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In addition to the 30-hour core, MACE students will complete 12 hours in the concentration of their choice:
General (12 hours)
This concentration is for students who prefer to take courses across any of the concentrations available to students. Students must take twelve hours of Christian Education classes or other graduate classes approved by the dean.
Adult Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration prepares students for service with adults in local church ministry.
Select four of the following:
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Business Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration prepares education ministers for work related to business administration in the local church. All courses are taught as a part of the graduate program in the school of business.
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Childhood Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration is designed for church ministers who intend to serve with all ages of children from birth through 6th grade. At least two courses will be taken from master’s level programs in other schools at DBU.
Select four of the following:
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Collegiate Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration prepares students to serve in a Baptist Student ministry with a primary focus on collegiate campus ministry. One course will be taken from a master's level program in another school at DBU.
Select four of the following:
| MACE 6309 |
Developing Lay Leaders in the Church |
MAST 6320 |
The Collegiate Campus Minister |
MACE 6322 |
Introduction to Christian Counseling |
MAPD 5350 |
World Views: Human Beliefs/Human Actions (S-L) |
| MAST 6354 |
Collegiate Ministry Strategies |
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Communication Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration is designed to provide graduate level training for individuals seeking contemporary communication credentials in order to speak, write, and produce Christian publications and other media for local churches and related Christian ministries.
Select four of the following:
| MACE 6360 |
Communication Strategies for Ministry |
| MACE 6361 |
Writing and Editing for Christian Publishing |
| MACE 6362 |
Christian Public Relations and Marketing for Ministry |
| MAWL 6314 |
Visual and Media Arts in Worship |
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Counseling Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration is designed for students who see their ministry focusing towards persons with special needs, where some counseling may be involved as a part of their local church educational responsibilities. All of these courses are offered in the graduate program of counseling.
| COUN 5382 |
Counseling Theories and Techniques |
| MACE 6316 |
Stages of Human Development |
| MACE 6322 |
Introduction to Christian Counseling |
| And one of the following: |
| COUN 6380 |
Career Counseling and Lifestyle Development |
| COUN 6381 |
Addictive and Compulsive Disorders |
| COUN 6383 |
Marriage and Family Counseling |
| COUN 6384 |
Contemporary Approaches to Christian Counseling |
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Family Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration is designed to provide training related to local church family ministry.
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Missions Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration will prepare persons for the practical work of doing missions in the church, in the community, and missionary type work beyond the local church.
MAGL 5330 |
Introduction to Missiology |
| Select three of the following: |
MAGL 5331 |
Cross-Cultural Living and Ministry |
MAGL 5332 |
Strategies for Missionary Work |
MAGL 5333 |
Local Church on Mission |
| MAGL 5340 |
Strategic Christian Witness in the Global Marketplace |
| MAGL 5344 |
Strategies for Urban Ministries |
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Small Group Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration is needed for individuals in the MACE degree program who plan to focus on small group ministries within the local church and other ministry settings.
| MACE 6317 |
Biblical Foundations and Models for Small Group Ministry in the Church |
| MACE 6318 |
Equipping and Nurturing Small Group Leaders |
MAGL 5330 |
Introduction to Missiology |
| Select one of the following: |
MAGL 5333 |
Local Church on Mission |
| MAGL 5340 |
Strategic Christian Witness in the Global Marketplace |
| MAGL 5344 |
Strategies for Urban Ministries |
MAWL 5310 |
The Worship Toolbox: Philosophy and Practice |
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This concentration is designed to prepare students for serving in local church ministry with junior high and high school students.
Select four of the following:
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Worship Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration is provided for persons who will have a dual assignment of both education and worship in the local church. All courses are taught in the M.A. in Worship Leadership program.
Select four of the following:
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component
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