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SPRING, 2007 SYLLABUS

Dr. Milton Krans

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

Course name Pastoral Theology and Church Government

Department Department of Theology

Semester Spring 2007

Days offered Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Location AB2 214 A

Course # SERV 470

Section # 1

Time offered 12:00-11:50

Course Credit 3 hours

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Instructor Milton J. Krans, D.Min.

Office location AB2 214 H

Phone and Fax Office phone: 865-2815 ex 8519

Fax: 865-9599

Secretary phone: 865-2815 ex 8511

If I am not in when you call, please leave a message on the answering

service and I will return your call within 24 hours.

E-Mail Address Office: ******@*******.***

A good way to reach me is by e-mail. I check my e-mail messages several

times daily, even on weekends.

Home phone 833-6238

You are welcome to call me at home, if necessary. If I am not available

when you call, please leave your name and a number where you can be

reached. Please do not call before 7 AM or after 10:45 PM, unless the

situation is an absolute emergency.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The class involves a theoretical and practical study of the work of the local church pastor.

Students will be introduced to pastoral ministry from a broad perspective, Christian religion in

general with special biblical and Pentecostal emphasis in particular. Students will be acquainted

with historical, philosophical and practical aspects of pastoral ministry. Pastoral ethics and

theology will also be in focus.

OBJECTIVES

As a result of successfully completing this course the student will:

1. Have an adequate survey of pastoral work from an Evangelical/Pentecostal perspective.

2. Have a biblical and theological background of the Christian minister with an Introduction to

the new paradigm of ministry believer ministry.

3. Have an introduction to church polity and government from different denominational and

religious perspectives.

4. Have hands on experience in practical ministry functions.

5. Have exposure to and experience in official church parliamentary procedure.

TEXTS

1. Compiled and edited by - Zimmerman, T. F. Wayde I. Goodall and Bicket, Zenas J. THE

PENTECOSTAL PASTOR: A MANDATE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. Gospel Publishing

House, 1997.

2. Pickthorn, William E. MINISTERS MANUALS I, II, III. Gospel

Publishing House, 1994.

3. Robert Mcconnell Productions, ROBERT S RULES OF ORDER: Simplified and Applied,

2nd ed. Indianapolis, Ind.: Wiley Publishing, 2001.

4. Jones, O. Garfield. PARLIAMENTARY LAW AT A GLANCE. New York, N.Y.: Penguin

Books, 1990.

5. White, James Emery. Rethinking the church: A challenge to create redesign in an age of

transition. Baker, 1997.

6. Trask, Thomas E. THE THEOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF

ORDINATION. (An official position paper of the Assemblies of God) Gospel Publishing

House, 1994.

7. ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS. Gospel

Publishing House, Aug. 2005 edition only

8. Assemblies of God Recommended Bylaws for Local Assemblies, Latest edition (purchased for

the Assemblies of God-Gospel Publishing House)

9. Duplicated reading assignments handed out in class.

REQUIREMENTS

1. ATTENDANCE Attendance is very important in this seminar class. To encourage you,

attendance will be taken from a seating chart.

a) All students who have perfect attendance for the entire semester will receive an

additional twenty-(20) points toward their final grade.

b) All students who have near perfect attendance for the entire semester except for one (1)

absence will receive ten (10) additional points toward their final grade.

c) You will be dropped from the class roll after the 10th absence (on the 11th absence). You

will receive an F for the class if you exceed 10 absences.

d) Three (3) tardies (coming late or leaving early) equal one absence.

2. READING REPORTS Reading reports listing the required reading are included with this

syllabus. Check class calendar for due dates.

3. TWO EXAMS There will be two exams in this seminar class. Check the class calendar for

exam dates. Exams will not be taken early or late. (There will be very few exceptions.)

4. Please expect a quiz over daily assignments.

5. All students must hand in a PASTORAL MINISTRY STUDENT WORKBOOK

(PT&CGSW). A rubric describing the (PT&CGSW) requirements is included in this

syllabus.

6. WRITING AND EVALUATION ASSIGNMENTS Eight individual student field trip

evaluations will be handed in during the semester. Evaluation forms for the following will be

handed out in the class for:

1 baby dedication

1 wedding

1 water baptism

1 funeral

1 communion

1 minister ordination service

1 reception of church members

1 annual church business meeting

(NOTICE: For every evaluation not turned in by the end of the semester, the

student s grade will be reduced by 1/2 of a grade level. Any student can only not

hand in two of the eight and still get a passing grade for the class. The Minister

Ordination evaluation may not be one of the eight missed.)

7. CLASS FIELD TRIPS Announcements will be made during class about class field trips.

8. Class surveys worksheets and evaluations will be worked into class sessions.

9. GRADING SYSTEM The final semester grade will involve grades on the following: reports,

quizzes and pop quizzes, writing and evaluation assignments, worksheets and bonus points.

(Approximately 450 total points.) The following grade system will be used in this class.

Percentile Grade GPA

93-100 A 4.0

90-92 A- 3.7

87-89 B+ 3.3

83-86 B 3.0

80-82 B- 2.7

77-79 C+ 2.3

73-76 C 2.0

70-72 C- 1.7

67-69 D+ 1.3

63-66 D 1.0

60-62 D- 0.7

59 F 0.0

10. No hats will be worn during any class. No reading of other class textbooks will be allowed

during class. No reading of magazines will be allowed in class. No studying for other class

exams will be allowed during class. No sleeping is permitted during class. If you are

involved in any of these activities during class, the result is that you will at least be marked

absent for that day.

FOR ALL STUDENTS APPROVED TO DO MAKE-UP WORK, A MAKE-UP FORM

MUST BE FILLED OUT WITH THE DEPARTMENT SECRETARY AND A FEE OF

$ 3.00 FOR AN EXAM AND $ .50 FOR A QUIZ WILL NEED TO BE PAID BY THE

STUDENT BEFORE THE ITEM WILL BE GRADED.

CLASS CONTENT

1. Lecture review focus on the Introduction to ministry content students did not receive

2. Course introduction

3. Biblical theological background of minister/ministry

4. Introduction to the new paradigm of ministry

5. Philosophy of pastoral leadership

6. Pastor, church and denomination polity

7 Ministry functions

8 Pastoral administration and leadership

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENT LEARNING DISABILITIES

Evangel University will make reasonable accommodations for students with documented

disabilities. Students should notify the Academic and Career Development Office located in

the Student Union, Suite 107, and their instructors of any special needs. The instructor should

be notified of any documented disabilities the first week of class. A copy of the

accommodations agreed to by the professor and the Career Development Office staff must be

given to the professor the first week of class.

PROFESSOR EVALUATION PROCESS

Evangel University Faculty Evaluation form will be administered

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

This section on academic dishonesty has been borrowed from Dr. Michael Palmer, the previous

chair of the Department of Biblical Studies & Philosophy.

Occasionally it comes to my attention that one or another student has engaged in activities that

undermine the academic process. These activities sometimes include outright cheating, which

everyone knows is wrong. But they also sometimes include activities that some students may not

fully understand to be inappropriate, such as paraphrasing someone else s work without giving

proper credit. On the conviction that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, I attempt

here to define academic misconduct and identify some of its most common forms.

The forms of academic misconduct that prompt this memorandum are plagiarism and cheating.

Most people have no difficulty understanding what cheating is and that it is ethically unaccept-

able. (Cheating involves getting something, such as answers to exam questions, dishonestly or by

deceiving someone.) Plagiarism is sometimes less well understood. Quite simply, plagiarism is a

form of theft. To plagiarize is to steal and pass off someone else s ideas or words as one s own.

In the academic context, plagiarism and cheating include, but may not be limited to the following

examples which I adapted from a recent publication from the University of Iowa:

presentation of the ideas of others without credit to the source;

use of direct quotations without quotation marks and without credit to the source;

paraphrasing without credit to the source;

participation in a group project which presents plagiarized materials;

failure to provide adequate citations for material obtained through electronic research;

downloading and submitting work from electronic databases without citation;

submitting material created or written by someone else as one s own, including

purchased term papers and research papers;

copying from someone else s examination, homework, or laboratory work;

allowing someone to copy or submit one s work as his or her own;

accepting credit for a group project without doing one s share;

submitting the same paper in more than one course without the knowledge and approval

of the professors involved;

using notes or other materials during a test or examination without authorization;

not following the guidelines specified by the instructor for a take-home test or

examination.

If you are unclear about the proper use and citation of sources, or the details and guidelines for

any assignment, you should discuss your questions with your professor. If you want clarification

about other possible types of plagiarism or cheating, feel free to talk with your professor.

PASTORAL MINISTRY

SPRING 2007 CALENDAR

SERV 470-1

Dr. MILTON KRANS

JANUARY EXAM

MTWTF

11 12 READING REPORT FORM

15 16 17 18 19

22 23 24 25 26 SE WEEK

29 30 31

MID-TERMS

FEBRUARY

12 SPRING BREAK

5 67 89

12 13 14 15 16 MISSOURI ORDINATION

19 20 21 22 23 MISSOURI DISTRICT COUNCIL

26 27 28 DATE: Wed., Apr 18 -7:00 P. M.

CHURCH: James River A/G

Ozark, MO - Required

MARCH

1 2 No class- Dr. Martin Luther

5 678 9 King Jr. Day

12 13 14 15 16

19 20 21 22 23 No class January 26

26 27 28 29 30 (Dept. LR Planning Mtg.)

APRIL No Class Good Friday

(April 14)

2 34 56 FIRST 4 EVALUATIONS

9 10 11 12 13

16 17 18 19 20 SECOND 4 EVALUATIONS

**-**-**-**-**-**

30 PMSW

Dead Day Sat.

FINAL EXAM DAYS

MAY YOUR FINAL:

1 23 May 2st - 7:30AM 9:30

Location: AB2 - 214A

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READING REPORT FORM INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read each section and record the date you read those pages in the DATE 1

section.

2. If you take an additional day to finish reading that section, put that second date in

the section.

DATE 2

3. If you take more time to finish reading that section, put the final reading date in the

Section.

DATE 3

4. When you finish reading any section, an X must be placed in the far right column to get

credit for reading that section.

** There will be a 20% penalty if this is not followed. **

5. By the reading report due date listed in the class syllabus calendar, the student must turn

in the reading report form adequately filled out in order to receive full credit for what has

already been read.

6. If a student wants to finish reading what is incomplete by the due date for partial credit,

the student must duplicate the reading report form and hand in the duplicate (copy) on the

due date and keep the original in order to record the rest of the reading. Then hand in the

original form when the student has finished all he/she has time to read during the

semester.

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STUDENT NAME SECTION NUMBER

PASTORAL MINISTRY

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READING REPORT FORM 1 (ONE)

DR. MILTON KRANS

BOOK TITLE AUTHOR PAGES DATE 1 DATE 2 DATE 3 X

The Pentecostal Trask Any 100

Pastor Goodall Pages

Bicket You

Choose

Record

Below

Rethinking the White 14-23

Church

24-33

34-43

44-53

54-63

64-73

74-83

84-94

94-103

104-114

114-128

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STUDENT NAME SECTION NUMBER

PASTORAL MINISTRY

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READING REPORT FORM 2 (TWO)

DR. MILTON KRANS

BOOK TITLE AUTHOR PAGES DATE 1 DATE 2 DATE 3 X

Roberts Rules of McConnell 1-25

Order (2nd ed.) 26-50

51-75

76-100

101-125

126-140

175-200

201-225

126-250

251-275

276- 300

Parliamentary Law O. G. Jones I-XXIV

At a Glance 1-22

XXV-

XLVI

Ordination Trask 1-29

Position Paper 30-59

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STUDENT NAME SECTION NUMBER

PASTORAL MINISTRY

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READING REPORT FORM 3 (THREE)

DR. MILTON KRANS

BOOK TITLE AUTHOR PAGES DATE 1 DATE 2 DATE 3 X

Read any one of

the following 3

Books (NOT stocked

in our book store)

The Purpose Driven Rick Warren

Life

The Purpose Rick Warren

Driven Church

Becoming a Bill Hybels

Contagious & Mark

Christian Mittelberg

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PASTORAL MINISTRY

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READING REPORT FORM 4 (FOUR)

DR. MILTON KRANS

NAME SECTION #

BOOK TITLE AUTHOR PAGES DATE 1 DATE 2 DATE 3 X

Ministers Pickthorn 1-34

Manuel (1) 35-60

61-76

77-92

93-108

109-132

Ministers Pickthorn 1-38

Manuel (2) 39-50

51-74

75-82

83-114

115-124

125-130

Ministers Pickthorn 1-26

Manuel (3) 27-50

51-68

69-84

85-98

99-125

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PASTORAL MINISTRY

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READING REPORT FORM 5 (FIVE)

DR. MILTON KRANS

BONUS POINTS READING

WITH OUTLINE

BOOK TITLE AUTHOR PAGES DATE 1 DATE 2 POINTS X

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c:\data\dept\forms\contractCONTRACT BETWEEN PROFESSOR AND STUDENT

REGARDING LATE PAPERS AND TESTS

Biblical Studies and Philosophy Department

1. If a detailed term paper is assigned, the professor must give it not less than five weeks prior to the

due date. In this way, the student may begin to write the paper early so that it will not be late

because of unforeseeable circumstances that may arise immediately prior to the due date.

2. All late papers will be lowered one letter grade for every calendar day after the due date (except

Saturdays and Sundays) unless:

A. The student has been ill for more than three days immediately prior to due date.

B. There has been a death in the immediate family within a week prior to the due date of the

assignment.

3. Communication: Notice must be given to the instructor in person or by voice-mail prior to the

test or due date of the paper for permission to be considered.

4. This policy means that there will be no incomplete grades in the Biblical Studies and Philosophy

Department except for the two reasons stated.

5. In case a student must take a test late or early or hand in a late paper for one of the reasons listed

in 2 (A) or (B), s/he then must do so not later than the first Thursday following the date of the

exam or due date of the paper. For a test to be taken earlier or later than the scheduled time, the

student needs to pick up a permission slip from the department office, have it signed by the

professor and leave it with the department office manager at least 24 hours before the exam is to

be taken.

6. A fee of three dollars ($3) will be assessed by the Department for each exam taken early or late.

This fee must be paid to the Department before a test will be issued. Furthermore, students may

take early/late exams only on Thursday between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. Please report to the

office manager to pay your fee and receive the exam. Quizzes are fifty cents ($.50), if allowed.

You must make an appointment with the department secretary no later than Wednesday evening

in order to take the test on Thursday.

RATIONALE:

Students who allow their papers to become overdue find themselves overwhelmed and depressed at final

examination time. We believe the above policy will encourage self-discipline, which will lead to self-

satisfaction and growth. Revised 6/96.

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