ORIENTATION for College Faculty

Step #1: Understand “college culture” BASICS

  • The goal for orientation Step #1 is for you to Understand Our College Culture Basics and be able to explain what MULTIPLYNAZ is. It is not just a College of Ministry, a diploma in church planting or a diploma in church revitalizing. It is more than helping a district build solid support systems. It is more than a series of books and five websites. MULTIPLYNAZ is first and foremost a “way of thinking,” focused on changing local church culture and district culture. Our desire is that the MULTIPLYNAZ College of Ministry will be used by God to shape this positive culture change in both Partner Churches and Partner Districts. The College is aimed to achieve movement, helping churches break out of the status quo. (study the Movement page). We ask all faculty to be committed to “training movement leaders with burning hearts,” developing students who desire to learn better how to lead a healthy, multiplying Nazarene church.

  • Be able to explain the 3 Values we practice (study the 3 Values page). We ask all faculty to be committed to talking about these 3 values and folding these 3 values into their class presentations.

  • Be able to explain Nazarene Movement growth on average over the past 10 years, i.e. 27 new churches and 2,800+ new members…every week…operating now in 163 countries/world areas. We ask all faculty to understand the current size and scope of the Nazarene Movement, embrace the church’s vision to move toward 5 million members, helping each student see their part in participating in our global community of believers.

  • We ask all faculty to be familiar with and understand the “Terms We Use” section of MULTIPLYNAZ Resources, aligning with this language so students “speak the same language” (Genesis 11:6) when they graduate. Our goal with Partner Districts and all Partner Schools of Ministry is that we team together to graduate pastors and planters committed to leading “healthy, multiplying Nazarene churches.”

  • Understand our feedback system to support our never-ending commitment to improvement. Partners, Students and Faculty are all given access and encouraged to participate. We ask all faculty to understand the feedback system and be committed to our never-ending commitment to improve. We also ask faculty to explain our Feedback system’s use when the syllabus is explained in every course and encourage students to participate.

step #2: USING MULTIPLYNAZ Resources IN COURSES

  • The goal of orientation Step #2 is for you to understand and be able to share how MULTIPLYNAZ Resources are designed to be used by Faculty, College Students, Partner Districts, Partner Churches, etc. We ask all faculty to be able to explain the use of MULTIPLYNAZ Resources with students, pastors, superintendents and other church leaders and how the College is designed to be an aid in helping shape and change both local church culture and district culture.

  • We ask that all faculty understand the book series currently under development and that they participate in future book development as they are able. We also ask faculty to understand how the Book One 12 Movement Principles are used in College curriculum to help shape a church’s culture.

  • We ask faculty to understand and encourage the development of both pastor’s cohorts and local church small groups as a way to fuel movement. Book One has a free downloadable Action Guide available in both English and Spanish for Partner Church use. We ask faculty to understand and teach the importance of shared leadership in all cohorts and small groups. All MULTIPLYNAZ cohort and small group action guides are designed for shared leadership to be practiced by every group member.

  • We ask faculty to understand and be able to explain how MULTIPLYNAZ works with Partner Districts to develop district support systems. These are delivered through the MULTIPLYNAZ Resources website. One example of this is training and support for Mission Area Leaders on Partner Districts.

Step #3: Share the COLLEGE OF MINISTRY vision

  • The goal of orientation Step #3 is to understand, overview and share the vision of the MULTIPLYNAZ College of Ministry with students and other church leaders.

  • This overview includes how to locate the College of Ministry website, embrace the spirit of Luke 24:32 and be able to communicate the MULTIPLYNAZ College vision - “training movement leaders with burning hearts” (Luke 24:32).

  • This orientation step also includes understanding how the thinking of John Wesley has impacted the College and how the College aims to train movement leaders.

STEP #4: embrace LAY PASTOR/ministry TRAINING

  • The goal of orientation Step #4 is to introduce you as a College Faculty member to the opportunities of Lay Pastor and Ministerial Training through District Schools of Ministry who Partner with MULTIPLYNAZ College of Ministry.

  • As a Faculty member, we anticipate you will know how to navigate a student through the self-guided, on-line Student Orientation process and be able to point a potential student to the Student Orientation page.

  • As a Faculty member, we anticipate you understand the process that will happen in dozens of Partner Churches, i.e. 1) there is communication of a leader’s interest in a local church for Lay Pastor or Ministerial Training, 2) they share their interest in training with their Pastor, 3) they register with the College of Ministry, and 4) they become familiar with the College curriculum.

STEP #5: BECOMe A college faculty member

  • The goal of orientation Step #5 is for you as a College Faculty member to share agenda harmony with MULTIPLYNAZ in helping fuel a movement of training leaders committed to lead non status-quo churches.

  • As a Faculty member, we ask that you study Book One, Chapter 7 and make a commitment to intentionally pray God will use you to help change the culture of local churches that will be led by the men and women you train. We ask that you pray God will bless your teaching with a growing desire, believing prayer, faith and an intention in your teaching to build agenda harmony with your students for them becoming the leader of a healthy, multiplying Nazarene church.

  • As a Faculty member, we ask that sometime in your first year of teaching, you become involved in a short-term Faculty cohort with 6-8 other professors for relationships, learning more about reproducing leaders, sharing resources and seeking renewal.

Our desire is to serve you with excellence in any way we can. If we can do that better in some way, please let us know.