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103 which include how churches and Gospel-driven visionaries are addressing the housing crisis, creating affordable housing, and transforming people and communities. Interactive assignments and site visits provide first-hand experiences to engage with affordable housing developers and best practice models. Two hours. JM 650 World Poverty and Transformational Development This foundational overview course considers the complexities of the environment of poverty from a biblical and theological perspective. Informed by the serious study of socio-economic, cultural, political, and religious contexts, it also provides an academic understanding of the roots of world poverty and presents alternative views of how to create wealth in the poorest countries of the world. This broad comprehension of world poverty and development is fundamental for promoting social justice and transformation. Two hours. JM 655 Peacemaking as God's Mission This course describes the multi-dimensional and comprehensive nature of God's peace purposes. It offers a biblical and theological framework for understanding peace and peacemaking as an integral part of the mission of God. There is a strong emphasis on the integration of biblical teaching and experiential learning by engaging the peacemaking challenges of metro Denver. Jeremiah's prophetic challenge to "seek the peace of the city" (Jer. 29:7) serves as the overall paradigm for the course. Two hours. JM 795 Supervised Field-based Learning Experience This experience offers practical vocational experience and skill learning in a service context in order to better prepare for effective justice ministry. Students may enroll in as few as two hours per semester or as many as eight hours concurrently (JM 795, 796, 797, 798). Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Two hours. JM 796 Supervised Field-based Learning Experience This experience offers practical vocational experience and skill learning in a service context in order to better prepare for effective justice ministry. Students may enroll in as few as two hours per semester or as many as eight hours concurrently (JM 795, 796, 797, 798). Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Two hours. JM 797 Supervised Field-based Learning Experience This experience offers practical vocational experience and skill learning in a service context in order to better prepare for effective justice ministry. Students may enroll in as few as two hours per semester or as many as eight hours concurrently (JM 795, 796, 797, 798). Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Two hours. JM 798 Supervised Field-based Learning Experience This course makes available additional field experience in the program. It offers practical vocational experience and skill learning in a service context to be better prepared for effective justice ministry. Students may enroll in as few as two hours per semester or as many as eight hours concurrently (JM 795, 796, 797, 798). Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Two hours.