Reading assignments may form part of the covenant when deemed necessary. CST4514 Leadership in Religious Organizations Students examine the development and role of the minister as a servant leader in religious organizations. A systems approach to organizations enable students to develop strategies for developing spiritual vision, mission statements, structures, and relationships that help religious organizations remain vital and productive. Students learn decision-making skills, conflict resolution methods, motivational techniques, methods to increase productivity, and ways of enhancing performance. This course leads students to develop strategies for pastoral care and counseling with individuals and groups through preventative, nurturing ministries and through intervention during times of crisis.
Emphasis is placed on crisis intervention.
This course helps students develop their own theology of worship. Students learn basic principles of oral communication, and make application of those skills in sermon preparation, development of worship services, leading Bible studies, and other practical projects involving class presentation and peer critiques. This capstone project includes a journal and an annotated bibliography. The journal includes a weekly record of spiritual and intellectual development kept over the duration of the Christian Studies major, and the bibliography consists of works compiled from the courses of study.