Pastoral Ministries

Bachelor of Arts Degree

School	Ministry
Degree	Bachelor of Arts
Credits Required	125 semester credits
Coordinator	Alan Ehler

Overview

The Pastoral Ministries program is designed to prepare students for full time vocational ministry in an environment that blends academic excellence, progressive spiritual formation, and service in local churches.

Course work takes place within a learning community comprised of supportive administration, hands-on faculty, and practicing pastors and ministry leaders. Courses equip students with strong components of biblical and theological understanding, essential skills in administration and leadership, basic understanding of church polity and legal issues, and effective preaching skills with a missional orientation. The program offers room for elective courses in Bible, leadership or specializations of your choice.

Students discover and experience foundational faith-values such as:

innovation
creativity
inclusion
community
integration
involvement
inspiration
celebration
discernment
spirituality
gratefulness

Completing the pastoral major includes learning opportunities which enable students to:

integrate biblical and theological knowledge with the practice of ministry and daily life;
understand and apply leadership skills crucial to fulfilling the divine call and function of pastoral ministry;
acquire and practice effective preaching/teaching skills necessary for the implementation of pastoral service;
comprehend and apply essential leadership, organizational and administrative skills necessary for leading in a variety of ministry venues;
develop a philosophy of ministry that encompasses God, the church, family, self-understanding, a servant’s heart and meaningful relationships with others within a variety of cultures.

General Education Requirements (52 credits)

Humanities (18 credits)
- ENGL 1013 Expository Writing
- ENGL 1023 MLA Research Writing
- Literature - Select one course from the following:
  - ENGL 2113 British Literature I or
    ENGL 2123 British Literature II
  - ENGL 2213 American Literature I: Pre-Civil War Period or
    ENGL 2223 American Literature II: Civil War to Present
  - ENGL 3413 World Literature I or
    ENGL 3423 World Literature II
- COMM 1212 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
- Fine Arts - Select one course from the following:
  - ARTE 1022 Art Appreciation
  - ARTE 1302 Introduction to Drawing or
    ARTE 1322 Introduction to Painting or
    ARTE 1342 Introduction to Photography
  - DRAM 2012 Introduction to Theatre
  - DRAM / MUSI Performing Arts (see course descriptions for applicability)
  - MUSI 1012 or
    MUSI 1022
- Language Arts - Select five credits from the following:
  - ENGL 2043 Creative Writing
  - ENGL 2313 Structure of English
  - ENGL 2653 Critical Thinking and Writing
  - Any Literature Course
  - Any Biblical or Modern Language Course (LANG 2115 Biblical Hebrew I or LANG 2215 New Testament Greek I NT Greek strongly recommended)
  - Any Communication Course except COMM 1212
Science & Mathematics (10 credits)
- Quantitative Reasoning
- SCIE xxxx Science course with Lab (1403 Environmental Science recom)(4 credits)
- MATH/SCIE xxxx Math or Science Elective (SCIE 4133 Theories of Evolution recom
Social Science (12 credits)
- HIST xxx3 Any Course in History
- Choose three additional areas:
  - Church History or Political Science
  - Economics (BUSM 2303 Principles of Microeconomics or
    BUSM 2353 Principles of Macroeconomics
  - Geography
  - Philosophy (except PHIL 2703)
  - Physical Education
  - PSYC 1013 General Psychology
  - SOCI 1113 Survey of Sociology
Biblical Studies (12 credits)
- BIBL 1103 OT History and Literature
- BIBL 1203 NT History and Literature
- BIBL 2553 Biblical Interpretation
- THEO 1213 Christian Thought

Biblical Studies Core (27 credits)

BIBL 2113 Pentateuch
BIBL 2213 Jesus and the Synoptic Gospels
BIBL xxx3 Bible Electives (9 credits)
THEO 2503 Pentecostal Spirituality
THEO 3213 Systematic Theology I
THEO 3223 Systematic Theology II
THEO 3413 Theology of Ministry Essentials

Pastoral Ministries Courses (20 credits)

PMIN 3303 Ministry Life and Calling
PMIN 3523 Legal Issues in the Church
PMIN 4213 Preaching I
PMIN 4223 Preaching II
PMIN 4303 Strategic Leadership of Ministry Organizations
CMIN 3941 Internship I
PMIN 4942 Internship II
PMIN 4952 Internship III

Supporting Ministry Coursees (14 credits)

CMIN 3513 Principles and Methods of Teaching
CMIN 2002 The Church in Ministry
Choose one from the Foundation Courses
- CHMN 3223
- CMIN 2203 Discipleship and Spiritual Formation
Choose one from the Counseling Courses
- PCAR 3513 Pastoral Care and Counseling
- PCAR 4543 Response to Crisis Situations
Choose one from the Missional Courses
- MISS 2403
- PMIN 3353 Planting Innovative Churches
- THEO 3033 Biblical Theology of Missions

General Elective Requirements (12 credits)

Any college-level courses.