel-1515-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;20px 20px 20px 20px&quot;,&quot;background&quot;:&quot;#cfd2e2&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;iw-visible-screen&quot;:&quot;iw-all&quot;,&quot;iw-visible-layout&quot;:&quot;iw-all&quot;}\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1515-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h1>Explore Missional Congregations<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/departments\/missional-congregations\/\">Welcome Message\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/departments\/missional-congregations\/about-missional-congregations\/\">About the Department<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/department\/mcg\/\">Departmental Faculty<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/dual-enrollment\/department\/mcg\/\">Dual Enrollment Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/department\/mcg\/\">Undergraduate Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/department\/mcg\/\">Graduate Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<h2>Causes Supported<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/cause\/5\">Missional Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Academic Programs<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<h3>Dual Enrollment Academies<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/dual_enrollment\/program\/25de9dea-ee71-47f1-8\">Pre-Ministry Studies Academy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Certificate Programs<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<h4>Associate Certificate programs<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/dual_enrollment\/program\/0e9a88c7-4093-4f47-8\">Church Planting Foundations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/dual_enrollment\/program\/98842110-a44b-40f5-9\">Ministry Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<h4>Undergraduate Certificate programs<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/program\/0e9a88c7-4093-4f47-8\">Church Planting Foundations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/program\/98842110-a44b-40f5-9\">Ministry Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/program\/4c8d8cf2-21f8-4fa3-a\">Missional Church Planting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/program\/11b4f47a-1eed-459f-8\">Missional Congregational Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<h4>Graduate Certificate programs<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/d3152b24-9bf8-4f0a-9\">Missional Renewal &amp; Congregational Remissioning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/1bce9219-c467-4969-b\">Starting Missional Congregations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<h3>Degree Programs<\/h3>\n<h4>Associate Degrees<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/program\/8933b8e8-234a-4790-9\">Major in Missional Church Planting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/program\/3ce78335-0a89-477c-a\">Major in Missional Congregations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Bachelor Completion Degrees<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/program\/b3b6e7af-5452-4c72-8\">Major in Church Planting in Pluralistic Societies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/program\/8fd3effc-1e6b-40ea-a\">Major in Missional Congregational Ministry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Bachelor 2+2 Degrees<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/program\/1fc5d42a-e51d-4aa9-b\">Major in Church Planting in Pluralistic Societies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/program\/8c5a0601-24ba-4800-9\">Major in Missional Congregational Ministry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Masters Degrees<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/61929e81-6d44-496f-b\">Master of Divinity Dual Degree \/ MMP<\/a>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/61929e81-6d44-496f-b\">Major in Missional Congregations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/a004cc1c-f040-4dba-a\">Master of Missional Practice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/a004cc1c-f040-4dba-a\">Major in Church Planting Consultation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/b58e9f0b-224f-484f-a\">Major in Church Planting in Global Cultures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/ab5ebbbb-c6b4-4b14-b\">Major in Church Planting Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/12a679a3-8f68-4da5-b\">Major in Missional Congregational Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Doctoral Degrees<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/3b5f56f3-f579-40a1-9\">Doctor of Missional Practice<\/a>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/3b5f56f3-f579-40a1-9\">Major in Catalytic Church Planting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/program\/2b3b3df8-d346-4c82-a\">Major in Missional Congregations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Course Descriptions<\/h3>\n<h4>Undergraduate Courses<\/h4>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/courses\/?subject_area=CHP\">CHP - Church Planting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/undergraduate\/courses\/?subject_area=MCG\">MCG - Missional Congregations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Graduate Courses<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/courses\/?subject_area=CHP\">CHP - Church Planting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.missional.university\/graduate\/courses\/?subject_area=MCG\">MCG - Missional Congregations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: 333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/spirituallife\/\">Spiritual Resources<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: 333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/students\/\">Student Resources<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/library\/subject-guides\/\">Library Subject Guides<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sp.library.missional.university\/subjects\/guide.php?subject=chp\">CHP - Church Planting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sp.library.missional.university\/subjects\/guide.php?subject=mcg\">MCG - Missional Congregations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: 333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.missional.university\/category\/faculties\/missional-practice\/missional-congregations\/\">News Archive<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Still Have Questions?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"https:\/\/apply.missional.university\/request-info\">Contact Admissions<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Calendar<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: 333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/about-us\/calendar\/\">View Calendar<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-420-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-420-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-420\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/08\/missionalcongregations.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/08\/missionalcongregations.jpg 650w, https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/08\/missionalcongregations-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/08\/missionalcongregations-600x316.jpg 600w, https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/08\/missionalcongregations-280x147.jpg 280w, https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/08\/missionalcongregations-360x189.jpg 360w, https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/08\/missionalcongregations-20x11.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-420-1-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Welcome<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of Missional Congregations builds on the biblical and theological foundation of the\u00a0<em>missio Dei\u00a0<\/em>in and to particular peoples, contexts, and cultures. Graduates learn how the transcultural gospel has been taken to all peoples through starting missional congregations in diverse contexts global contexts throughout history, and thus are equipped to fulfill their own missional calling in specific congregations contexts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Why Leading &amp; Starting Missional Congregations?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Great Commission to make disciples of all nations is the Lord\u2019s undeniable command. Starting &amp; leading New Testament churches in and for every culture and people is the undeniable biblical strategy. Those convictions drive the Department of Missional Congregations to search Scripture, study history, and understand people groups and population segments so that students called to gather disciples into congregations and lead them out to engage their communities may be equipped to do so faithfully and fruitfully.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of Missional Congregations challenges students to explore, analyze, and evaluate their own contexts and church backgrounds, and the contexts where God may be calling them to live and work missionally. Graduates then are able to lead out and participate in congregational development that is biblically faithful, theologically driven, and historically, sociologically, culturally, and contextually informed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Why Missional University?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missional Congregational Studies at Missional University are based on the six core values of the University:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 600;\"><em>Biblically Based:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department assumes and builds on faithful research and application of the Biblical text, which is the starting point, motivating factor, and strategic basis for contextual congregations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 600;\"><em>Missionally Driven:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our concern is not to simply understand historical and contextual congregations for information sake, but for the development and implementation of missional congregational strategies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 600;\"><em>Interculturally Focused:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God\u2019s mission, and the one his people are called to, is that all nations (peoples) may know him and that someday those from \u201cevery tribe and language and people and nation\u201d may give him praise. Therefore, the Department of Missional Congregations is grounded in God\u2019s belief that a missional congregation requires intercultural input with an intercultural goal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 600;\"><em>Contextually Informed:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department is driven by the understanding that culture and context matters for congregational development. Such global diversity is assumed and welcomed. It is also an integral part of the interpretation and development of missional congregations because our assumption is the full authority and ability of the Bible to transform every culture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 600;\"><em>Practically Minded:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal of the Department of Missional Congregations is transformation and fruitfulness in students\u2019 lives. Students are challenged and taught to take what they have learned and apply as they participate and lead out in congregational development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 600;\"><em>Experientially Transformed:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study of congregational development from and for a missional perspective will not be a mere intellectual or academic exercise. This will, rather, thoroughly engage the student for both personal transformation and ministry effectiveness through opportunities for reflection and the theological analysis and evaluation of missional congregational philosophies, strategies, and methods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONAL CONGREGATIONS Explore Missional Congregations Welcome Message\u00a0 About the Department Departmental Faculty Dual Enrollment Faculty Undergraduate Faculty Graduate Faculty &nbsp; Causes Supported Missional Leadership &nbsp; Academic Programs &nbsp; Dual Enrollment Academies Pre-Ministry Studies Academy Certificate Programs Associate Certificate&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/departments\/missional-congregations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":410,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/builder.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"url":"","client":"","location":"","start_date":"","end_date":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-420","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/missionalpractice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}