Master of Arts
Master of Arts Degree
This document provides details about the Master of Arts degree including:
- Degree information
- Course list
- Course schedule for 2009-2013
Degree Information
The Master of Arts program in Ministry prepares students for effective leadership, with a missional heart, springing from both character and skill bases. The degree consists of 36 units of study (two years full-time), which students complete totally online.
Students select one of four areas of concentration:
- Christian Leadership
- Church Planting
- Intercultural Studies
- Worship
The Ministry Department places each learning experience in one of three categories according to its primary focus:
- Biblical/Theological Development
- Professional Development (ministry skills)
- Personal Development (spiritual formation; physical, mental, and emotional health)
To earn the Master of Arts degree in Ministry, students must complete the following degree components designed to develop well-rounded servant leaders:
- Biblical Theological Development (approx. 40% of the 36-unit MA) 14 units
- Professional Development (approx. 40% of the 36-unit MA) 14 units
- Personal Development (approx. 20% of the 36-unit MA) 8 units
36 units
Course List
AST Version
The following courses are for the AST version of the Master of Arts program. If a student chooses to take only AST courses, then they will complete the 18 classes listed below (8 required courses and 10 “electives”).
| |
Biblical |
Professional |
Personal |
| Required |
- Human Spirituality
- Theological Foundations
- Spiritual Formation
|
- Vision: Knowing through Seeing
- Mission: Global to Individual
- Doing Kingdom Business: Process, Program, Planning
- Action in Leadership
|
- Potential and Personal Emergence
|
| “Electives” |
- Matthew: The Kingdom Among Us
- Church History
- Apocalyptic Literature
- Major World Religions
|
- Global Missions & Revival
- Current Issues in Pentecostal Ministry
- Preaching That Connects
|
- Balancing Marriage, Family, and Ministry
- Handling Personal Temptations
- Managing Stress & Avoiding Burnout
|
HIU Electives A student may also choose to complete other HIU courses for all or a portion of their 10 electives.
| |
Biblical |
Professional |
Personal |
| |
Biblical Studies
- Foundational Principles in Bible Survey
- Psalms
- Jesus and the Kingdom of God
- Johannine Epistles
- Ephesians
- The Holy Spirit
Ecclesiology
- The Church: Past, Present and Future
|
Church Dynamics
- Preparing to Teach and Preach
- Building and Sustaining Effective Teams
Intercultural Studies
- Preparing for Short-Term Mission
- Understanding Worldview
- Contextualization
- Mission Theology
- Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally
- Cultural Anthropology for Ministry
Ministry
- Systematic Theology for Worship
- The Person, Leader, and Experience of Worship
- Vision Catching and Casting
- Worship and the Mission of the Church
- Leading Small Groups Effectively
- Foundations of Pastoral Care
- Dynamics of Servant Leadership
- History and Liturgy of Worship
- Worship Programming
- Prayer Evangelism
- Leadership Styles and Principles
- Conflict Transformation in Ministry
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- Integrating the Inward, Outward, and Upward
- Developing spiritual disciplines
- Hearing God (tentative)
- Lectio Divina: Readings in the Classics
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Course Schedule 2009-2013
2009 - 2010
| Aug. 31, 2009 |
Oct. 19, 2009 |
Jan. 11, 2009 |
Mar. 1, 2010 |
May 3, 2010 |
July 5, 2010 |
| (BIB)Human Spirituality |
(PERS)Potential & Personal Emergence |
(BIB)Matthew: The Kingdom Among Us |
(PROF)Vision: Knowing Through Seeing |
(PROF)Mission: Global to Individual |
(BIB)Major World Religions |
2010 - 2011
| Aug. 30, 2010 |
Oct. 18, 2010 |
Jan. 10, 2011 |
Feb. 28, 2011 |
May 2, 2011 |
July 5, 2011 |
| (PROF)Doing Kingdom Business: Process, Program, Planning |
(PROF)Action in Leadership |
(PERS)Balancing Marriage, Family, and Ministry |
(BIB)Theological Foundations |
(BIB)Spiritual Formation |
(PROF)Global Missions & Revival |
2011 - 2012
| Aug. 39, 2011 |
Oct. 17, 2011 |
Jan. 9, 2012 |
Feb. 27, 2012 |
Apr. 30, 2012 |
July 2, 2012 |
| (BIB)Human Spirituality |
(PERS)Potential & Personal Emergence |
(BIB)Matthew: The Kingdom Among Us |
(PROF)Vision: Knowing Through Seeing |
(PROF)Mission: Global to Individual |
(BIB)Major World Religions |
| (PROF)Current Issues in Pentecostal Ministry |
(BIB)Apocalyptic Literature |
(PROF)Preaching That Connects |
(PERS)Managing Stress & Avoiding Burnout |
(BIB)Church History |
(PERS)Handling Personal Temptations |
2012 - 2013
| Aug. 30, 2010 |
Oct. 18, 2010 |
Jan. 10, 2011 |
Feb. 28, 2011 |
May 2, 2011 |
July 5, 2011 |
| (PROF)Doing Kingdom Business: Process, Program, Planning |
(PROF)Action in Leadership |
(PERS)Balancing Marriage, and Ministry |
(BIB)Theological Foundations |
(BIB)Spiritual Formation |
(PROF)Global Missions & Revival |
| (PROF)Current Issues in Pentecostal Ministry |
(BIB)Apocalyptic Literature |
(PROF)Preaching That Connects |
(PERS)Managing Stress & Avoiding Burnout |
(BIB)Church History |
(PERS)Handling Personal Temptations |
Bold = 8 Required Courses
