Chelsea Pearsall
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LEADERSHIP & FORMATION: YOUTH, CHILDREN & FAMILY MINISTRY EMPHASIS
Master of Arts
The Master of Arts degree in Leadership & Formation with specialization in Youth, Children & Family Ministry offers a dynamic learning model grounded in developmental, cultural and spiritual formation within a practical theological framework.
- 36 Semester credits for degree completion
- Fully online with no residential requirements
- Access to expert faculty including leading-edge practitioners
- Federal Financial Aid and N麻豆原创鈥檚 zero-interest monthly payment plan are available to all who qualify
About Youth, Children & Family Ministry
N麻豆原创’s 36-credit Master of Arts in Leadership & Formation with a specialization in Youth, Children & Family Ministry offers you a more holistic approach to ministry across the generations. Whether you’re in a vocational ministry role as a family minister, youth or children’s pastor or you’re a layperson wanting advanced training for parachurch, Christian schools or camp ministries, N麻豆原创’s fully online Master of Arts in Leadership & Formation with specialization in Youth, Children & Family Ministry offers you a dynamic learning model grounded in the practice of ministry.听
Tuition Costs
$590 per credit, $150 per semester technology fee
Program Outcomes
Upon graduation from the program, you will be able to:
- Understand both the history and contemporary characteristics of human development, adolescence and family systems theory necessary for engaging in youth, children and family ministry
- Value the role of practical theology in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition and philosophy to inform practices fostering young persons and families
- Articulate and embody a biblical understanding of faith formation within the community of faith, including the family
- Demonstrate a dynamic integration of practice and philosophy of leadership suitable for ministry in the Church and in the world
Additional Information About the Master of Arts in Leadership Formation: Youth, Children & Family Ministry Emphasis
Northwest Nazarene Divinity School
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This degree is proudly offered through Northwest Nazarene Divinity School, equipping students for ministry leadership with a strong foundation in faith, service and academic excellence.
Dual Accreditation
N麻豆原创鈥檚 Northwest Nazarene Divinity School is accredited by The Commission on Accrediting of The . The following degree programs are approved by The Commission on Accrediting: Master of Divinity; Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry; Master of Arts in Leadership & Formation with specializations in Missional Leadership; Spiritual Formation; Youth, Children & Family Ministry.
Since 1930, N麻豆原创 has been continuously accredited by the , the same respected accrediting body that validates other leading educational institutions across the Pacific Northwest.
Meet the Team
Tom谩s Alvarez, D.MIN.
Associate Professor of Theology; Special Assistant to the President
Audra Butkus
Program Coordinator Philosophy and Religion and Course of Study
Vicki Funk, BA
Program Coordinator, Christian Ministries Online (CMO) & Theology (GST)
Joe Gorman, D.MIN.
Professor of Practical Theology; Director of Undergraduate Online Education; Director of Course of Study
Marty Michelson, PH.D.
Professor of Biblical Studies & Pastoral Counseling
Brent Peterson, PH.D.
Dean, College of Theology & Christian Ministries; Professor of Theology
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