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Church Administration Theology and Time Management
  • Level Foundation
  • المدة 18 ساعات hours
  • الطبع بواسطة Duke University
  • Offered by

عن

As church pastors and leaders, how should you manage Christian church administration? Shouldn’t Christian theology matter in church administration? If so, how? At the same time, how should you utilize management principles and techniques to make your church a more faithful church, rather than turning it into a secular enterprise? In this Duke Divinity+ non-credit course for church pastors and leaders, you will learn the importance of approaching church administration theologically. More specifically, you will engage church admin as church practices whose theological goals are discipleship, formation, witness, and worship. As such, church administration should be a critically important component of pastoral leadership and competence. Given such a theological understanding of church administration, we will draw upon and appropriate management excellence and know-how to serve as tools for these theological goals. As the first course in the Duke Divinity+ Church Administration Specialization series, this course will focus on developing a theology of church administration and then applying it to time management—a huge, ongoing challenge for pastors and church leaders alike–in such a way as to reshape classic time management principles and practices into a robust Christian stewardship of time.

الوحدات

Course Introduction

    • 2 Videos
    • 8 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Getting-to-know-you discussion post

2 Videos

  • Church Administration Theology and Time Management
  • Overall Theological Approach to Church Admin

8 Readings

  • Church Administration Course Overview
  • About Duke Divinity+
  • Course Entry Survey
  • How to Be Successful in This Course
  • Download Your Course Workbook
  • Augustine, On Christian Doctrine, Book II, Ch 40
  • Self-Assessment Ratings on Church Admin
  • Get Started on Your Time Survey for Week 3

Christian Ethics and Church Administration

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week 1 Quiz

1 Discussions

  • Polling Results: How did your poll go? What did you learn?

4 Videos

  • Church Admin as Church Practices
  • Connecting Hauerwas’s Christian Ethics to Church Admin
  • Poll Results and Interpretations
  • Week 1 Wrap-up (Key Takeaways and Setup for Next Week)

2 Readings

  • Polling Assignment: “Theology” and “Church Administration”
  • Workbook: Individual Reflection or Group Discussion Prompts

Pastoral Leadership of the Early Church

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Legitimate and Illegitimate Bases of Pastoral Authority and Influence

2 Videos

  • Church Admin as Pastoral Leadership
  • Pastoral Leadership of the Early Church (Beeley)

2 Readings

  • Time Survey Reminder
  • Self-Assessment: Ratings on Church Admin and Pastoral Leadership

Church Admin and Pastoral Leadership

    • 2 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week 2 Quiz

2 Videos

  • Church Admin and Pastoral Leadership
  • Week 2 Wrap-up

3 Readings

  • Individual Reflection or Group Discussion Prompts
  • Self-Assessment: How Are You Building Trust, Credibility, and Authority in Your Church?
  • Week 2 Workbook assignment: Identify Your Key Pastoral Priorities

Time Management

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Pastoral Burnout

2 Videos

  • Time Management to Time Stewardship
  • Time Management Principles (Means)

1 Readings

  • Self-Assessment: Ratings on Time Management

Time Stewardship

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week 3 Quiz

3 Videos

  • Time Stewardship (Ends)
  • Time Stewardship: What to Prioritize
  • Week 3 Wrap-up

3 Readings

  • Individual Reflection or Group Discussion Prompts
  • Assignment: Time Survey Analysis
  • Time Stewardship Plan

Delegation

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Bad Meetings

2 Videos

  • Delegation and Meeting Stewardship (Intro)
  • The Power of No and the Art of Delegation

2 Readings

  • Self-Assessment Ratings on Meeting Management and Delegation
  • Individual Reflection or Group Discussion Prompts

Meeting Stewardship

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week 4 Quiz

3 Videos

  • Effective Meeting Management Principles
  • From Meeting Management to Meeting Stewardship
  • Week 4 Wrap-up

1 Readings

  • Meeting Stewardship Plan

Course Takeaways

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Course Takeaways/Plans for the Future

1 Videos

  • Course 1 Summary & Key Takeaways

4 Readings

  • Individual Reflection or Group Discussion Prompts
  • Feedback Survey
  • How To Obtain CEUs
  • Duke Divinity+ Interest Form

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Discover the essentials of church administration through a theological lens in this Duke Divinity+ course tailored for pastors and church leaders. Led by expert instructors, this foundational course delves into integrating Christian theology with management principles to enhance discipleship, formation, witness, and worship. Spanning 1080 minutes, it covers key topics including effective time management and offers 1.5 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits. Available through Coursera with Starter and Professional subscription options, it's ideal for ministry professionals seeking to deepen their administrative competence.

Rae Cho
Instructor

Rae Cho