What to expect

Movemental Ecclesiology focuses on the movemental nature of the church with attention to the importance of cultural exegesis and adaptive strategies for ecclesial structures and leadership. Special attention is given to the importance of missiology in catalyzing reproducing churches. You'll analyze and evaluate contemporary church planting models with a view toward a nascent articulation of a personal church planting philosophy developed in a community of learners. You will:

  • Consider the question of the biblical rationale for church planting.

  • Practice what it means to do theology in community in developing a definition of church.

  • Study the missional characteristics of New Testament church planting.

  • Examine important contextualization principles in developing culturally appropriate church structures.

  • Discuss and analyze contemporary church planting paradigms.

Course Outline

An introduction to the missional church planting principles of the New Testament and their applications in the 21st century.

    1. Welcome to this Ephesiology Master Class

    2. How to use the course player

    3. Welcome to Movemental Ecclesiology

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Earn a Seminary Degree

    5. Zoom Registration

    6. Church Planting the New Testament Way!

    7. Before we begin...

    1. Course Description and Objectives for Graduate Students

    2. Academic Integrity

    3. Writing & Style Guides

    4. Learning Tasks for the Micro-Credential Program

    5. Rubric for Asynchronous Discussion Participation

    6. Rubric for Book Review

    7. Writing Academic Book Reviews

    8. Required Textbooks and Articles

    9. Course Bibliography

    10. Resources for Research

    1. What to expect in this session

    2. Introducing Movemental Ecclesiology - with Alan Hirsch

    3. Is Church Planting the Most Effective Evangelistic Method?

    4. Discussion

    5. Beyond Sheep Shuffling

    6. The Biblical Mandate for Church Planting

    7. Discussion

    8. If Jesus Planted a Church ...

    9. Would Jesus Plant a Church?

    10. Discussion

    11. First Reflection Paper

    12. Excursus - Lessons from Calvin: Is it Time for Another Reformation?

    13. Characteristics of a Church Planter - Jeff Christopherson

    1. What to expect in this session

    2. New Testament Ecclesiology

    3. Marks of the Church

    4. Jesus' Marks for the Church

    5. Discussion

    6. Excursus - Connecting Ekklesia with Collaboration

    7. NT Models of the Church

    8. The Study of the Churches of Rome and Thessalonica

    9. Second Reflection Paper

    1. What to expect in this session

    2. The Monkey and the Fish

    3. Adaptive and Captive Ecclesiology

    4. Cultural Influence on the Development of the Church

    5. Discussion

    6. Five Characteristics of a Church Rooted in the Community

    7. Church Indigeneity Matrix

    1. What to expect in this session

    2. A Missiologically Theocentric Church

    3. A Chaordic Collaborative

    4. Excursus - Relaunching Decentralized Churches

    5. Essential Elements of Church Planting Movements - David Garrison

    6. Free Book Download - Church Planting Movements

    7. Missiology in Tension

    8. The Church Planting Team - Todd Lafferty

    9. Team Essential: APEST

    10. APEST Personal Vocational Assessment

    11. The Non-Hierarchical Leadership of the New Testament Church

    12. The Dark-side of Hierarchical Leadership

    13. The Use of ποιμην in Early Christian History

    14. Movement Leadership: Embracing Chaord in the Missio Ecclesiae

    15. Excursus - Mere Evangelism

    16. Evangelism for the 21st Century with Randy Newman

    17. Church Planting's Silver Bullet(s) - Donald Patrick Harris

    18. A Free Course - Make Disciples

    19. Make Disciples

About this course

  • $200.00
  • 89 lessons
  • 15 hours of video contented

Meet David E. Brunelle

Join Dave and a whole host of church planters like Alan Hirsch, Jeff Christopherson, David Garrison, Bob Engel, Sean Cronin, and many others as we are challenged to see a reformation in church planting.

David E. Brunelle

Dave Brunelle lives in the Cleveland area with his wife Carole. Dave has over 30 years of diverse experience working in Government, Public Safety, Non-Profit, and Faith-Based sectors. He is a professional coach with his PCC credential through the International Coaching Federation and has been coaching church planters, marketplace executives, churches and teams since 2014 and training coaches since 2017. Dave has an M.A. focused on missiology from Kairos University and is currently working on a PhD at Kairos University. He serves as an elder at the church he planted over 20 years ago. The Brunelles have eight kids, three sons-in-laws, seven grandchildren, one dog, and one motorcycle that Dave rides across the country in his spare time.

Are you ready to change your world?

It's not simply about what you know in your head, but what you believe in heart and do with your hands so that you are motivated and equipped to lead movements.

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