Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary

Syllabus for MI 2 – Contemporary Issue in Missions

First Semester, August 25- December – 11, 2020
Instructor: Tapon Roy (Doctor of Missiology Student, ABGTS)
e-mail: roytapon74@gmail.com . Cell Ph.: +639167964324

Online Meeting Address: https://meet.jit.si/MI2-Contemporary Issues in Mission

Course Description:
This course endeavors to prepare the students in exploring the current development of
missiology throughout various issues in the missions. At the end of this course, the student will
acknowledge the issues that may culminate them to edify and reflect their understanding of their
practical missions.

Goal/Objects:

The goal of this course is to introduce students to contemporary issues in missions that
will assist them to identify their cultural contextual needs and solutions by the study of:
1. Review of major issues in contemporary missions.
2. Resources for contemporary issues in missions.
3. Contemporary theological issues in missions
4. New trends in contemporary missions
5. Cultural and anthropological issues in missions
6. Practical issues in contemporary missions
7. Contemporary challenges in missions
8. False gospel and doctrinal issues contemporary missions
9. Complexity of various authority, relationship, and political issues in the missions that
confronted by the missionary

Requirements:

1. Interaction Papers: Every student will write a one-page (single-spaced, 1-inch margins, 12
font, Times New Roman) paper for each week and submit on or before Sunday 11:59 PM. The
student will choose the articles on contemporary issues in mission written at least 2010 onwards
from online Evangelical Mission Quarterly, Mission Frontiers, Journal of Evangelism & Mission
(JEM), and EMQ in PBTS Library. Interaction paper will be consisted of a succinct summary
maximum of five sentences, personal insight students have gained from the article, and
application to their lives and ministries. Students must include sources: for example, [EMQ -
April-June 2018, Vol. 54, Issue 2, title, and author’s name].

2. Research Paper (RP):

a) Each student will research contemporary issues in a mission that is presently being
encountered in the practical mission. Students are allowed to explore differently sources
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 for contemporary issues utilizing the tools of missiological inquiry. They must present
their personal evaluation and application including suggestions of that issue. In order for
missiological research, they may draw the sources from:
 PBTS Library – http://search.ebscohost.com
 Contemporary issues on mission from Evangelical Mission Quarterly (EMQ)
 Contemporary issues from Mission Frontiers
 Online sources for contemporary issues (present issues in the world mission, such
as refugees, terrorism, and false teaching in mission).

b) The RP pattern is to be observed:

a. Introduction
b. Body – containing description and analysis of the issue. Personal evaluation and
suggestion.
c. Conclusion – containing the application to your life and ministry.
This will be a four page RP 1.15 spaced using Times New Roman 12, following the
form and style of Turabian 9th. Direct quotations (“…”) should be noted by quotation
marks with footnote references.
c) Each student will present his or her research in the class session. They will prepare a
maximum of 15 PPT and the presentation will not go beyond 30 minutes. The assigned
reporter will post PPT and RP two days prior to his or her presentation in “MI 2 Class” in
online submission, and a hard copy (for the seminary classroom students) to the teacher’s
ABGTS box on or before 5:00 PM.
d) The reporter will bring at least 3 (three) questions for the class discussion after his or her
presentation.

3. Reflection Paper: The non-reporting students are to submit a half-page summary and
reflection of what transpired in the session. This includes the RP reporter’s presentation and class
discussion. The deadline for submission is every Friday before 11.59 pm.

4. Video Analysis: Each student will write a one-page typed single-spaced, Time New Romans
12 font paper on their response to the video presentation. Students will analyze the video
scholarly and reflect the response for the future mission in the student’s missiological context.
The response will cover the last part of the paper where the student will analyze the strength and
weaknesses. Due date: On next session day before 5:00 pm.

Participation: All students are expected to participate in the class forum discussion. At the end
of the semester, the teacher will evaluate students’ participation and regular attendance in the
forum which will be awarded a maximum of 10 points. All the participants will meet in the
forum through our online cloud meeting [ https://meet.jit.si/MI2-Contemporary Issues in Mission] in
time mentioned above in this syllabus.
Note: For late submission of any paper will be considered 1 (one) grade down.

5. Quiz: Five (5) online quiz are required for the semester on the previous activities and
discussions. For the classroom students, must take same quiz in the seminary classroom.

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6. Midterm Exam: Each student will create a four to five (4-5) minute documentary video/film
in a particular contemporary issue. Students may collect the information and video clip/ pictures
from internet source. Student will give the narration with the pictures or short video about the
issue as a document reporter. Background music, animations are design appreciated but no
cartoons film allowed. The students will post their documentary video on “MI2-Contemporary
Issues in Missions” in Facebook group on the midterm day before 5:00 PM.

7. Grading:
Participation: 10%
Video Analysis 10%
Reflection Paper 10%
Interaction Paper: 15%
Research paper and Presentation 20%
Quiz 10%
Prelim Exam 10%
Midterm Exam 15%
No Final Exam ===
Total 100

Course Schedule:

Weeks Date Topic Due date

W. 1 Syllabus day
Introductory Statement of Contemporary issues in
mission (online Meeting)
Video # 1, Let the Nations Be Glad (Part 1)
Online Article: Why the Community/ Caste Focus is
Needed in Support of Church Planting Movements. Interaction Paper 1
Mission Frontier. May 01, 2019. (Aug. 30)
http://library.pbts.net.ph
W. 2 Participation on video discussion (Let the Nation Be Video Analysis 1
Glad – Part 1) (Sept. 28)
Video # 2, Let the Nations Be Glad (Part 2) Interaction Paper 2
EMQ-Vol-54-issue 2b (PDF) (Sept. 6)
W. 3 Participation on video discussion (Let the Nation Be Video Analysis 2
Glad – Part 2) Sept. 8
Issue-1: Article : "Students Abandoning the faith" Interaction Paper 3
EMQ-VOL-54-issue 4 (PDF) (Sept. 13)
W. 4 Issue-2: Covid-19 Shouldn’t stop evangelism but
may change it.
Report: What is your Church’s issue that has
hindered evangelism?
 RP Presentation-1 Reflection Paper
The Crisis of Refugees in Uganda: The Refugee (Friday 11:59pm)

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 Crisis: A Women’s rights issues. (PDF) Interaction Paper 4
(Sept. 20)
W. 5 RP Presentation-2
 Finding contemporary issues in your local Reflection Paper
area (Group Discussion) (Friday 11:59pm
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Interaction Paper 5
Any Possibility to Return to Myanmar? (pdf) (Sept. 27)
W.6 RP Presentation-3
 Issue-3: Who are Rohingya, and why they
are refugees in Bangladesh (Discussion) Reflection Paper 3
 Short Video: Rohingya Refugee Crisis (Friday 11:59pm)
 Video: Rohingya victims of sexual violence
 Video: Myanmar Military Leaders Must
Face Genocide Charges - UN Report
The Story of Movement and the Spread of the
Gospel. March 1, 2020. Mission Frontiers (MF) Interaction Paper 6
http://library.pbts.net.ph (Oct. 4)
W. 7 RP Presentation-4
 Issue- 4: Missionary Crime
 Video: Missionary doctor’s secret sins
Decades of alleged abuse and cover-up
 Video: Former Child New Tribes Mission Reflection Paper 4
Members Speak Out On Alleged Sex Abuse. (Friday 11:59pm)
Rapid Mobilization: How the West was Won, March
03, 2020. Mission Frontiers (MF) Interaction Paper 7
http://library.pbts.net.ph (Oct. 11)
W. 8 RP Presentation-5
 Issue-5: Taking Risk in the Missions Reflection Paper
John Ridgway. Key insights in enabling movements (Friday 11:59pm)
among the Hindu and Muslim peoples. Mission
Frontiers. May 01, 2019.
http://library.pbts.net.ph Interaction Paper 8
(Oct. 18)
W. 9 RP Presentation- 6
 Issue -6: Money in mission Reflection Paper 6
Challenging the Death Industries: Duty and (Friday 11:59pm)
Distraction? Mission Frontiers. Sept. 1, 2019.
http://library.pbts.net.ph Interaction Paper 9
W. 10 RP Presentation-7
 Issue-7: Local Church and Mission Reflection Paper 7
Famine, Poverty & Violence: Three More Ways (Friday 11:59pm)
Drugs Causes Death. Mission Frontiers. Sept. 01,
2019. http://library.pbts.net.ph Interaction Paper 10

Midterm Exam Documentary Film

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W. 11 RP Presentation-8
 Issue-8: Cultural Anthropology (Discussion Reflection Paper 8
on Video: Operation worldview in the (Friday 11:59pm)
cultural component.)
Missional Living: Between Danger and Opportunity
Christianity Today. April 11, 2020. Interaction Paper 11
http://library.pbts.net.ph
W. 12  Video Presentation: Islam – What the West
Needs to Know.
 Video Discussion (Forum) Video Analysis 3
Muslim Demographics (Video)
How Islam Sees itself (jpg format) Interaction Paper 12
W. 13 RP Presentation-9
 Issue-9: Basic complain of Muslim Reflection Paper 9
against Christianity (Friday 11:59pm)
2017 Mission Conference – Chapter 10 (PDF) Interaction Paper 13
W. 14 Contemporary Issues In Mission: What Christians Reflection on Lecture
Need To Know (Lecture) (Friday 11:59PM)
 Discussion: What After Seminary study? Interaction Paper 14
2017 Mission Conference – Chapter 18 (PDF)
RP Presentation - 10
W. 15  Issue-10: U.S Missionary Killed In Reflection Paper 10
Andaman; Criminal Adventurism In The (Friday 11:59pm)
Name Of Religion? Interaction Paper 15
C. Anderson. The Slippery Slide of Starting Video Analysis 4
Movements. Mission Frontier. March 01, 2020
No Final Exam
(Research Papers are considering Final Exam)