Church Ministries: Children’s and Family Track

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The Theology and Global Church Ministries Department offers a Church Ministries track, a concentration, and a minor in Children’s Ministries. All Children’s Ministries programs, but particularly the major, are designed in conjunction with the Assemblies of God national KidMin curriculum, Hydrate, for those who are seeking to minister to children within the context of the local church and beyond. They are intended to provide students with broad-based skill sets necessary for ministry to children in the 21st Century.

For all programs in Church Ministries, the Department specifies how the Core Curriculum requirements shall be completed. The specific requirements are listed in an advising form available in the Department office. Each student should work out an individual program in consultation with an advisor from the Church Ministries program.

The Church Ministries: Children’s and Family Track is a comprehensive degree and consists of 48 semester credits and can be earned as either a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science.

The major consists of the following courses:

Specific Core Curriculum courses are required for this major, including:

BIBL 100 University Seminar
ENGL 212 Composition and Literary Analysis
3 credits of Philosophy
PSYC 234 or PSYC 237 (recommended as a replacement for PSYC 138 Psychology of Healthy Relationships)
6-8 credits of a Foreign Language, Greek or Hebrew (B.A. degree only)
Intro to Biblical Languages and Software (B.S. degree only)
Science elective (B.S. degree only)