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Correctional Ministries Program Development and Evaluation

  1. Lesson One
    Theology of Mission: Introduction
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Theology of Mission: Personal Theology of Mission
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Theology of Mission: Ministry Identity
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Strategic Planning: Overview, Vision, and Mission
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Strategic Planning: Strategic Objectives
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  6. Lesson Six
    Strategic Planning: Systems Approach
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  7. Lesson Seven
    Evidence-Based Principles: Introduction to Social Science Research
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  8. Lesson Eight
    Evidence-Based Principles: Enhancing Intrinsic Motivation
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  9. Lesson Nine
    Evidence-Based Principles: Five Target Interventions
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  10. Lesson Ten
    Policy and Procedure: Introduction and Overview
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  11. Lesson Eleven
    Policy and Procedure: General Information
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  12. Lesson Twelve
    Policy and Procedure: Key Institutional Policies
    4 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  13. Lesson Thirteen
    Policy and Procedure: Church Service
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  14. Lesson Fourteen
    Policy and Procedure: Bible Study
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  15. Lesson Fifteen
    Policy and Procedure: The Topic of Your Choice
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  16. Lesson Sixteen
    Religious Salience: Overview
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  17. Lesson Seventeen
    Religious Salience: Learning Theory
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  18. Lesson Eighteen
    Religious Salience: What We Teach
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  19. Lesson Nineteen
    Volunteer Management: Introduction
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  20. Lesson Twenty
    Volunteer Management: Essential Components I
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  21. Lesson Twenty-One
    Volunteer Management: Essential Components II
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  22. Lesson Twenty-Two
    The Life Action Plan: Introduction
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  23. Lesson Twenty-Three
    The Life Action Plan: Components
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  24. Lesson Twenty-Four
    The Life Action Plan: Concluding Remarks
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  25. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Lesson Overview

Lesson one provides motivation to seek excellence in the management of the correctional ministry program entrusted to you. Skills to manage properly must be accompanied by a deep desire to create, build, facilitate, and grow the infrastructure needed to ensure the delivery of ministry services. If correctional ministers refuse to excel as managers, they will soon have nothing to manage. Again, ministry gained must be ministry maintained!

Secondly, this lecture begins the creation of your personal theology of mission. The first reading becomes the platform that moves you into a thoughtful consideration of the metanarrative of God as it relates to mission outreach.

Lesson Objectives

When you complete this lesson, you should be able to:

  • Appreciate the critical importance of professional management. The correctional worker’s role of manager is as critical as any pastoral role within a correctional setting, often more so from the perspective of institutional administration.
  • Begin to be equipped in strategic planning and program development, implementation, and ongoing management.
  • Think and plan proactively and not reactively. Ministry gained must be ministry maintained!

Personal Reflection

As you proceed through this lesson have the following question in mind.
Have you made certain your spiritual foundation is solid before you continue to build your ministry foundation?