Denver Seminary

124 effectiveness, and institutional governance. Recommended prerequisites: LD 501 Theological and Theoretical Foundations for Leadership; LD 550 Formational Leadership. Three hours. LD 656 Leadership Presence: Communication, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution When people organize, there will be communication issues and conflict, but these do not have to overwhelm leaders or organizations. In this course, students will develop competencies in active listening, authentic and persuasive communication, negotiation, and constructive conflict resolution, so they can confidently navigate organizations and steward productive environments. Recommended prerequisites: LD 501 Theological and Theoretical Foundations for Leadership; LD 565 Leadership Presence: Emotional, Social, and Cultural Intelligence. Two or three hours. LD 675 Organizational Leadership: Management, Administration, and Systems- Thinking Organizations can be volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA), but effective leaders utilize strategic management and competent administration to reduce the gaps VUCA creates. Just as leaders must have personal disciplines and habits to be sustainable servant leaders, organizations must develop consistent, sustainable, and scalable systems to fulfill their mission. This course equips students to become decisive leaders and systems-thinkers, evaluate efficiency, and effectively allocate resources so VUCA does not restrain their organizations. Recommended prerequisites: LD 501 Theological and Theoretical Foundations for Leadership; LD 549 Formational Leadership: Character, Identity, and Habits for Disciplines and Ethical Servant Leadership; LD 565 Leadership Presence: Emotional, Social, and Cultural Intelligence. Two or three hours. LD 685 Organizational Leadership: Change, Conflict, and Culture Where management creates consistency in organizations, leadership creates necessary change in organizations. Change creates tension and conflict, but effective leaders create generative tension and productive conflict to create learning organizations. This course equips students to lead organizational change and utilize conflict to create an organizational culture of continuous improvement. Recommended prerequisites: LD 501 Theological and Theoretical Foundations for Leadership; LD 549 Formational Leadership: Character, Identity, and Habits for Disciplines and Ethical Servant Leadership; LD 565 Leadership Presence: Emotional, Social, and Cultural Intelligence. Two or three hours. LD 700 Current Issues in Leadership This course engages students in the emergent needs of organizational leadership, where students must apply their learning into a specific context to engage the current issues leaders are facing. Students learn a repeatable process for organizational problem-solving while creating the summative project of their leadership studies. Recommended prerequisites: LD 501 Theological and Theoretical Foundations for Leadership; LD 549 Formational Leadership: Character, Identity, and Habits for Disciplines and Ethical Servant Leadership; LD 565 Leadership Presence: Emotional, Social, and Cultural Intelligence; LD 649 Formational Leadership: Developing Resilient Leaders and Teams; LD 656 Leadership Presence: Communication, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution. Three hours. NEW TESTAMENT The New Testament department assists students in becoming at home in the New Testament in both English and Greek. Becoming familiar with the biblical content and with the techniques of interpreting the biblical record are emphasized. The approach is both synthetic and analytical. Two questions are preeminent—what does the Bible say and what does it mean? Students are encouraged to become independent as careful exegetes and interpreters of God's Word with the goal being the application in life and ministry of God's eternal truth.

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