Academic Programs - Dallas Theological Seminary

Course Descriptions
WM410 Theological Education
in Intercultural Contexts
Young
A study of issues in educational philosophy,
planning, administration, and teaching
related to theological education in
intercultural ministry settings. Students
in the Academic Ministries track may
substitute this course for CE215 Teaching
in Christian Higher Education. May also
credit toward the Ph.D. program (with
approval from the director of Ph.D.
studies). 3 hours.
WM415 Church Ministry
in Global Perspective
Baker
Students will develop a philosophy and
strategy for building local churches with
global impact, including how to network
with parachurch organizations to advance
Christ’s global mandate. 2 hours.
WM420 Missions Strategies
for Unreached Peoples
Pocock
A study of ministry to unreached peoples
and “closure strategy” in missions, with
attention to identification, selection, and
entry into modern unreached people
groups and the concept of homogeneous
units as targets for evangelistic
ministry. 2 hours.
WM425 Intercultural Church Planting
Pocock
A study of biblical principles behind
church planting in the New Testament
together with case studies and modern
research relative to church planting in
other cultures today. 2 hours.
WM430 Strategies for Reaching
World-class Cities
Pocock
A strategy course designed to focus on
urban missions, with emphasis on living
conditions; social, ethnic, linguistic, and
economic diversities and needs; and
techniques for reaching and discipling
people in urban areas. 2 hours.
WM435 Principles of Church Growth
Baker
A study of the church growth movement
in light of biblical principles, including
practical steps to advancing the growth
and multiplication of local churches at
home and abroad. 2 hours.
Biblical and Theological Studies
for Intercultural Ministry
WM505 Christianity and Non-Christian
Religions
Baker
A study of the history of non-Christian
religions, their major concepts, and the
philosophical structures undergirding
the non-Western world. It includes
the interface of the uniqueness of
Christianity in a pluralistic world. May
also be credited in the Department of
Theological Studies. 3 hours.
WM510 Theological Issues
in Contemporary Missiology
Richard
A study of theological issues affecting
missiological thinking in relation to Christianity—the
uniqueness of Jesus Christ
in a pluralistic world; soteriology—the
eternal destiny of the heathen; anthropology—biblical
absolutism and cultural
relativism; pneumatology—signs and
wonders, and other charismatic issues;
and eschatology—premillennialism and
society. May also be credited in the Department
of Theological Studies. 2 hours.
WM515 Acts, the Church, and Culture
Young
A seminar-style consideration of the
formulation of transcultural ministry
principles from sociocultural, theological,
literary, and exegetical analyses of
selected portions of the Acts narrative.
Prerequisites: BE101 Bible Study Methods
and Hermeneutics, WM101 Introduction
to World Missions. 2 hours.
WM520 A Biblical Theology of Missions
Young
A study of the biblical foundations and
purposes of missions, the nature of the
missionary vocation, and the authority
and scope of the New Testament in
relation to missions. 2 hours.
WM525 Spiritual Warfare
Pocock
A course that prepares Christian workers
to help themselves and others experience
victory over spiritual opposition
from the world, the flesh, or Satanic
sources in their own or others’
cultures. 2 hours.
Department of World Missions & Intercultural Studies
WORLD MISSIONS & INTERCULTURAL STUDIES
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