THE 395 - Missions and Revivals (4 credits)
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Enroll me Missions and Revivals (4 credits)
Instructors: Dr. David Feddes and Dr. Gabriela Tijerina-Pike
Content Providers: Dr. Bruce Ballast and Rev. Henry Reyenga
In this way, the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power. (Acts 19:20)
Overview: This class looks at the mighty things the Holy Spirit has done at various times and places, causing the church to grow in holiness, power, and numbers. By examining major mission advances and revivals, we gain insights into mission and revival in our own time and place.
Course Outcomes:
- Know and rejoice in Christian history's significant missionary advances and revival movements.
- Learn essential lessons from revivals in different eras, nations, and cultural settings.
- Develop a biblical understanding of revival.
- Become more eager and expectant for the Holy Spirit to do mighty things here and now.
- Seek to become a Spirit-empowered revival leader who has learned from the accomplishments and errors of leaders in earlier generations.
Required Reading: (All provided here online, so no book purchase is necessary.)
- Elmer Towns and Douglas Porter, The Ten Greatest Revivals Ever: From Pentecost to the Present. Selected chapters are assigned.
- Bruce Ballast, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Things: How God Brings Revival. This book focuses on revivals in the United States and draws lessons from those events. Units 5-9 of this course focus on Dr. Ballast's book, accompanied by video lectures from Dr. Ballast.
- Various articles, mainly from the archives of Christian History magazine and offered in partnership with Christian History. These articles show the Spirit's work in many cultures.
Assignments:
- Read book chapters and articles assigned for each unit.
- View all video lectures online. (These lectures are also available as MP3 audios, but you will miss seeing helpful slides if you only listen to audio.)
- Take a quiz for each of the first eleven units. You will have 60 minutes to answer 15 multiple-choice questions for each quiz. Once a quiz starts, you must finish it and can't retake it. So be ready ahead of time. Each quiz covers readings and video lectures for that unit. While taking the quiz, you may use your notes and refer to articles and other materials. Tip: First, answer all the questions you know. Then try to look up answers to questions you don't know. When you have entered an answer for every question, submit the quiz for grading before the 60-minute limit.
- Write a 2-3 page single-spaced paper (800-1,000 words) for unit 12. This paper should sum up your discoveries in this course and describe action steps on how you plan to seek revival and spread Christianity in your setting. Don't just hastily write this paper during unit 12. Instead, make a few notes from each unit of things that impressed you in your studies for that unit: helpful insights that struck you, encouraging examples of the Spirit's work in heroes of faith, and ideas for pursuing ministry and revival in your own setting. In unit 12, take all your notes from the first 11 units, select those that you find most valuable, pray for the Holy Spirit's leading, and put together a 2-3-page paper summarizing key lessons you've learned and action steps you plan to take. The paper counts for 35 points. The principal value, however, is your discoveries and action plans, not the grade.
*The course has a total of 200 points: 165 points for the eleven quizzes and 35 points for the final paper.
Grading Scale:
A 95-100% A- 90-94% B+ 87-89% B 83-86% B- 80-82% C+ 77-79% C 73-76% C- 70-72% D+ 67-69% D 63-66% D- 60-62% F 0-59%Your average for the course must be at least 60%. Otherwise, you will fail the class and will receive no credit.
Deadline: You have 180 days to finish the course. Complete all assignments before the final deadline, or you will be automatically unenrolled, and all coursework will be removed. You will have to start over and take the class again to receive credit.Course Forum: Each course forum is at the beginning of the course, right before the first-course content section, and has comments and questions from other students in the class. The forum is a great way to post a question or comment for other students who are currently enrolled in the course to see. Additionally, you can search the forum to see if anyone in the past has addressed or discussed the issue, question, or comment you wanted to post about.
Accessibility: All the videos' slides and transcripts are available in the course.
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Unit 1: Empowerment and Expansion of Early Christianity
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Unit 2: Medieval Missions and Revivals
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Unit 3: The Protestant Reformation
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Unit 4: Evangelical Missionaries
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Unit 5: The Great Awakening
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Unit 6: The Second Great Awakening
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Unit 7: The Great Revival (The Prayer Meeting Revival)
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Unit 8: Revivalism in Post-Civil War America
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Please note that one of the founders of Pentecostalism, mentioned as Palmer, is meant to refer to Parham.
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Unit 9: America's Most Recent Awakening
Will There Be a Revival Now? -
Unit 10: Expansions and Revivals in Many Nations During the 1900s
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Unit 11: Ongoing Christian Expansion Worldwide
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Unit 12: Your Insights and Aims for Mission and Revival in Your Setting
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Receive a grade
Unit 12: Your Insights and Aims for Mission and Revival in Your Setting
Course Paper on Missions and Revivals:
Dear CLI Student, we are certain that you have taken notes on the insights that struck you during the first 11 units of this course. You have learnt about the examples of the Spirit's work in heroes of faith. You also have gotten ideas for pursuing ministry and revival in your own setting. Now, we encourage you to read through your notes, pray for the Holy Spirit's leading, and select the things that you find most valuable. Once you have done this, put together a paper summarizing key lessons you've learned and action steps you plan to take.
Requirements:
- Paper Title: My Personal Insights and Aims for Mission and Revival in My Setting
- Length: 800 to 1,000 words (about 2-3 pages)
- The paper is not graded if it does not fit this established length.
Content:
- The paper should show that you have identified key lessons of the course.
- The paper should show that the course has encouraged you to prepare a practical plan with the goal of local revival and growth in your ministry within your own setting.
- The paper should show the ways that this course has affected your thinking and has impacted your leadership goals.
Rubric:
This paper is worth 35 points, accordingly:
- Paper Structure: Title (1 point)
- Paper Structure: Introduction (2 points)
- Paper Structure: Body (3 points)
- Paper Structure: Conclusion (3 points)
- Grammar (3 points)
- Spelling (3points)
- Clear summary (10 points)
- Clear plan of action (10 points)
- = Total 35 points
Final comments:
- Submission: Papers may take 1-2 weeks to be graded. Make sure to submit this paper at least two weeks before your enrollment date ends.
- Plagiarism: Make sure you have read the CLI PLAGIARISM POLICY before you write this paper.
- When graded, if you are asked to rewrite your paper, you will have only one more chance to do it. Papers that need to be rewritten will have an automatic 10 points deducted from the total score of the paper. Be sure you take advantage of the first and second chance to get a good grade!
- Paper Title: My Personal Insights and Aims for Mission and Revival in My Setting
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The course has ended. Please make sure:
- All assignments have been completed and submitted for grading.
- All quizzes have been completed.
If your work is incomplete, it is considered a drop, and you will have to take the class again in order to receive credit.
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