Church Ministries Major

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The Theology and Global Church Ministries Department offers a major, a concentration, and a minor in Church Ministries. All Church Ministries programs, but particularly the major, are designed for those who are seeking to serve as leaders in the local church. They are intended to provide students with broad-based skill sets necessary for vocational, spiritual leaders.

The Church Ministries Major is a comprehensive degree and consists of 53 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:  

  • CHMN 100 University Seminar
  • ENGL 212 Composition and Literary Analysis
  • PHIL 110 Introduction to Critical Reasoning
  • PSYC 323 Pastoral Counseling
  • 6-8 credits of Greek or Hebrew (B.A. degree only)
  • Intro to Biblical Languages and Software (B.S. degree only)
  • Science elective (B.S. degree only)

Required Courses

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
42

Take a New Testament Book Study course

Item #
Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
3

Take 2 credits of:

Item #
Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
2

Electives

Take 3 credits of CHMN elective.

Sub-Total Credits
3

Choose 3 credits of upper-division electives:

  • from BIBL, LEAD, PSYC, PHIL, CHMN.
Sub-Total Credits
3
Total credits:
53

Overview

Program

Church Ministries

Type

Major