STMM 502 - Ecclesiology

3 credit hours

The doctrine of the church, examination of understanding of church from New Testament times through the present, with attention to the strengths and weaknesses of each image/model/conceptualization and with an eye to articulating an ecclesiology for our time. Examination of the issues which face the church today; women and the church, leadership, local church/universal church tension; authority. Prerequisite: STMM 500 or STMM 501.