Doctor's degree Leadership in Global Urban Ministry - Denver Seminary

Doctor's degree Leadership in Global Urban Ministry from Denver Seminary is a Campus Ph.D Religious Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. To lead well in a global urban center requires a knowledge of systems?what they are and how they work. Only then is it possible to develop Christians in the Church who glorify God in the marketplace. Leaders who work with God can grow Christians who can make a difference in the systems of the urban centers. Learn the Systems of the City The urban centers of the world are in great need of change. Evangelism is a significant step towards change, but salvation, compassion, and commitment are no guarantee that we will produce good social systems, fair employment structures, or good politics. Leadership in Global Urban Ministry prepares students to impact the multiple systems that are required to make living in the city sustainable. Systems can make it easier for either good to triumph or evil to enslave. Too often systems are self serving for those who develop them, and unfairly benefit others. Redeeming people is top priority, but understanding systems and redeeming them are required to help people live their lives in the urban context. In doing this we obey the biblical mandate to ?do good to all people? (Galatians 6:10). Systems are Everywhere God created the world in systems and subsystems. A human being is made up of a respiratory system, a nervous system, and many other systems. They must interact effectively for a person to be healthy. We also live in a solar system which contains an infinite number of subsystems, many of which enable life to exist on the earth. Human beings also create systems. We create them for government, for food distribution, for sports, for health care, and for many other reasons. Many systems have been created in the urban center in order to sustain life, however, not all systems are good; they can be ineffective and can also discriminate. Personal Transformation Before System Transformation Understanding is not enough. We create ineffective or dysfunctional systems not only because of ignorance, we create them because of sin. Pride, greed, fear, pretence, anger, unforgiveness, individualism, and the desire for position power lead us to develop systems for our benefit that can discriminate against others; they also cause us to misuse good systems. Therefore, we cannot develop good systems designed to be fair and helpful without dealing with the sins that create bad systems or misuse good systems. The gospel deals with those sins, but it does not give people knowledge of systems. View more details on Denver Seminary . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Religious Studies courses.