Youth Ministry Major, B.S.

72 hours

This major has been approved by the Course of Study Advisory Committee to meet educational requirements for ordination as an elder/deacon in the Church of the Nazarene.

Required:

CHED 115 - Christian Education

200 - Foundations of Youth Ministry

240 - Spiritual Formation

290 - Community Ministry Experience I

369 - Youth Ministry in the Local Church

385 - Ministry Conference

450 - Senior Seminar

490 - Integrated Summer Ministry

Plus three hours of Christian Education selected from the following:

CHED 301 - Principles/Methods of Christian Education

366 - Contemporary Ministries

CMIN 116 - Fundamentals of Christian Ministry

305 - Church in Mission

394 - Pastoral Care/Counseling

400 - Introduction to Christian Worship

PHIL 201 - Introduction to Philosophy

THEO 310 - Christian Theology I

320 - Christian Theology II

351 - History of Christianity I

352 or 357 - History of Christianity II or III

462 - Doctrine of Holiness

472 - History, Mission, and Polity of the Church of the Nazarene

BLIT 250 - Biblical Hermeneutics

305 - Old Testament Introduction

310 - New Testament Introduction

Plus three upper-division hours of Old Testament and three upper-division hours of New Testament and three additional hours of upper division Theology

Required Supporting Courses:

PSYC 212 - Adolescent and Adult Development

BLIT 233 and 234 - Elementary Greek I and II

or BLIT 243 and 244 - Hebrew I and II

Departments of Biblical Literature, Christian Education and Theology