REL 480
Doctrinal Foundations for Church Leadership
 

Course Objectives


Tentative Topics

Why Leadership?
Callings by Revelation
The Mission of Church Leaders
Requirements for Leaders

The Prayer of Faith
The Prayer of Faith in the Ministry
The Prayer of Faith in Assignments
The Prayer of Faith and Our Skills
The Prayer of Faith and the Will of the Lord

Hope
The Temporary Nature of Mortality
Greater Changes Yet to Come
Waiting Patiently for the Lord's Salvation
 

Love Unfeigned
The Process of Acquiring Love
Compassion
Forgiveness: An Exercise in Godliness
Interceding In Favor of the People
Patience

 

The Nature of Perfection
Perfection Accomplished in Mortality
Stages of Perfection
The Problem with Hasty Judgments

  Pride, Unrighteous Dominion, and Flattery
Pride in Attitudes, Actions, and ... Prayers?!
Covering Sins & Gratifying Pride and
Vain Ambition
A Misconception About Inspiration
Repressing Others' Free Agency
Coping with Unrighteous Dominion
The Search for Earthly Honors
Escaping the Lure of Flattering Words

The Knowledge of the Truth
Feeding Spiritual Bodies
Finding a New Dimension in Earthly Life
The Risks of Personal Opinions and Beliefs
The Knowledge of God & The Doctrine of Christ

 

The Blessings of Good Counseling
The Role of a Counselor
How to Receive Counsel
Why the People's Opinions Are Important
Presidencies Must Exemplify Unity
After All This, Are We Free From Error?

Administering and Ministering
Administrative Functions as Spiritual Activities
Church Leaders as Ministers
Administrative Meetings as Spiritual Activities

Effective Correlation
The Purpose of Correlation
A Correlation Agenda
The Role of the Auxiliary Organizations

Evaluation and Release
Evaluating Ourselves
Evaluating our Service
Preparing to be Released
After the Release

 

Initial Reading List

  • The Standard Works

        Internet-based readings:


The credits for this course will not be accepted at BYU-Provo nor BYU-Idaho as religion credits--only as elective credits


© Fall 2001