This unit provides opportunity for students to: reflect on basic theological presuppositions and materials that offer learning experiences in the area of parish administration; and identify and distinguish those understandings, attitudes and skills needed to administer a congregation in the Lutheran Church of Australia. Topics considered include the Theology of Administration; Leadership; the specific tasks of Parish Administration; and, special concerns for the graduate pastor: beginning ministry; team ministry; volunteers, meetings, conflict; stress and burnout, support systems.
Unit code: DP3205L
Unit status: Archived (Major revision)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3
Unit discipline: Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies
Delivery Mode: Face to Face
Proposing College: Australian Lutheran College
Show when this unit is running1. | Articulate the scriptural and confessional principles that apply to the ordering of the Church and the congregation |
2. | Evaluate a range of different leadership styles and basic principles of organisation that enhance the pastor’s role in congregational administration |
3. | Identify issues and design approaches that demonstrate effective pastoral leadership in planning, organising, and coordinating the congregation’s worship, education, fellowship, service, and mission |
4. | Develop collaborative and deliberative practices that will promote the orderly life of the congregation and the equipping of people for mission and service |
5. | Synthesise scriptural and confessional understanding with organisational and pastoral skills |
Lectures, workshops, class presentations
Lutheran Church of Australia South Australia & Northern Territory District, Inc. 2015. Congregation Resources. (LCA SA_NT Congregational Resources can be downloaded from www.sa.lca.org.au under Administration) (set texts)
Allendar, Dan B. 2006. Leading with a limp: take full advantage of your most powerful weakness. Colorado Springs, CO: Waterbrook Press.
Amos, Julie-Ann. 2001. 80/20 management: work smarter, not harder, and quadruple your results. Oxford, UK: Essentials.
Bacher, Robert N., and Michael L. Cooper-White. 2007. Church administration: programs, process, purpose. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress.
Berntsen, John A. 2008. Cross-shaped leadership: on the rough and tumble of parish practice. Herndon, VA: The Alban Institute.
Carroll, Jackson W. 2006. God’s potters: pastoral leadership and the shaping of congregations. Cambridge: Wm B Eerdmans.
Cladis, George. 1999. Leading the team-based church. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Foster, Charles R. 1997.* Embracing diversity: leadership in multicultural congregations*. Bethesda, MD: Alban Institute.
Fryar, Jane L. 2001. Servant leadership: setting leaders free. Christian leadership series. St Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House.
Pappas, Anthony G. 2000. Entering the world of the small church. Rev. ed. Bethesda, MD: Alban Institute.
Steinke, Peter L. 2006. Healthy congregations: a systems approach. 2nd ed. Herndon, VA: Alban Institute.
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
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Project Report or Project Journal | A major project that addresses a chosen topic of interest in one key area of parish administration; providing evidence of scriptural and confessional understanding as well as effective analytical, organisational, and pastoral skills 2500 words |
2500 | 50.0 |
Journal | Maintain an online Journal that reflects on issues arising in lectures, workshops, and/or reading. Reflections provide analysis and application of the principles and practice of pastoral leadership and administration 1500 words equivalent |
1500 | 30.0 |
Case Study | A written report that demonstrates ability to apply a case study approach to parish administration 1000 words |
1000 | 20.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 31 Dec, 2017
Unit record last updated: 2021-06-07 08:43:51 +1000