Lessons in Evangelism and Discipleship from John Wesley (DM3025S)

Content

This unit considers the life and written work of John Wesley. The unit examines the reasons why John Wesley and his early Methodists proved so effective in evangelism and discipleship such that new disciples made new disciples. Such an exploration will enable participants to develop the necessary frameworks for better understanding evangelism and discipleship; then and now. The unit will also help students to consider their own approaches to evangelism and discipleship in their ministry context in Australia.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

18 points in Field B 18 points in Field C 18 points in Field D

Pedagogy

The pedagogy uses a flipped classroom approach whereby students engage with the material prior to class. A variety of lecturers, seminars, recorded video and tutorials are used to engage with the material.

Indicative Bibliography

Primary Sources

• Baker, Frank, ed. The Bicentennial Edition of the Works of John Wesley. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, [1984].

Select Bibliography

Abraham, William J. Methodism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Chilcote, Paul W. The Quest for Love Divine: Select Essays in Wesleyan Theology and Practice. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022.

Chilcote, Paul W. Active Faith: Resisting 4 Dangerous Ideologies with the Wesleyan Way. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2019.

Collins, Kenneth J. and Ryan N. Danker. (eds). The Next Methodism: Theological, Social, and Missional Foundations for Global Methodism. Franklin: Seedbed Publishers, 2021.

Lenton, John. John Wesley’s Preachers: A Social and Statistical Analysis of the British and Irish Preachers Who Entered the Methodist Itinerancy before 1791. Eugene: Paternoster, 2009.

Meadows, Philip R. Remembering Our Baptism: Discipleship and Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit. Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2018.

McGever, Sean. Born Again: The Evangelical Theology of Conversion in John Wesley and George Whitefield. Bellingham: Lexam Press, 2020.

Reasoner, Vic. Fundamental Wesleyan Theology. Vol. 1, 2 and 3. Nicholasville: Fundamental Wesleyan Publishers, 2021.

Robinson, Elaine A. Godbearing: Evangelism Reconceived. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2006.

Vickers, Jason, E. and Jerome Van Kuiken. (eds.). Methodist Christology: From the Wesleys to the Twenty-First Century. Moorfields: Wesley’s Foundery Books, 2020.

Assessment