Date

2-29-2024

Department

Rawlings School of Divinity

Degree

Doctor of Ministry (DMin)

Chair

Seth N. Polk

Keywords

private school, evangelism, world religion, testimony, GenZ, Christian education, apologetics, intercultural, intracultural, teenagers, youth

Disciplines

Educational Methods | Missions and World Christianity

Abstract

The purpose of this DMIN action research project is to develop and implement curriculum for equipping students to communicate their faith and the gospel interculturally. The central focus of this DMIN research project to introduce a novel World Religions course to the curriculum at Angleton Christian School in order to provide the students with practical training for cross-cultural evangelism and apologetics. There were eleven total participants, all who were either junior and senior-level students at the start of the 2023 fall semester. Each student was assessed using the same theological assessment and world religion survey on both the first day and the final day of the semester so that growth could be measured. Interviews were also conducted to assess the student’s ability to share the gospel intraculturally and interculturally. The assessments and interviews were scored using a rubric according to a previously determined scale. The outcomes of this intervention revealed considerable growth for each participant and confirmed the necessity to equip students with the knowledge and skills to share the gospel with individuals of other faiths and cultures. These noteworthy developments have future implications for Christian schools, church youth groups, evangelism ministries, and cultural apologetics courses.

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