THL455 Mission Leadership in Australia (8)
Enrolment Restriction: Master of Ministry students only
This subject provides leaders of congregations with a different way to assess the life of the congregation in terms of the mission context in which the congregation is placed. In the past attention was first focused on the nature of the church, the role of ministry, and the requirements of leadership. Such an approach leaves out the impact of the changing mission context of the congregation upon the congregation in a post-modern society as one of the key factors for the life of the church and its leadership. The National Church Life Survey has shown that in a time of rapid change, and growing diversity, religious belief is increasingly seen to be a matter of individual choice. It is the nature of this mission context that is now the vital factor in re-assessing the role of leadership in local congregations throughout Australia. The nature of the Church is explored from a missiological perspective, and the role of leadership in various contexts provides the basis for ways of assessing t
he options available for leadership.