Master of Arts, Ministry Leadership

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Master of Arts in Ministry Leadership
Virtual-Community Learning Environment

Your world is our classroom

Features

Virtual-Community Learning Environment

The MA in Ministry Leadership degree is for individuals in ministry without formal theological education living in any geographical location. It is a full time, three-year, 56-credit-hour degree program. The learning environment consists of virtual communities that engage online six days a week, with face-to-face gatherings twice a year in Portland, Oregon. The face-to-face gatherings meet for eight days each (from Wednesday to Wednesday) in October and February. Summer courses are online.

Expanded Community

Study with the same group of peers throughout the program
Begin with a two-day on-site Threshold event that ushers students into their cohort community, the dynamics of the Ministry Leadership learning environment, and the systems needed for success in the program.
Customize your learning experience with coaching, seminars, and independent studies.

Empowered Service

This degree is designed for:

Church staff for large or medium churches whether paid or volunteer
Emerging church leaders and church planters
Small and midsize church pastors who can't relocate for seminary training
Parachurch leaders, mission leaders, or outside-the-box social service leaders

Program Objectives

To enable the individual student to mature into God’s fullness
To encourage habits of authentic disciplines for thinking and living in Christ’s presence
To train students to understand themselves and relate to others as created in God’s image and called into community and ministry
To gain a critical and constructive understanding of the biblical and theological foundations of the Christian tradition
To enable students to understand the mission of God in the world and their place in it
To equip students to understand the mission of the church, the church’s role in the world, and the student’s relationship to it
To equip transforming leaders to lead their churches