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143 force for change in a neighborhood. Using congregational public theology, the tenets of Christian Community Development, and competencies in cross-cultural communication students will develop practical, contextual and strategic plans for impacting a community through the church. Three hours. TJA 612 Non-Profit Leadership, Organization and Social Advocacy The people of God can work for the redemption and flourishing of others through the local church, the public or non-profit world, and the corporate world. In this course, students will be exposed to different models of non-profit leadership, be equipped with basic skills in non-profit organization, and wrestle with financial models that go beyond the donation model. In addition to the non-profit world, students will be exposed to the potential redemptive power of business models for social change, specifically the discipline of social entrepreneurship. This course offers learners the opportunity to increase their understanding of economic and social value creation through social entrepreneurship to address poverty alleviation, education, international development, healthcare, and sustainability issues. Three hours. TJA 700 Summative Research in Theology, Justice, and Social Advocacy This course is a summative learning experience required by all TJA students. In this course students will apply their learning from previous TJA courses to redemptively address a current social problem in a specific context. Students learn a repeatable process for organizational problem-solving and cultural analysis while creating the summative project of their TJA studies. This course is designed for students to engage in a semester-long research project in an area of injustice or social advocacy. The research project requires students to develop research questions, conduct research methods, analyze data, and report on findings. Two hours. Suggested prerequisites: TJA 501 Redemption and Justice in the Old and New Testament; TJA 502 Seminar in Cultural Analysis (or TJA 511); and at least one of the following: TJA 600 Justice in the Public Square: Christian Advocacy; TJA 611 Congregational Public Theology: Church-Based Community Development; TJA 612 Non-Profit Leadership, Organization, and Social Entrepreneurship. TRAINING AND MENTORING Denver Seminary is committed to equipping leaders for Kingdom service who are theologically minded, godly in character, and highly competent in their work as they respond to the needs of the world. This requires purposeful partnerships between each student, the Seminary, and other contexts of learning (the student's life, church, parachurch, non-faith-based organizations). Each TM course builds upon the last as all students create integrative and theologically informed learning experiences for growth in Christian character. Students will increasingly practice and hone the learning skills of discerning, developing, managing, and reflecting upon their whole-life mentored experiences in relationship to matters of lifelong character formation and Christian maturity. Additionally, MDiv students design two semesters of professional skill development in a self-selected professional context. Upon completion of the entire TM course sequence, the student will have developed a greater capacity for self-directed and life-long learning. After taking Introduction to Mentored Formation (TM 500), Training and Mentoring courses require collaboration between a student, the professor, and an external mentor. In each semester, the student is required to meet in-person and one-on-one with their self-selected mentor. It is required that the student confirm their mentor's partnership before the start of the semester. Distance mentoring does not satisfy this requirement. It is not permitted for a mentor to be another current Denver Seminary Master's student, a spouse, or a relative. Full guidelines for the Training and Mentoring process are in the Denver Seminary Training and Mentoring Handbook that is provided to students in the first course (TM 500). TM 500 Introduction to Mentored Formation This course provides theological and educational frameworks for Christian formation, which prepare students for the pursuit of character and professional skill development through mentored learning.