Abstract Institutions of higher learning are located within the context of neighborhoods. But to what degree do they see themselves as neighbors? What does it mean to be an engaged institutional neighbor? Inspired by this question, I utilize place-based community engagement principles, combined with self-study research methods, to trace the development of the Ministry and Community Engagement Program at Warner Pacific University. I begin by locating our university theologically within the Wesleyan-Holiness and social justice movements—and also placing our university geoculturally—in our urban location in the Pacific Northwest. Next, I trace the evolution of one curricular program through four rounds of discoveries and adjustments in our self-study inquiry. Lastly, I outline our key learnings and their potential implications for Christian higher education with a concluding gesture at an answer to that guiding question—what does it mean to be an engaged institutional neighbor?

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成为一个参与的机构邻居意味着什么？：一个本科课程的自学在事工和社区参与

摘要 高等教育机构位于社区范围内。但他们在多大程度上将自己视为邻居？成为一个敬业的机构邻居意味着什么？受到这个问题的启发，我利用基于地方的社区参与原则，结合自学研究方法，追踪华纳太平洋大学的事工和社区参与计划的发展。我首先将我们的大学在神学上定位在卫斯理-圣洁和社会正义运动中，并将我们的大学地理文化定位在我们位于太平洋西北部的城市位置。接下来，我通过四轮自学探究的发现和调整，追溯了一个课程计划的演变。最后，