MS 630 Ministry and Evangelism in the Small Church

Required texts: 1. Lyle Schaller, Small Congregation, Big Potential, Abingdon (2003)—190 pages 2. Anthony Pappas, ed. Inside the Small Church, Alban (2002)—230 pages. 3. Steve Bierly, How to Thrive as a Small Church Pastor, Zondervan (1998)—190 pages. 4. Ron Crandall, Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church, Abingdon (1995)—160 pages. 5. Peter Steinke, Healthy Congregations: A Systems Approach, Alban (1996)—110 pages.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2974/thumbnail.jp

ME 630 Planting New Churches

1. Planting Growing Churches, 2nd ed., Aubrey Malphurs, 1998 (400 pages). 2. Next Church.Now: Creating New Faith Communities, Craig Miller, 2000 (175 pages) 3. The Purpose Driven Church, Rick Warren, 1995 (390 pages).https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2282/thumbnail.jp

Finding the Way Forward: George Gill Hunter, III

Ron Crandall recounts some of the significant personal transitions, achievements, and contributions to evangelism and church growth made by his long time colleague. This brief “inside story” captures some of both the professional and personal life of this world-class scholar, and reveals his passionate pursuit to help thousands of churches and millions of secular and disenchanted peoples “find the way forward.” Never content to only talk about evangelism, George Hunter is portrayed as employing every gift available to equip the Church for its apostolic mission to spread the power of “Christ in us, the hope of glory.

MS 630 Ministry and Evangelsim in the Small Church

Required texts: 1. Lyle Schaller, Small Congregation, Big Potential, Abingdon (2003)—190 pages 2. Anthony Pappas, ed. Inside the Small Church, Alban (2002)—230 pages. 3. Steve Bierly, How to Thrive as a Small Church Pastor, Zondervan (1998)—190 pages. 4. Ron Crandall, Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church, Abingdon (1995)—160 pages. 5. Bill Kemp, The Church Transition Workbook: Getting Your Church in Gear, Discipleship Resources (2004)—140 pages.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3950/thumbnail.jp

ME 760 Evangelism in the Small Church

1.Lyle Schaller, Small Congregation, Big Potential (2003)—190 pages 2.Anthony Pappas, ed. Inside the Small Church (2002)—230 pages. 3.Steve Bierly, How to Thrive as a Small Church Pastor (1998)—190 pages. 4.Ron Crandall, Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church (1995)—160 pages. 5.Jeff Patton, If It Could Happen Here (2002)—115 pages.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1959/thumbnail.jp

MS 625 Principles of Interpersonal Evangelism

All students are required to complete the following texts: 1. Communication Theory for Christian Witness: Revised Edition, Charles Kraft, Orbis, 1991. 2. Christian Witness in a Postmodern World, Harry Poe, Abingdon, 2001. 3. More Ready Than You Realize, Brian McLaren, Zondervan, 2002. 4. The Contagious Witness: Exploring Christian Conversion, Ron Crandall, Abingdon, 1999. 5. Out of the Salt Shaker: Revised Edition, Rebecca Pippert, IVP, 1999.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2930/thumbnail.jp

Investigation of the electronic and thermal rearrangement properties of SPIRO[2,4]HEPTA-4,6-DIENES

The mechanism of thermally induced hydrogen and alkyl migrations in suitably substituted cyclopentadienes have been extensively studied. Although the course and mechanism of alkyl shifts in cyclopentadienes have been investigated, there is currently a lack of agreement on the precise mechanisms of alkyl migrations. It is apparent that the mechanism is largely dependent on the nature of both the migrating substituent and upon other substituents in the molecule and, in some cases, the shift may occur by more than one competing mechanism. Alkyl shifts in spiro substituted cyclopentadienes have been clearly shown to proceed via a conceited pathway. However, the participation of a biradical process has not been excluded. The purpose of this research was to clarify the exact nature of the alkyl shift in appropriately substituted spiro[2.4]hepta-4,6-dienes as to concerted or biradical. Previous work has shown that 4- methylspiro[2.4]hepta-4,6-diene rearranged to an equilibrium mixture of approximately equal amounts of 4 and 5-methylspiro[2.4]hepta-4,6-dienes. The slightly positive entropy of activation of the dual alkyl migration as well as other previous similar work suggested a possible biradical component to the rearrangement. The effects of ring strain in the intermediate as well as stabilization resulting from alkyl substitution were of particular interest. The appropriate molecule for study of the rearrangement would have a geometric label on the five membered ring to detect alkyl migration and a stereochemical label on the three membered ring to detect biradical formation during the rearrangement. The cz\u3e2,3,4-trimethylspiro[2.4]hepta-4,6-diene molecule was prepared by photolysis of the methyldiazocyclopentadiene in cz\u3e2-butene solution and purified by gas liquid chromatography. The static pyrolysis results showed that the products of the approximate first order thermal rearrangements were consistent with a biradical pathway. The products derived from the equilibrium mixture gave no evidence for a significant concerted mechanism operating. It is impossible to exclude the simultaneous operation of a slower concerted pathway with the results of this research

MS 615 Foundations of Church Growth

1. Donovan, Vincent J. Christianity Rediscovered. 2. McGavran, Donald A. Understanding Church Growth, Third Edition. 3. Hunter, George G. III. To Spread the Power: Church Growth in the Wesleyan Spirit. 4. Arn, Win and Charles. The Master’s Plan for Making Disciples, second edition. 5. Schaller, Lyle E. 44 Steps Up Off the Plateau. 6. Winter, Ralph D. and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, Third Edition. 7. Acquire, from the ATS bookstore, a packet of readings. The following books are also required reading for students taking ME700. *8. Donald A. McGavran. The Bridges of God. *9. Donald A. McGavran. How Churches Grow. *10. Read one of the field studies in which McGavran was a principal writer, such as the following: Multiplying Churches in the Philippines; Church Growth in Jamaica; Ethnic Realities and the Church: Lessons from India; Church Growth in Mexico; Zaire: Midday in Missions.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2013/thumbnail.jp

ME 630 Planting New Churches

Required Readings: 1. Dan Kimball, The Emerging Church, 2003. 2. Ralph Moore, Starting a New Church, 2002. 3. Randy Woodley, Living in Color: Embracing God’s Passion for Ethnic Diversity, 2001. 4. Linus Morris, The High Impact Church, 2nd ed., 1998. 5. Dan Kimball, Emerging Worship, 2004. 6. Aubrey Malphurs, Planting Growing Churches for 21st Century, 1992. 7. Bill Hybels, Courageous Leadership, 2002. 8. Reggie McNeal, Revolution in Leadership, 1998. 9. Erwin McManus, An Unstoppable Force, 2001. 10. Peter Scazzero, The Emotionally Healthy Church, 2003. 11. Reggie McNeal, The Present Future, 2003. 12. Craig Miller, Next Church.Now: Creating New Faith Communities, 2000. 13. Brian McLaren, The Church on the Other Side, 2000. 14. Harvie Conn, ed., Planting and Growing Urban Churches, 1997. 15. Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Church, Zondervan, 1995. 16. Lyle Schaller, 44 Steps Up Off The Plateau, Abingdon, 1993. 17. Tom Steffen, Passing the Baton: Church Planting That Empowers, 1993. 18. Manuel Ortiz, One New People: Models for Developing a Multiethnic Church, 1996. 19. Peter Wagner, Church Planting for a Greater Harvest, 1990. 20. George Barna, A Step-by-Step Guide to Church Marketing, 1992. 21. David Hesselgrave, Planting Churches Cross-Culturally 2nd Ed, 2000. 22. Charles Brock, Principles and Practice of Indigenous Church Planting, 1981. 23. Roger McNamara & Ken Davis, The Y-B-H Handbook of Church Planting, 2005. 24. Shenk & Stutzman, Creating Communities of the Kingdom, 1988. 25. Lyle Schaller, Center City Churches, 1993. 26. Greenway and Monsma, Cities: Mission\u27s New Frontier, 1989. 27. Bob Logan, Beyond Church Growth, 1989. 28. David Garrison, Church Planting Movements, (SBC IMB), 2000. 29. Hozell C. Francis, Church Planting in the African American Context, 1999. 30. George Hunter, Church for the Unchurched, 1996 31. Kevin Mannoia, Church Planting: The Next Generation, 1994. 32. Charles Chaney, Church Planting at the End of the 20th Century (Revised Ed), 1991. 33. Paul Hiebert and Eloise Menses, Incarnational Ministry: Planting Churches in Band, Tribal, Peasant, and Urban Societies, 1995. 34. Avery Dulles, Models of the Church-Expanded Edition, 1987.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3935/thumbnail.jp

ME 730 New Church Extension

1. Planting Growing Churches, 2nd ed., Aubrey Malphurs, 1998 (400 pages). 2. Next Church.Now: Creating New Faith Communities, Craig Miller, 2000 (175 pages) 3. The Purpose Driven Church, Rick Warren, 1995 (390 pages).https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2283/thumbnail.jp