The course features:
- Daily Bible reflections on the specific topics of the day
- In-depth mentoring sessions with a multicultural, multi-disciplinal faculty
- Multiple learning formats and communication strategies, including case studies, site visits, and small group workshops
- A liturgical center that fosters community and spiritual growth
Course modules
Module 1
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Module 2
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resource persons
Prof. andrew walls |
Dr. william a. dyrness |
Dr. melba padilla maggay |
Dr. Grace Roberts dyrness |
prof. andrew f. walls
is best known for his pioneering study of the history of the African church. He taught in several universities including Liverpool Hope University, Africa International University, Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre in Ghana, University of Edinburgh, University of Aberdeen, and at Princeton Theological Seminary. He was the inaugural holder of the Monrad Family Visiting Chair of World Christianity at Harvard University Divinity School. The Liverpool Hope University has a research centre named in honour of him, which encourages and supports research in the field of African and Asian Christianity. Likewise, the University of Edinburgh housed the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World (CSCNWW), an organization Dr. Walls founded as a commitment to building an intercultural learning community where matters of the global church are explored.
Dr. Walls was awarded by Queen Elizabeth the Order of the British Empire in 1987.
Dr. Walls was awarded by Queen Elizabeth the Order of the British Empire in 1987.
dr. william a. dyrness
is Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary, where from 1990 to 2000 he served as Dean of the School of Theology. He taught at the Asian Theological Seminary in Manila (1974-82) and co-founded ISACC. He was subsequently President and Professor at New College in Berkeley (1982-86), a graduate study center that explored the relationship between faith and vocation.
Bill’s research and writings focus on the relationship of the Christian faith to culture, especially to visual arts, missions, development and global theology. While in the Philippines, he became interested in the theology of mission and the plural theologies of the non-western world. His interest in aesthetics and creation theology has led him to reflections on worship and ecological issues, on which subjects he has extensively taught and written. He has taught in Indonesia, Korea, Ghana, Kenya and Russia. He co-edited the Global Dictionary of Theology, the first of its kind, published by the Inter-Varsity Press in the US.
Bill’s research and writings focus on the relationship of the Christian faith to culture, especially to visual arts, missions, development and global theology. While in the Philippines, he became interested in the theology of mission and the plural theologies of the non-western world. His interest in aesthetics and creation theology has led him to reflections on worship and ecological issues, on which subjects he has extensively taught and written. He has taught in Indonesia, Korea, Ghana, Kenya and Russia. He co-edited the Global Dictionary of Theology, the first of its kind, published by the Inter-Varsity Press in the US.
dr. melba padilla maggay
is a writer and a social anthropologist, and President of the Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture, a research and training organization doing development and cross-cultural studies.
She is a consultant and international speaker on culture and social development issues, particularly on the interface of religion, culture and development. Her most recent publication on this is 'Rise Up and Walk, Religion and Culture in Empowering the Poor.'
She is President of the Micah Network, an alliance of more than 700 development organizations worldwide, and a long-time board member of the Center for Community Transformation, founding member of the International Council of the Knowledge Centre for Religion and Development in the Netherlands, and founding board of the Life and Peace Institute, a peace research organization based in Uppsala, Sweden. She currently sits in the International Council of Interserve and has had cross-cultural experience in more than 45 countries in six continents.
She is a consultant and international speaker on culture and social development issues, particularly on the interface of religion, culture and development. Her most recent publication on this is 'Rise Up and Walk, Religion and Culture in Empowering the Poor.'
She is President of the Micah Network, an alliance of more than 700 development organizations worldwide, and a long-time board member of the Center for Community Transformation, founding member of the International Council of the Knowledge Centre for Religion and Development in the Netherlands, and founding board of the Life and Peace Institute, a peace research organization based in Uppsala, Sweden. She currently sits in the International Council of Interserve and has had cross-cultural experience in more than 45 countries in six continents.
dr. grace roberts dyrness
is a private consultant in local and economic development and a part-time professor in the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California (USC) where she teaches in the areas of social context of planning and sustainable development. For more than a decade she was the Director of Community Research and Development for the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California where she conducted applied research on the role of faith based organizations in the civic life of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and in Kenya, Tanzania, and India. She is also the founder and senior researcher at the Institute for Transnational Research and Development in Pasadena, CA.
Dr. Dyrness serves on numerous local and international community boards including Housing Works, Initiative for Children at Risk Africa (ICARA), Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP), Paul Carlson Partnership, Epiphany Conservancy Trust, U.S. and U.S. Council of LIA International. She is also on the community advisory boards of The Wall Las Memorias and of the Center for Latino/a Studies in Church and Society at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Dr. Dyrness serves on numerous local and international community boards including Housing Works, Initiative for Children at Risk Africa (ICARA), Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP), Paul Carlson Partnership, Epiphany Conservancy Trust, U.S. and U.S. Council of LIA International. She is also on the community advisory boards of The Wall Las Memorias and of the Center for Latino/a Studies in Church and Society at Fuller Theological Seminary.
ms. ethelyn balenton
is Director of the Education Program and Calamity Response Coordinator of the Couples For Christ ANCOP Tekton Foundation Inc. A Certified Public Accountant, she has a long experience in comptrollership, finance, operations and social audit, both in corporate firms and social development organizations like ABS CBN Foundation, Inc. and Caritas Manila. She headed the Quality Assurance Group of Gawad Kalinga, and served as President and Executive Director of Ancop Foundation International Inc., mobilizing funds in 23 countries for the support of Gawad Kalinga, and overseeing its funded shelter and education programs. Ethel is also highly experienced in managing micro-credit, enterprise and livelihood development programs, and is a consultant and technical expert in such areas as operations research, project evaluation and industry and feasiblity studies.
ms. ruth callanta
is President of the Center for Community Transformation, a wholistic development agency doing integrated social services, with microfinance as main platform for witness. A management and organizational development expert, she is consultant to UNDP and other international aid agencies. She has also served as Executive Director of the Philippine Business for Social Progress, and co-developed the Development Management course program of the Asian Institute of Management, where she taught for many years. Having learned both the language of business and social development, Ruth seeks to "unite the concepts of business with the heart of social work," overseeing the growth of CCT from a handful of staff to about a thousand serving more than 160,000 micro-entrepreneurs, and an equivalent number of street dwellers, farm workers, children and youth, indigenous peoples and factory workers. In 2005 she was awarded the Ernst & Young Woman Entrepreneur of the Year award.
dr. kim april pascual
is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Operation Blessing Philippines. Dr. Kim has led countless missions to rebel-infested areas in the Philippines as well as extended emergency medical trips to Iraq, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Indonesia after the Asian tsunami. She has also launched additional humanitarian aid initiatives in Indonesia and Thailand.
Dr. Kim holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of the Philippines in Los Baños and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center College of Medicine.
Dr. Kim holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of the Philippines in Los Baños and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center College of Medicine.
arch. felino 'jun' palafox
is an architect and urban planner. Arch. Palafox has 42 years of experience in architecture and 40 years in planning. He was educated in Christ the King Seminary, University of Santo Tomas, University of the Philippines, and Harvard University. He has led and managed his firm Palafox Associates in the planning of more than 16 billion square meters of land and the design and architecture of more than 12 million square meters of building floor area in 38 countries.
Arch. Palafox is also the Country Representative for the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) headquartered in Chicago, which in 2013 has elected him as one of its two new Fellows worldwide. He has been cited by Forbes Asia Magazine as one of the 48 Heroes of Philanthropy in Asia, one of four in the Philippines. Arch. Palafox has lectured in Harvard University, MIT, and in 18 other countries in Asia, Europe, and North America. His extensive travels allowed him to observe 1,000 cities in 63 countries. Recently elected as President of the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI Philippines) for 2015, he is the first architect-urban planner president of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) in 2011 and the immediate past president of the Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners (PIEP). He is a Fellow of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP).
Arch. Palafox is also the Country Representative for the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) headquartered in Chicago, which in 2013 has elected him as one of its two new Fellows worldwide. He has been cited by Forbes Asia Magazine as one of the 48 Heroes of Philanthropy in Asia, one of four in the Philippines. Arch. Palafox has lectured in Harvard University, MIT, and in 18 other countries in Asia, Europe, and North America. His extensive travels allowed him to observe 1,000 cities in 63 countries. Recently elected as President of the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI Philippines) for 2015, he is the first architect-urban planner president of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) in 2011 and the immediate past president of the Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners (PIEP). He is a Fellow of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP).
mr. theophilus yu
is a management consultant focused on training leaders in public and private sector. He was the Accountability and Budget Manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation, Public Transportation Division. He also helped in developing and managing the security operations for a foreign airline at Los Angeles International Airport, teaching the “Budgeting for Leaders” course for the Leader Path leadership program, and starting a microenterprise fund and a sawmill in Siberia, Russia. He was also a deputy director at the Washington State Auditor’s Office and as a Senior Budget Assistant to the Governor at the Office of Financial Management.
He received several awards including The United States General Accounting Office Meritorious Service Award for providing exceptional service to the United States Congress.
Theo received his Master of Public Administration from California State University, Long Beach and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. He attended management training at the Defense Systems Management College, completed the Executive Management Program at the University of Washington, and served as a Washington State Quality Award Examiner.
He received several awards including The United States General Accounting Office Meritorious Service Award for providing exceptional service to the United States Congress.
Theo received his Master of Public Administration from California State University, Long Beach and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. He attended management training at the Defense Systems Management College, completed the Executive Management Program at the University of Washington, and served as a Washington State Quality Award Examiner.