Course 406 - Joy at Work
CVC 406: Joy at Work: Discovering God in Vocation: (Theology of Work) (3 credits)
This six-week course is offered during the Spring 1, Fall 1 & Fall 2 Terms (beginning Jan. 4, Aug. 22 & Oct. 24)
This course uncovers new ways of seeing all work as vocation, all days as mission, all business as sacred, and all Christians as missionaries. Through case studies, Lausanne documents, Biblical insights, and historical experiences, this course is basic to understanding the whole mission of the Church to the whole world, including through the systems and structures of cities and societies. It faces the issues of evil that perverts our work ethic and context, and gives the hope of redemption not only of individuals, but also of our workplaces, seeking transformation both within and beyond our workaday contexts.
This course is subsidized with a tuition grant of $420 by Mustard Seed Foundation. The only cost to the student is the nonrefundable $180 tuition fee and the text book, Doing God's Business by R. Paul Stephens (approx. $16.00).
To receive this tuition grant, you must be enrolled as a student with City Vision College. If you are not already enrolled, please follow the Enrollment Instructions before registering for this course.
When registering for the course, be sure to enter coupon code “MUSTARDSEED” when registering.
Students who register and do not complete the course will be charged the non-discounted course rate of $600 (following our refund policy).
Professor: Dr. Fletcher Tink
Learning Objectives for this Course
Week One
- To see the deficiencies of current “folk” theology pertaining to the role of lay Christianity
- To understand the relevance of this study for the world today
- To highlight examples of theological case studies as practical alternatives in mission today
- To explore new possibilities of theological perspectives of mission and service
Week Two
- To think theologically about vocation
- To see the role of all persons of the Godhead at work in both past and present
- To give equal priority to the creative mandate as to the redemptive mandate
- To see the role of work both individually and collectively through the Word
Week Three
- To understand the meaning of “ministry” in the broadest sense
- To see that “work” is done in tandem with God, not apart from Him
- To recognize the complementary and communitarian nature of work
- To nurture creative efforts and tasks born of prophetic imagination
- To ennoble the work of all people, not just the powerful
Week Four
- To see “Work” as adding value to any context
- To understand the interplay of systems with the urban environment
- To grabble with the concept of systemic evil and its antidotes
- To acquaint oneself with redemptive models of ingathered community
- To acquaint oneself with redemptive models of dispersed community, into the systems
Week Five
- To know case studies about redemptive work in the course of Christian history
- To value the work of the “lay” equally with that of professional Christians
- To understand that all people are called to minister
- To think ethically and consequentially about each work context and act accordingly
- To nurture personal disciplines in the workaday world
- To recognize and attain appropriate stages of personal growth
- To be a Christian in ministry 24/7
Week Six
- To understand the mutually supportive roles of both church and workplace
- To take on the mantle of leadership as spiritual discipline
- To think and act creatively for transformative purposes
- To doggedly persist, throughout life to implement change
Course Materials & Tuition:
| Tuition | $180.00 |
| Doing God's Business: Meaning and Motivation for the Marketplace, R. Paul Stevens | $16.00 |
| Course Total | $196.00 |
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