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standing of conflict, styles of conflict management to reduce conflict, negotiation approaches and principles for organizational handling of conflict. DML-816 Addressing the Ethical Issues that Make or Break Christian Ministries (3 hrs) Organizations have failed because they failed to deal with developing ethical issues. Case studies in modern ethics help to apply ethics to Christian organizations. Foundation and theories of ethics must be related to the Bible, the marketplace and the modern organization. DML-817 Strategic Planning for Accomplishing Mission Goals (3 hrs) Students study visionary planning and implementation for Christian organizations as they interact with issues of contextualization, cross-cultural communication, fund-raising, board policy, marketing and assessment, and organizational change. A strategic plan must take every aspect of the organization into consideration if the mission of the organization is to be fulfilled. It must also be flexible because circumstances constantly change. DML-818 Leading Change (3 hrs) When a vision is established and strategic planning is done, how does one go about leading people through the change process in such a way that change actually happens? What are the dynamics of change? How does one lead through the process of change and keep people on board? These and other questions will be addressed in this seminar. DML-819 Building Christian Community through Missional Small Groups (3 hrs) What is authentic Christian community that is missional? How can small groups within a congregation, parachurch or Christian NGO environment develop, function and grow as authentic missional communities? This seminar explores biblical and theological foundations for Christian missional community as well as historical and contemporary perspectives which include small group, team building, ministry and short-term mission group dynamics, along with practical methodologies for implementation in US and global contexts. DML-820 Organize for Life & Ministry (3 hrs) Organizing for life and ministry is not about time management but about life management. We must manage our life to manage our time. We must "use what we've got" in time since we never have more time. Therefore, we reduce what we do to fit the time we have and trust God for the rest. We must learn to work with God and be transparent, which saves a lot of time and energy. This seminar also counts as a core elective for Leadership in Preaching and Pastoral Ministry (DMP course code) and Leadership in Community Spiritual Formation (DMS course code). DML-890 Independent Study in Executive Leadership (3 hrs) An independent study in leadership may be arranged with an appropriate professor with the approval of the D.Min. Director. Only two independent studies or course transfers from another seminary may be included in the student's course work. Page 13