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122 how to make sermons relevant to contemporary audiences. A spiritual formation component is included to help students grow in their personal relationship with Christ. Prerequisite: HOM 500 Introduction to Expository Preaching. Two hours. HOM 744 Advanced Expository Preaching II A continuation of HOM 743 Advanced Expository Preaching I. Prerequisite: HOM 500 Introduction to Expository Preaching. Two hours. HOM 750 Interpreting and Preaching Difficult Texts and Topics This course gives students exposure to and practice in the interpretation and exposition of biblical texts and current topics that are deemed to be especially challenging to both preachers and contemporary listeners. Prerequisites: GS 500 Thinking Biblically and Theologically; HOM 500 Introduction to Expository Preaching. Three hours. INTERCULTURAL MINISTRY Jesus commanded his followers to make disciples of all nations. Courses in this program facilitate the accomplishment of this vital task. This program (1) enables those who intend to remain in North America to become more culturally sensitive and to minister with competence among people of diverse backgrounds and ethnicity; (2) equips both prospective and experienced overseas missionaries for effective intercultural ministry; and (3) gives nationals from other countries skills to help them minister more effectively in their own contexts. IM 610 Mission and Culture Explores the foundations and implications of the mission paradigm in hermeneutics, theology, and ministry with particular attention given to the exegesis and engagement of culture in mission. Two hours. IM 611 Globalization in Theological Education This course offers an understanding of the various worldviews as found in modern China. It will provide an overview of Chinese culture and of the historical development of Daoist, Confucian, and Buddhist thought and practice along with some fold and local traditions. One main question we shall explore is: How do these traditions of thinking and practice shape the worldview of Chinese people today? Another question we shall explore is: How does modernity, in all its dimensions, including Marxism, also shape Chinese thought today? Finally, the course will examine the development of Christian thought and practice in China and how Christian thought and practice interacts with modern Chinese worldviews today. Two hours. LEADERSHIP The world needs competent leaders with integrity and a holy imagination. This degree program prepares students to design, implement, and assess personal, culturally engaged, digitally informed, and gospel- centered leadership strategies for a rapidly changing world. Whether there is a desire to lead in the non- profit, business, community, or public sector, students will engage in a collaborative learning community and through biblical and theological reflection to acquire the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary to navigate change, power dynamics, and conflict in diverse cultural, organizational, and entrepreneurial settings.