Section I - THE NEED FOR CHANG

1 Hobson , Steve
■ Creative Leadership Development: Breaking Out
of the Traditional Seminary Mold 2

2. Kohl , Manfred Waldemar Theological Education: What Needs to be Changed 29

Section II - PLANNING FOR CHANGE

3. Hardy S. Strategic Planning for Theological Education 50

Section III - AREAS THAT NEED CHANGE

A. CULTURAL RELEVANCE OF CURRICULUM
4. Senanayake, A.N. Lai Developing Culturally-Relevant Curriculum for
Theological Education in Asia 66
5. Mang, Aung Training to Effectively Communicate the Gospel
in a Multi-Cultural Society 78
6■ Capaque, George Pagtkataong Pilipino: Explorations in an Iriculturated
Approach to Christian Spiritual Formation 93

B. EMPHASIS
7. Fritz Deininger and Richard Herring The Challenges and Blessings of Spiritual
Formation in Theological Education 223
8. Fernando , Ajith Preparing Ministers of the Word in Today's World 227
9. Barrigar , Chris Whither Academics? Wither Academics? 244

C. LEADERS
10. Lee Wanak,
Theological Education and the Role of Teachers in the Twenty-first Century: A Look at the Asia Pacific Region 160
11. Leaderwell Pohsngap
Healthy Leaders Need Healthy Families 181
12. Graham Houghton
Theological Education for Leadership Development 295

Section IV - EVALUATING THE CHANGE
13. Pieter Theron
Continuous Assessment for Quality Improvements
in Theological Education 224

The Contributors 231

Theological education needs change. In November 2001 the leaders of theological education institutes came together in Bangkok under the sponsorship of Overseas Council International. The key papers given at this Institute, all on the theme of change, are published in this book. Chapter titles include ‘Breaking Out of the Traditional Seminary Mold’, ‘Developing Culturally-Relevant Curriculum’, ‘The Challenges and Blessings of Spiritual Formation’, ‘Whither Academics, Wither Academics?’, ‘Healthy Leaders Need Healthy Families’, and ‘Continuous Assessment for Quality Improvements’.
This book is a tool not only for theologians but for everyone involved in preparing for, or serving in, Christian ministry.
Overseas Council International is a non-profit international organization assisting more than 100 evangelical theological seminaries in the non-western world to train nationals for Christian ministry. Its international office is in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.