Reenvisioning Theological Education: Exploring a Missional Alternative to Current Models

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Reassessing theological education : the present stage of debate. Retrieving aspects of the "classical" model ; Revising aspects of the "vocational" model ; Developing a more "synthetic" model ; Some final responses to the debate -- Backing into the future : a biblical angle of vision. The relevance of a biblical starting point ; Ministry formation before Christ ; Ministry formation by Christ ; Ministry formation after Christ -- Developing a missional model : from the margins to the center. Beyond mission-oriented and missiological education ; Recasting major issues in the debate ; The nature of learning in a missional model ; Reconceiving teaching as a missional practice -- Bringing about systemic change : some guideposts to reform. Reconfiguring the student profile ; Rethinking personal and communal formation ; Refashioning key institutional cultures ; Reshaping the theological curriculum -- Conclusion. Further barriers to institutional reform ; Other avenues for change.