Leadership & Management for Ministry PMN-540

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1 Leadership & Management for Ministry PMN-540 Dr. Stephen B. Sams Lead Pastor Axis Christian Church 3 Graduate Credit Hours CBS Campus Oct 16, 23, 30 Nov 6, 13, 20, Dec 4, 11, 18 Course Schedule Thursdays 6:00-10:15 pm Pre-Course Assignment In preparation for class, read: Buckingham, Marcus. The One Thing You Need to Know about great managing, great leading and sustained individual success. New York: Free Press, Nelson, Alan E. Spirituality & Leadership: Harnessing the Wisdom, Guidance, and Power of the Soul. Colorado Springs, Co: Navpress, Sanders, J. Oswald. Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Leadership for Every Believer, revised edition. Chicago: Moody Press, Course Description This course is designed to help the student understand the biblical, historical, and contemporary principles of effective leadership, to provide insights for leading the church in the 21 st century, and to examine many of the pressing issues facing leaders today. Course Objectives To create a sense of vision and urgency in the student s lives concerning the immediate and pressing need for leaders, especially in the church. To develop more effective leaders in both knowledge and practice. To provide a deeper understanding of one s own leadership gift and how it impacts those being led. To introduce the student s to real leaders who have learned leadership lessons from life. To raise the student s level of creativity and confidence in presenting leadership concepts. Course grading scale A (95-100) A- (92-94) B+ (89-91) B (86-88) B- (83-85) C+ (80-82) C (77-79) C- (74-76) D+ (71-73) D (68-70) D- (65-67) F (0-64)

2 Course Requirements Class attendance and participation 10 points Attendance in class is critical to graduate level learning, therefore it is taken seriously. For every hour of class that a student misses the course grade will be deducted 1 point. A student who misses more than 20% of the class sessions will be assigned the grade FA (failure due to absences). Emergencies will be considered on a case by case basis and additional work may be assigned. Reading and Reading Reviews 30 points (10 points each) Due 10/23, 11/6, 11/20 Chose any three reading assignments on the syllabus and write a critical analysis of the reading from that day. The analysis may take various forms. For example you may Compare and contrast the various authors take on the subject from that day Propose a differing viewpoint from the reading on that day and substantiate your point of view from experience or other sources. Relate a current or past leadership issue that you ve faced that relates to the reading that day. Guidelines 2 pages, typed double-spaced Clearly written and devoid of grammatical and typographical errors Use of 1 st person is acceptable where appropriate (for example if you are writing about personal experience) Oral Presentation 20 points Perform a team building or leadership development initiative/activity with an approved group (youth group, staff, other); make a follow-up application. Teach the approved group about some aspect of leadership using creativity, handouts, visuals; whatever are the best means to communicate your point. Guidelines Be creative Make a clear leadership application Keep your activity or presentation to 30 minutes Research paper 40 points Due December 18 Topic Topic Choose one of the following: Relate the principles and pressures of leadership, taught in class and mentioned in the required reading, to the experiences of a biblical leader.

3 Relate the principles and pressures of leadership, taught in class and mentioned in the required reading, to your own leadership experiences. Research and write about a leadership characteristic or principle in the life of a biblical leader (s). Guidelines The student must demonstrate a considerable grasp on the concepts and processes involved in leadership as well as the practical application of those processes typed pages, double-spaced Appropriate citations (30-50) and bibliography (12-15 sources) Clearly written and devoid of grammatical and typographical errors Note: Any reading review or research paper that is overdue will lose 1 point per day late. The best way to turn in assignments is via .

4 Class Topics and Reading Assignments Topic Reading Assignment Leadership and Management, is Sanders 14-19, Hybels 11-28, there a difference? Kouzes and Posner 3-22, Nelson 23- The need for leaders 41; Buckingham 1-71 The Uniqueness of a Leader Sanders 27-38, Kouzes and Posner What is a leader? , , Hybels , Are Leaders born or made? Nelson 9-22; Buckingham DISC Survey Analysis Understanding Your Values The Spiritual Side of Leadership Hybels , Kouzes and Posner Walk with God 23-39, Sanders 21-25, 39-92, 101- Character Matters 108, Nelson Spiritual Characteristics of Leaders The Art of Self Leadership Hybels , Sanders 93-99, 125- The Leader s Schedule, 129, Nelson ; Buckingham influence, responsibility Personal Growth The Leader as Visionary Hybels 29-50, Sanders 55-57, Kouzes Review Visioneering by and Posner , Andy Stanley The Leader as Strategist Hybels 51-72, , Nelson 125- Evaluating 172, Developing mission Organizing ministries Making Decisions The Leader as Change Agent Kouzes and Posner The Leader as Team Builder Hybels 73-92, Sanders , Kouzes and Posner , The Leader as Motivator Kouzes and Posner , The Leader as Administrator The Perils of Leadership Sanders , , , Hybels The Leadership of Nehemiah Sanders The Leader as developer of Hybels , Sanders successors The Leader s Endurance Hybels , Sanders Good to Great Leadership

5 Bibliography Required Reading Buckingham, Marcus. The One Thing You Need to Know about great managing, great leading and sustained individual success. New York: Free Press, Hybels, Bill. Courageous Leadership. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, Kouzes, James M., & Barry Z. Posner. The Leadership Challenge: How to Get Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations, 3 rd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, Nelson, Alan E. Spirituality & Leadership: Harnessing the Wisdom, Guidance, and Power of the Soul. Colorado Springs, Co: Navpress, Sanders, J. Oswald. Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Leadership for Every Believer, revised edition. Chicago: Moody Press, Recommended Reading Blackaby, Henry T., & Richard. Spiritual Leadership: Moving People onto God s Agenda. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, *Blanchard, Keneth, Bill Hybels, and Phil Hodges. Leadership By the Book. New York: William Morrow Company, Collins, Jim. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don t. New York: Harper Business, Maxwell, John C. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, Developing the Leader Within You. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, McIntosh, Gary L. Staff Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the 21 st Century. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, Nelson, Alan & Gene Appel. How to Change Your Church Without Killing It. Nashville: Word Publishing, *Stanley, Andy. Visioneering. Sisters, Oregon: Multnomah, 1999.

6 Dr. Stephen B. Sams Experience Minister of Youth and Worship Blountville Christian Church Family Wife: Lisa Children: Benjamin September 23, 1997 Senior Minister Hannah October 7, 1999 Midway Christian Church Rebekah June 6, 2002 Miamisburg Church of Christ Jason December 20, 2005 Lakota Christian Church Axis Christian Church Education Milligan College B. A. Business Administration/Biblical Studies Cincinnati Bible Seminary M. A. Biblical Studies University of Sarasota Ed. D. Organizational Leadership Hobbies Golf, exercise, piano

7 Sample Style Sheet for Classes under Dr. North This style sheet is intended to be only a brief statement of some elementary rules for writing papers. All papers must be typed, double-spaced. Paragraphs should be indented at least five spaces. Number all pages; the first page is usually numbered at the center bottom, the others may be numbered at the top of the page, either centered or at the right hand margin. All papers for my classes are considered formal writing and therefore should be free from contractions, abbreviations, and the use of first or second person. Careful attention to sentence structure will avoid the use of sentence fragments. Such as this one. Any quotation that runs more than four lines of text should be set off, indented, and usually single-spaced, as is done with this particular paragraph. Such a quotation uses no quotation marks. All quotations need to be documented. Any omission within a quotation is called an ellipsis and is indicated by three spaced periods... ; four if at the end of a sentence because one period is needed to end the sentence. In regular prose, When quotation marks are used, they should be double ones, not single. Single ones are used for a quotation within a quotation, such as this one. Notice also that quotation marks always follow the period or comma. In a book review it is alright to use parenthetical references such as this one (North, 15). Notice that the period follows the parenthesis. Graduate research papers, however, should use footnotes (undergrads do not need to worry about this). Many students are needlessly afraid of footnotes. Most software programs will do them automatically. The Chicago Style must be used since in the discipline of history APA and MLA style are not considered scholarly forms. Document references in the Chicago style to books 1 and articles 2 in journals are given below. 1 James B. North, Union in Truth: An Interpretive History of the Restoration Movement (Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1994), p James B. North, That Troublesome Approved Precedent Christian Standard, October 11, 1998, p. 10-