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An Evaluation of TEE (Part 2 of 2)

Dave Baylor — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:00:22 +0000

While TEE does provide significant benefits in addressing some of the traditional formal education issues, it is not a panacea. In fact, TEE, primarily because of its diversity of forms and its relative youth compared to traditional formal education, introduces an entirely new set of issues. Some of these are being addressed while [...]

An Evaluation of TEE (Part 1 of 2)

Dave Baylor — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:00:45 +0000

Theological Education by Extension (TEE) was developed as an adaptation to the prevailing leadership development methods in the latter half of the 20th century. As evidenced by its rapid spread and continued usage forty-years later, TEE has specific strengths that are still relevant today. (See my previous post re the history of TEE’s development)

First, TEE [...]

A Brief History of Theological Education by Extension

Dave Baylor — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:00:13 +0000

Over the years, church leadership development and theological education has almost always be in the purview of the formal educational institutions (i.e. universities and colleges). One such formal education setting was the Presbyterian Seminary of Guatemala located in Guatemala City.

Founded in 1938, the goal of the seminary was to provide trained leaders for the Guatemalan [...]

Importance of Indigenous Languages

Dave Baylor — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:00:05 +0000

One of the stickier issues in mission circles is the use of indigenous languages versus a second language such as English. One of the groups involved in this discussion is the Alliance for Vulnerable Mission (AVM). Among other things they advocate the use of indigenous languages whenever possible (which I happen to [...]

Book Review – Giving Wisely?

Dave Baylor — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:36:57 +0000

Martin, Jonathan. Giving Wisely: Killing with Kindness or Empowering Lasting Transformation? Sisters, OR: Last Chapter Publishing, 2008.

Generosity. How does one be truly generous? Is it merely a matter of giving money? Is there a right way and wrong to be generous? Is it possible to kill someone or something with generosity? These are some of the [...]

Theological Education Conversation Update – July 2, 2009

Dave Baylor — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:42:21 +0000

Theological Education Conversation Panel

Around the world, the Church is growing by leap and bounds. While we praise God for the expansion of His kingdom and changed lives, this growth does present a challenge to the Church. How do we provide trained, mature leaders to nurture and disciple the ever increasing numbers of [...]