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124 PASTORAL MINISTRY AND EVANGELISM How the Christian message can effectively be implemented is a problem which faces leaders, teachers, pastors, evangelists, and counselors in all phases of their distinctive ministries. The purpose of this department is to help students solve that problem. Three principles undergird all the courses: The church is the primary agent in the program of Christian outreach and nurture, there is no dichotomy between the thorough mastery of technique and prayerful reliance on the Holy Spirit, and edification must follow evangelism and mission. PME 514 History of Christian Worship Introduces students to the origin and practice of early Christian worship and follows those practices through the centuries and traditions leading to twenty-first century paradigms of worship. Students will explore the emergence of broad philosophic approaches to worship throughout the history of the church. Three hours. PME 601 Pastoral Leadership and the Practice of Ministry Designed to provide some of the primary theological, practical, and culturally relevant foundations for pastoral and parachurch ministry in the twenty-first century. Teaching will focus on leadership in church and parachurch contexts, pastoral roles and their functions, relational skills, administrative competence, people development, and both personal and congregational vision, mission and values. While much of what is taught and read will have clear implications for ministry in cross-cultural contexts, the course will reflect an emphasis on the society and ethos of North America. Offered spring semesters. Two hours. PME 603 Evangelism and the Mission of God Need course description. Offered spring semesters. Two hours. PME 604 Worship Theory and Practice Provides a historical, theological, and theoretical overview of Protestant worship traditions and emphasized worship in the student's ministerial context. Students will become familiar with leading worship and religious services within their own faith tradition, in Protestant settings, the wider ecumenical Christian community, interfaith contexts, and secular, community settings. They will create, structure, organize, lead, and implement numerous types of worship and religious services within various ministry settings without compromising their personal beliefs and those of their faith community. Particular attention is given to prayer in secular versus religious settings. Students develop their own personal book of worship with outlines for a regular worship service, communion, wedding, funeral, baptism/infant dedication, and various other special services. Offered fall semesters. Two hours. PME 633 Presbyterian History and Polity Introduction to the history of Presbyterianism and the distinctives, connectional functioning, and processes of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Offered on sufficient demand. Two hours. PME 720 Intergenerational Ministry Designed to enlarge students' thinking and understanding of what constitutes significant children, youth, adult, and family ministry as an integral part of a local congregation. It addresses the need for intergenerational ministry strategies in combination with age specific ministry for faith formation. Two hours. PME 590, 690 Studies in Pastoral Ministry and Evangelism These course numbers are reserved for courses of special or one-time interest that do not otherwise appear in the catalog. Two or three hours.