SF 511 Praying All Ways

Introduction This course completes the examination of John Wesley’s phrase “read and pray daily.” Building on a biblical and historical foundation, students will explore personal and corporate prayer through exposure to individual prayer styles and congregational prayer ministries.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3297/thumbnail.jp

SF 500 Introduction to Spiritual Formation

Textbooks & Collateral Reading L. Cunningham & K. Egan, Christian Spirituality E. Glenn Hinson, Spiritual Preparation for Christian Leadership 600 additional pages of collateral reading, drawn from these sources: bibliographies, Christian Classics, The SF 500 .otebook in the library, articles from related journals and periodicals, and material accessed from the Internethttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1548/thumbnail.jp

DO 690 John Wesley\u27s Theology for Today

Course Description The course will focus upon the distinctive theological contributions of John Wesley for the larger Christian community and for the Wesleyan family. Attention will be given to the roots of Wesley’s theology, but the emphasis will be upon the value of the Wesleyan theological perspective for today.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3414/thumbnail.jp

IS 502 Vocation of Ministry

Course Description This course addresses the question, How is a vocation to Christian ministry discerned, shaped, and sustained? The purpose of the course is to explore the foundations for Christian vocation by examining the connection between a call to ministry and the formation of persons for ministry. The integrating theological concept is the Wesleyan view of Holiness. The course focuses on the vocation of ordained ministry, but the principles are applicable to the whole people of God.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3416/thumbnail.jp

SF 550 Tutorial in Spiritual Formation-- “Lectio Divina”

Robert M. Mulholland, Jr., Shaped by the Word (Upper Room Books) Norvene Vest, Gathered in the Word (Upper Room Books) Upper Room Spiritual Classics, Series 1 (Upper Room Books)https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1138/thumbnail.jp

DO 690 John Wesley\u27s Theology for Today

Paul Chilcote, Recapturing the Wesleys\u27 Vision Steve Harper, The Way to Heaven Albert Outler, John Wesley A. Outler & R. Heitzenrater, John Wesley\u27s Sermons: An Anthologyhttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1351/thumbnail.jp

SF 650 Tutorial In Spiritual Formation: The Life Of Prayer

Leonard Allen, The Contemporaries Meet the Classics ISBN 1582292876 Henri Nouwen, The Only Necessary Thing ISBN 0824518330https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2588/thumbnail.jp

CL 553 United Methodist Polity and Discipline

The Book of Discipline, 2000 The Book of Resolutions, 2000 Thomas E. Frank, Polity, Practice and Mission of The United Methodist Church Jack Tuell, The Organization of The United Methodist Church, 2002 William Willimon, Calling and Character: Virtues of the Ordained Lifehttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2597/thumbnail.jp

SF 502 The Spiritual Life of the Minister

Henri Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus (Crossroad, 1993) Eugene Peterson, The Contemplative Pastor (Eerdmans, 1993) Evelyn Underhill, Concerning the Inner Life (Kessinger, 2003) Warren Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God (Baker, 1999)https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2641/thumbnail.jp

SF 620 The Spiritual Life of the Minister

Textbooks and Collateral Reading Henri Nouwen, In the ame of Jesus (Crossroad, 1989) Eugene Peterson, The Contemplative Pastor (Word, 1989) Warren Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God (Baker, 1993)https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1773/thumbnail.jp