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A discipleship series on social religion for the Rizal Philippines Annual Conference East of the United Methodist Church based on selected sermons of John Wesley.

Jonathan Leo Belen Loscos

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The Methodist heritage has a rich history of social participation as a form of witnessing its faith to the world. John Wesley’s sermons about Christianity being a social religion contain discussions that can reinforce the vision of social holiness and express the social nature of religion. A discipleship course regarding the social nature of Christianity in light of Wesleyan tradition was created through a selection of John Wesley’s sermons by translating them into contemporary language supplemented with discussion questions. The Taytay United Methodist Church in Rizal, Philippines was the pilot class for studying the material via a combination of online and face-to-face discussions. Expected outputs including a final evaluation were required for participants to receive a Certificate of Completion. Moreover, the thesis writer referred to Hilda Taba’s (1962) work Curriculum Development: Theory and Practice and Bonous-Hammarth et al. (1996), A Social Change Model of Leadership Development for the development of the project thesis. The thesis writer utilized a subject-centered approach in designing a curriculum which relies on teacher-planned instruction. The written material was a combined translation and direct quotation drawn directly from John Wesley’s sermon manuscripts. An initial evaluation of the material was given by Wesleyan experts. Participants were selected through convenience sampling. Data was collected online through Google Forms, comprising a diagnostic instrument and the evaluation form for the overall pilot implementation. There are 20 participants, ages 37 to 84 years, enlisted for pilot implementation and 13 were able to answer the diagnostic instrument. Due to irregular schedules, only10 participants met all requirements for completion, and 14 were able to respond to the Feedback and Evaluation Form. Regarding the Evaluation and Feedback, participants gauge their experience according to four criteria namely, Content, Impact, Interaction, and Integration using a 10-point rating scale, with 1 as the lowest and 10 as the highest. In order of highest to lowest, Impact ranked highest (9.54), followed by Integration (9.36), Content (9.07), and Interaction (9.05). Furthermore, the comments and suggestion that were obtained were grouped according to the emerging classifications identified from the participants’ answers a) The Experience of The Participants, b) The Insights/Learning Gained Through the Lesson Content c) The Instructional Process with an Emphasis on Reflection, and d) The Language of the Material and Further Suggestions. Suggested improvements include lessened use of footnotes for direct quotations, and enhanced transitions in the discussions. Tagalog and Youth-oriented versions were recommended as possible future projects.

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Publish Year: 2023

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KeywordsDiscipleship, John Wesley sermon, Social Religion, Taytay Methodist Church, Hilda Taba Curriculum Development theory, Social Change model of leadership development

Degree AwardedMaster of Arts in Religious Education

Awarding InstitutionAsia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary

Committee MembersLuther Jeremiah Oconer, Nativity Petallar, Floyd Cunningham, Larry Bollinger

Supervisor or ChairErlie Sagud

Peer Reviewed?No

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Masters of Arts in Religious Education

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This collection contains the theses in fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts in Religious Education at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary.