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LINCOLN CHRISTIAN SEMINARYBible TranslationIn partnership with Pioneer Bible Translators (PBT), the Seminary providesa specialization in the Master of Arts for students who want to translate the Biblefor one of the nearly 2,600 ethnic groups without the Word of God in their nativelanguage. Students take a combination of courses in Lincoln and elsewhere tocomplete this specialized program. Overseeing this program is Dr. Rondal Smith,Director of Training, International Coordinator of Translation and Regional AreaDirector for North Eurasia of PBT in Dallas, Texas, and an adjunct professor atthe Seminary. The resident faculty adviser is Dr. Robert Douglas, head of theIntercultural Studies program in which this specialization is based.Part of the 21-hour major in this area requires the completion of a SummerInstitute of Linguistics (SIL) affiliated program at one of the following universities:Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (Dallas, TX), University of NorthDakota (Grand Forks, ND), Northwest Christian College (Eugene, OR), or TrinityWestern University (Vancouver, British Columbia). The SIL-approved coursescover such topics as grammar, phonology, field methods, translation, literacy, andsocio-linguistics. Additional courses can be taken in Intercultural Studies at theSeminary, as well as prerequisite courses in linguistics approved by SIL. TheSeminary offers ES 622 Introduction to Linguistics (during January IntensiveWeek I session only) to help address the prerequisite requirements of SIL, butlinguistics courses may also be taken elsewhere (including the sites listed above)and transferred into the program.Church DevelopmentNote: Students interested in a specialization in church planting will combine courses in ChurchDevelopment and Leadership under the supervision of Don Green. Students may contact Don Greenat dgreen@lccs.edu for further information.CD 700. Biblical Principles for Growing Healthy Churches. This team-taughtcourse stresses foundational principles and tools for growing Biblically healthychurches. Attention is also given to such issues as leadership, spiritual gifts,church structure, small groups, worship, and evangelism.CD 704. Leading the Church Through Change. Change in the church is drivenby two type of forces; changes in the ministry context that the congregation hasno control over and may have no desire for, and intentional changes the leadershipdetermines are desired. The intent of this course is to equip its participants toanalyze the changes occurring and needing to occur in their respective ministrycontexts, to understand the cultural and institutional forces which may driveor resist change, and to devise effective strategies for leading their respectivechurches, institutions, or parachurch ministries through those changes. (Same asLS704)52