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About Me
- Name: Wilfred Fon
- Location: Ndu, Vekovi, Northwest Province, Cameroon
Rev. Dr. WILFRED T. W. FON P. O. 44, NDU, Northwest Province, The Republic of Cameroon, Africa MARRIED to Angelica Fon FATHER OF: Terence, Marie Tina, Elizabeth Emilia, and Caleb Joel EDUCATION: B. Th. Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary, Ndu, 1988 M. A. T. S. Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul MN, 1990 S. T. M. The Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia PA, 1993 Ph. D. Westminster Theological Seminary, 1995 EMPLOYMENT Lamnso Bible Translation; Pastor, Mbiim & Ebenezer CBC Churches, Interim Chaplain, Banso Baptist Hospital, Part time instructor and Assistant Librarian at CBTS, Apprentice and visiting elder Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN, USA, and President, Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary, Ndu MEMBERSHIP: Board of Governors, CABTAL Management Committee (Life Abundant Program) of the CBC Chairman, National Elections Observatory (NEO) Ndu Sub Division President, Ngongba Cultural and Development Association Member, Theological Education Committee, Baptist World Alliance COUNTRIES TRAVELED: United States of America, United Kingdom, Philippines, Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Kenya, Gabon, Nigeria and Togo.
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Advanced Theology
MA. Program – CBTS
Wilfred Fon
Course Description:
This course is the study of the origin, meaning, and usage of Theological propositions in the church. Special emphasis will be placed on the pertinent Theological passages in Scripture and their understanding throughout the history of the Church. Attempts will be made to form the mind for theological publications and the answering of technical theological difficulties with the view to propagating truth and disbanding error with the context of the Church in Africa in general and Cameroon in particular.
The course shall be taught in seminar form and personal and private reading will be vital for the progression of the course.
Course Objectives:
1. To help students build the frame work for theological agenda.
2. To create in students the awareness and the desire to take a stand on theological matters.
3. To promote sound scholarship.
Course Requirements:
1. Each student will be expected to outline a long term project in the field of theology.
2. Each student shall research and present two papers in class during class period.
3. Students must read and be prepared for every class.
4. Students are expected to attend and participate in class regularly.
Course Grading:
1. Class Participation 20 points
2. Mid Semester Examinations 20 points
3. Research papers (2) 30 points
4. Project Outline 10 points
5. Final Examinations 20 points
TOTAL 100 points
Course Outline:
1. Introduction
a. What is Theology?
b. Why is it Important?
c. What trends do we see in Theology?
2. Major Eras of Theological Development within the Church
a. The NT Era
b. The Patristic Era
c. The medieval Era
d. The Reformation Era
e. The Enlightenment Era
f. The Modern Era
g. The Post modern Era
3. Major Theological themes within the Christian Church
a. Controversies surrounding the New Testament
b. The Ecclesiatical Controversies
c. The Christological Controversies
d. The Pneumatological Controversies
e. Ministerial Controversies
f. Eschatological Controversies
4. How Theological Controversies Develop in the Church and how to handle them
a. Leader-Centered Controversies (Power)
b. Ideological controversies (Truth)
c. Cultural controversies (Custom)
5. The Future of theology and the health of the Church
African Christianity has come of age and she is beginning to take central stage in the world. We must be certain that we have the gospel of Jesus Christ and that we are his disciples. As his disciples the world is God's field and Jesus tells us that the world is ready for harvest. We are to pray so that he can send harvesters into the field and we should be alert to hear him when he commissions us into the field. The grace of our Lord will lead us forward.
July 1, 2006
African Christianity has come of age and she is beginning to take central stage in the world. We must be certain that we have the gospel of Jesus Christ and that we are his disciples. As his disciples the world is God's field and Jesus tells us that the world is ready for harvest. We are to pray so that he can send harvesters into the field and we should be alert to hear him when he commissions us into the field. The grace of our Lord will lead us forward.
July 1, 2006
True theological education must take place in the contect of the local church and it must deal with real people in real life before the Almighty God. God does not change and so his word does not change. When we come to God he will reveal who we are and if we accept who we are then God will use us in marvellous ways and we shall be surprised at our accomplishments.
We are jars of clay but jars that carry an awesome God. We are the temple of God and His Holy Spirit dwells within us.
What this implies for me is that we move with the divine and whenever it pleases God to reveal himself he does so through us. My prayer is that God will choose to reveal himself through me, his simple clay jar.
It is imperative that the Church relates her message to the inter-generational gap that is threatening to divide the church into the old and the young congregations. God has gifted the world with both the elderly and the younger generations. The elders come to the Church with wisdom gained over the years and at times with matterial resources while the younger genration brings strength and vitality. The Church is in need of all of them. The ideal is to assist and bring about the marriage of the two into a single whole within every local church so that the Church can wax strong.
To do so is to go counter clockwise with the culture. At root in western culture is the great divide so that the elderly people are seen as a liability rather than as an asset. The elders, if they are senior citizens, will have time to talk to God in prayer and Bible study. They have the time to commit to various tasks of the local church and to raise high the name of Jesus in their community. The younger generation may be too income minded and need assistance to stay on the right course of life. They are living a very busy life. They are trying to figure out what and how they will invest their life, who will be their life-partner in marriage and how many children will they support and for how long. They also want to be free from the assisting the elders but are caught in the loop because life expectancy has increase for everyone. This situation is not unique to the West but is creeping slowly but surely aroung the world. The Church must stand opposed to the trend and seek a new line of action. We must be committed to bring change and to order life after Godliness so that we are in tone with the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament.
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