Course Objectives

  • Survey

    Survey and understand the current missiological trends the church is using among Muslims.

  • Compare and Contrast

    Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of various missiological approaches.

  • Church Planting

    Gain a comprehensive overview of the whats, whys, and hows of global church planting.

  • Critique

    Critique various movements with a biblical framework of the Church and the Great Commission.

  • Share

    Effectively share the gospel with Muslims using discovery bible stories, parables, and oral stories

  • Strategy

    Develop personal strategy points for church planting among Muslims.

Course Description

The Messenger, The Message, and the Community by Dr. Roland Muller

Evangelical church planters face three challenges. First, they must be accepted by their target audience as viable messengers. Second, their message must be understandable to the worldview of their listeners. Third, the community they are forming must be a valid form of community for their audience. Roland Muller does a masterful job of bringing these three challenges together in one book addressing western, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist audiences. Roland Muller speaks as a practitioner-to-practitioners, illustrating his points with examples drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds. Discover new perspectives on how God wants to rejuvenate your ministry.

Dr. Roland Muller is a cross-cultural church planter with WEC International.  Over the last thirty years his ministry has taken him into most Middle Eastern Countries and has allowed him to minister to a wide variety of people; from the palaces of wealthy oil sheiks to humble bedouin tents, from bustling cities to rural villages.  He is the author of a dozen books including tools for Muslim Evangelism, Honor and Shame Unlocking the door, and The Message, the Messenger and the Community.  He currently teaches cross-cultural church ministry skills in Canada and as a worldwide speaking and mentoring ministry. 

SECTION II

Folk Islam in Africa - Dr. Tony Weedor

In this presentation, Prof. Tony Weedor explains the foundation of Islam in Africa including Folk Islam, Sufi Islam, and how pre-Islamic roots affected how Islam grew and changed in Africa.   This will help the missionary better understand how to effectively evangelize Muslims with African heritage.

Anthony Weedor was born in the West African state of Liberia, a small country founded by freed slaves from America in July of 1847. He became a Christian in the early 80s through the ministries of Serving In Mission (SIM).  He worked in Bomi Hills as an Evangelist and church planter. He graduated from the African Bible College with a B.A. in Biblical Studies, with an emphasis in Radio Broadcasting.  In August of 88 he was appointed Director of Muslim Ministries for West Africa with SIM. In 1989, when the Liberian civil war broke out, he and his family walked for one year to La Cote d’Voire to escape. They lived in Cote d’Ivoire for three and half years in a refugee camp.

His family moved to the states in 1993 so he could study at the Denver Theological Seminary. He earned a Master of Divinity degree with emphasis in Philosophy. After graduation, his family moved to Ethiopia as missionaries with SIM. After spending more than four years ministering among pastors and teaching at the Evangelical Theological College.  He then returned to Denver Seminary as an Adjunct Professor in the Philosophy department in 2006. He continued work with SIM as research director on Islam. In 2009, he began work on his Doctor of Philosophy.

Dr. Roland Muller is a cross-cultural church planter with WEC International.  Over the last thirty years his ministry has taken him into most Middle Eastern Countries and has allowed him to minister to a wide variety of people; from the palaces of wealthy oil sheiks to humble bedouin tents, from bustling cities to rural villages.  He is the author of a dozen books including tools for Muslim Evangelism, Honor and Shame Unlocking the door, and The Message, the Messenger and the Community.  He currently teaches cross-cultural church ministry skills in Canada and as a worldwide speaking and mentoring ministry. 

SECTION III

Insider Movements: A Critical Assessment

These lectures on Insider Movements were  held at Liberty University to discuss this radical form of contextualization and its implications. Missionaries, missiologists, professors, and theologians gathered together for 3 days to present papers that assess IM from a biblical and missiological perspective. In these sessions you will hear from the 12 professors and their critiques of certain assumptions and tactics of the Insider Movement.

Course curriculum

    1. Course Syllabus

    2. Required Reading: The Messenger, the Message, and the Community - Dr. Rolland Muller

    3. Required Reading: Church Planting Movements - David Garrison

    4. Required Reading: Discovering Church Planting: An Introduction to the Whats, Whys, and Hows of Global Church Planting

    5. Required Reading: Chrislam: How Missionaries are Promoting an Islamized Gospel

    6. Required Reading: Stubborn Perseverance

    7. Required Reading: T4T - A Discipleship Re-Revolution

    8. Required Reading: A Brief Guide to DMM Defining and Evaluating the Ideas

    9. Review Essay: A Strange Sort of Orthodoxy: An Analysis of the T4T and CPM Approach to Missions

    10. Required Reading: The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church by Roland Allen

    11. Wise App Group Project

    1. 1. Introduction to Great Commission Fulfillment

    2. 2. Foundations of Missions Hermeutics

    3. 3. The Upper Room Discourse as Perdictive Missions

    4. 4. 1-2-3 Obey the Great Commission

    5. 5. The Post Pentecost Missions Pattern

    6. 6. Three Phases of Missionary Involvement

    7. 7. Three Locks and Two Keys for Successful Missions

    8. 8. Great Commission Essentials - Evangelism

    9. 9. Church Formation and Discipleship Part 1

    10. 10. Church Formation and Discipleship Part 2

    11. 11. Leadership Development through the Five-Fold Ministry

    12. 12. Strategy for a Leadership Developement Structure

    13. 17. The Acts Baptismal Pattern

    1. Video Lecture - Five Styles of Evangelism

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    2. Read Chapter 1 - Gaining an Acceptance

    3. Chapter 1 Application Questions

    4. Read Chapter 2 - The Toolbox

    5. Chapter 2 - Application Questions

    6. Discovery Lessons

    7. Read Chapter 3 - The Making of an Evangelist

    8. Chapter 3 Application Questions

    9. Read Chapter 4 - Teacher Based Evangelism

    10. Chapter 4 - Application Questions

    11. Read Chapter 5 - The Art of Teaching

    12. Chapter 5 - Application Questions

    13. Required Reading: Church Planting Movements [Part 1&2] - Page 18-132

    1. Video Lecture - Sharing with Muslims

    2. Read Chapter 6 - Parables, Proverbs, & Prayer

    3. Chapter 6 - Application Questions

    4. Read Chapter 7 - Contextualization & Community

    5. Chapter 7 Application Questions

    6. Read Chapter 8 - Honor and Trust

    7. Chapter 8 - Application Questions

    8. Read Chapter 9 - Friendship Discipling

    9. Chapter 9 - Application Questions

    10. Read Chapter 10 - The Continuing Struggle

    11. Chapter 10 - Application Question

    12. Required Reading: Church Planting Movements [Part 3] - Page 134-183

    1. Video Lecture - Worldviews of Fear and Guilt

    2. Read Chapter 11 - Worldview

    3. Chapter 11 - Application Questions

    4. Read Chapter 12 - The Eden Effect

    5. Chapter 12 - Application Questions

    6. Read Chapter 13 - Guilt-Based Worldviews

    7. Chapter 13 - Application Questions

    8. Required Reading: Church Planting Movements [Part 3] - Page 183-208

    1. VIdeo Lecture - Shame Based Worldviews

    2. Read Chapter 14 - The Roman Connection

    3. Chapter 14 - Application Questions

    4. Read Chapter 15 - Fear-Based Worldviews

    5. Chapter 15 - Application Questions

    6. Chapter 16 - Shame-Based Worldviews

    7. Chapter 16 - Application Questions

    8. Take the World-View Assessment

    9. Required Reading: Church Planting Movements - Page 211-241

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A Pathway to a Master of Arts in Ministry with an Islamic Studies Concentration

God’s Bible School & College (gbs.edu) has partnered with Mission Muslim World University (mmwu.org) offering a pathway to receive a Master of Arts in Ministry with an Islamic Studies Concentration. This degree is designed for those with Bible college undergrad degrees who want grad-level theology and ministry training to evangelize and disciple Muslims with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. God’s Bible School & College will award an MA degree to students who complete the 18 credit hours of core online-classes through God’s Bible School & College and transfer in up to 18 credit hours of completed online-classes completed through Mission Muslim World University.
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