The local church has vastly underutilized drama in its myriad of forms. Through hands-on projects, demonstrations, and research, this course provides practical ways to incorporate drama into local church and missional activities and deepen understanding and practice of God’s Word. Develops guidelines for drama ministry, resourcing of scripts, and use of drama in its many forms.
This practical course encourages students to create, examine and experiment with different forms of drama in teaching and discipleship. A theology of drama and its place in the local church is the foundation of this exploration. Students are able to dialogue with local church leaders Biblically and coherently about the value God places on dramatic art and are able to demonstrate how it can support
In this age of entertainment and short attention spans, sermon and lecture is perhaps not the most effective way to make disciples – we learn by seeing and doing. Drama is an excellent means by which to get people putting feet to Scripture and their responses to God’s truth in daily life. Communication happens when there is involvement, and drama involves people in a deep way, emotionally, intellectually and physically.
God is a God of creativity as seen throughout the Bible. There are examples of drama being used as a message carrier for God. Throughout Scripture we see the tremendous value God places in artistic and dramatic communication.
This course encourages the use of drama to bring the gospel of Christ at a deep core level, in a creative language that speaks to the heart of a culture.
It is necessary to understand the culture and its artistic forms and languages in order to effectively contextualize the message of Christ when using drama as the tool of communication, whether it be your own context, or a cross-cultural one.
Drama is a wonderful way to explore different perspectives and relationships, and work through how to communicate in different environments and worldviews. This course encourages that dialogue across all the cultures that exist within the local church and communities.
This course gives a practical framework for how to discover and create dramas in the local church or community situation (home Bible studies, schools, etc). Students are able to bring the skills learned into these settings to increase learning and discipleship and enhance worship.
Drama, by nature and definition, is an experiential medium. Students are equipped to take the lessons learned from the course and apply them directly in their local church or missional assignments.
