Certificate in Ministerial Studies

Program Requirements

CMS Neighborhood Transformation is a strategy that helps churches minister in a wholistic manner to people in urban poor neighborhoods. It empowers people to take responsibility for their own lives. It helps neighbors to help their neighbors and moves them from welfare and relief to empowerment. It focuses on assets found in the neighborhood, which fosters local ownership instead of being based on problems that they expect outsiders to fix for them.

The courses are a framework that empowers people to take initial steps of taking responsibility for their own lives and in turn teaching others in ways that facilitate change in their own communities. From a biblical perspective, these courses equip the participants to teach others and facilitate action and progress in their community. Emphasis of the use of local resources and people’s God-given skills and talents are taught so that solutions can be passed along from neighbor to neighbor.

Believers equipped to share their faith and disciple neighbors in cross-cultural settings.

Enrollment requires a basic secondary education. Graduation for course of study requires 39 credits with GPA C (77%) or higher.

GENERAL EDUCATION   (6 Credits)

GED 105 Bible Study Methods and Rules of Interpretation

3

GED 103 Health/Wellness

3

Total GED Credits

6

BASIC CHRISTIAN STUDIES (18 Credits)

BSO 200 OT Survey

3

BSO 203 NT Survey

3

HSG 300 Church History Survey/or the Book of Acts

3

TSB 400 Basic Christian Doctrines/Theology

3

APL 503 Leadership and Church Administration

3

APD 505 Discipleship & Followership

3

Total Basic Christian Studies Credits

18

NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CONCENTRATION (15 Credits)

DCD 100 Introduction to Neighborhood Transformation

3

DCD 101 Emotional Care and Trauma Healing

3

DCD 102 Healthy Families: Fathers, Mothers, Youth, and Aging Parents

3

DCD 103 Entrepreneurship

3

DCD 104 Helping Our Neighbors

3

Total Neighborhood Transformation Credits

15

Total CMS in Neighborhood Transformation Credits

39 Credits

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