MI-6003 Theology of God's Mission

Discover mission as God's own work from Genesis to Revelation, and learn to lead your church to take part in it with a whole-Bible vision.

The course follows Christopher Wright's The Mission of God, which reads the whole Bible in the light of God's mission. You study the God who wills to be known, the people he chose to bring blessing to all nations, and the wide arena of his mission: the earth, humanity and the nations. Along the way you see how the Old Testament shapes the mission of Jesus and the church. The course touches on suffering such as HIV/AIDS; where this meets your own life, turn to your church or a professional.

What you will study

• Reading the Bible in the light of God's mission
• The living God made known in Israel and in Jesus Christ
• God's conflict with idols and how mission confronts them
• Abraham and Israel, chosen to bless all nations
• The exodus and the jubilee as models for holistic mission
• Covenant, ethics and the witness of God's people
• Creation care, human dignity and the nations in God's plan

Course materials

• The Mission of God (Christopher J. H. Wright), the textbook you obtain
• The Bible