Church Planting BC

Module 3: Culture and contextualization  

This module focuses on understanding the unique postmodern, urban context in which we live and how that understanding can help us communicate and develop ministry forms which are meaningful to the people we are reaching. Far from ‘capitulating’ to culture or ‘watering down’ the gospel, contextualization aims to make Christ alive and dynamic in the given situation where you are planting your church.

Competency Outcomes:

• Exhibits a grasp of the gospel of grace as a ‘dynamic’ in life, not just having sins forgiven.
• Can articulate the broad scope of the gospel as it relates to life and ministry
• Able to describe the “two thieves of the gospel” and which he/she tends toward
• Can describe the difference between “the gospel” and a moralism or self-esteem approach to personal growth
• Grasps how the gospel affects the ‘what’, as well as the ‘how’ of doing ministry
• Has a strong sense of ‘call’ to church planting in the city (dealt with in application process.)