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Rediscovering Wesleyan Mission

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Rediscovering Wesleyan Mission

This course is part of Rediscovering the Heart of Methodism Specialization

Instructors: Laceye Cammarano Warner

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4 modules

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7 hours to complete

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

7 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Show how your church and the greater Methodist movement are connected to God’s holy mission in the world.
Identify opportunities to make commitments and cultivate practices that have fueled Methodism’s distinct sense of mission
Align your approach to mission more fully with the Methodist conviction of “salvation for all”
Reflect on how the Holy Spirit is leading you and your church to participate in the mission of God

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We invite you to join Duke Divinity School in “Rediscovering Wesleyan Mission,” the second of five courses in the Rediscovering the Heart of Methodism series, designed to help engaged laypeople and clergy (including local pastors in licensing schools) develop core capacities for innovative leadership within the Wesleyan tradition.

This course is designed to help individuals and Christian communities rediscover the Wesleyan mission at its finest. It introduces Methodism’s history as a missionary movement and teaches us to recenter our histories within the story of God’s mission to the world. In addition, it explores key practices and commitments that undergird a Methodist sense of mission, including convictions about salvation. Above all, it gives us opportunities to attend to the Holy Spirit and discern how God may be prompting us and our communities to engage in mission today. If you are a pastor or ministry professional in need of Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits for your professional development, CEU credits are available for this course. Upon successful completion of this course, you can provide your Coursera certificate and the course description to your employer for recognition of earning 0.5 CEUs. Contact divinityonline@duke.edu with any questions regarding CEUs for this course. Each of the 5 courses in the Rediscovering the Heart of Methodism specialization is worth 0.5 CEUs, for a total of 2.5 CEUs for completing all of the courses. Each course includes four weeks of interactive video lessons from Duke Divinity School faculty and Methodist leaders, plus an interactive course workbook PDF that includes exercises to accompany each video lesson and discussion guides for group meetings.

Throughout its history, Methodism has connected doctrine, story, and mission because Methodism is, at heart, a missionary movement. This week, we’ll explore doctrine, story, and mission in Methodist history and reconsider the history of Methodism, the history of our Christian communities, and our personal life narratives. This will mean setting aside nostalgia, triumphalism, and despondency to recenter our stories within God’s missionary story.

What's included

1 video11 readings2 assignments2 discussion prompts

1 video Total 10 minutes

Methodist History as Christian Missiology 10 minutes

11 readings Total 95 minutes

General Course Information 10 minutes
About Duke Divinity+ 10 minutes
Course Entry Survey 10 minutes
About the Group Discussion Guide 10 minutes
Group Discussion Guide 5 minutes
Discussion Guidelines 10 minutes
Report a problem with the course 10 minutes
This Week's Presenter 5 minutes
Key Terms 5 minutes
The Founding of Mother Bethel AME Church (Optional) 10 minutes
A History of the United Methodist Church in Kenya (Optional) 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 25 minutes

Reflective Quiz 10 minutes
Week 1 Quiz 15 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

Introduce Yourself! 10 minutes
Methodism’s ongoing story and your role in that narrative 10 minutes

What fuels the sense of mission that has distinguished Methodism at its best? In this lesson, we’ll consider several convictions and practices—from practical divinity and scriptural holiness to improvisation and holy friendships—that empower us to join in God’s redemptive story. Once we’ve seen how these elements have fueled Methodism’s missionary endeavors, we can see their presence—or absence—in our lives and communities.

What's included

1 video5 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

1 video Total 10 minutes

Articulating the Heart of Methodism 10 minutes

5 readings Total 40 minutes

This Week's Presenter 5 minutes
Key Terms 5 minutes
Traditioned Innovation (Optional) 10 minutes
Is Improvising Really Improvising? (Optional) 10 minutes
Cultivating Institutions that Nurture Holy Friendship (Optional) 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 15 minutes

Week 2 Quiz 15 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Articulating the Heart of Methodism 10 minutes

This week, we’ll examine another fundamental aspect of Methodism’s missionary spirit: its understanding that “salvation is free in all and free for all.” And if salvation really is for all, as Methodists testify, then spreading the news about Jesus’s saving love is all-important. And if salvation involves our response to God’s ongoing work in our lives, then we need to think much more broadly about how we respond to God’s ongoing work in the world.

What's included

1 video3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

In this course, we have examined the roots of Methodism’s missionary character and considered ways to recover the convictions and practices that fueled Methodist field preaching, circuit riding, and social activism. Yet rediscovering Methodism’s missionary heart is a vain effort unless the Holy Spirit gives life to our work. In this final lesson, we’ll take a closer look at what it might mean for us to be “sensible” to the Spirit today.

What's included

1 video8 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

1 video Total 13 minutes

The Holy Spirit, Social Innovation, and the Spread of Scriptural Holiness 13 minutes

8 readings Total 65 minutes

This Week's Presenter 5 minutes
Key Terms 5 minutes
The Nicene Creed (Optional) 10 minutes
Primitive Physic (Optional) 10 minutes
Course Exit Survey 10 minutes
How to Obtain CEUs 5 minutes
Divinity+ Interest Form 10 minutes
Share your learning experience 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 15 minutes

Week 4 Quiz 15 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

Being "sensible" to the spirit today 10 minutes
Traditioned innovation looks to salvation 10 minutes

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Laceye Cammarano Warner

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For pastors and other ministry professionals in need of Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits for their professional development, CEU credits are available for this course. Upon successful completion of this course, you can provide your Coursera certificate and the course description to your employer for recognition of earning 0.5 CEUs. Contact divinityonline@duke.edu with any questions regarding CEUs for this course.

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.

When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.