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In addition to the 30-hour core, MACE students will complete 12 hours in the concentration of their choice:

Adult Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration prepares students for service with adults in local church ministry.

MACE 6314 Ministry with Adults
MACE 6315 Ministry with Senior Adults
MACE 6316 Stages of Human Development
MACE 6322 Introduction to Christian Counseling

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.

MANA 51.521 Management Theory
MANA 51.522 Business Legal Environment
MANA 6314 Managing Change in Organizations
MANA 6323 Human Resource Management
And one of the following:
MANA 6316 High Performance Work Teams
MANA 6321 Organizational Behavior

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.

MACH 5311 Early Childhood Ministry
MACH 5312 Ministry with Children
MACH 6351 Children and the Christian Faith
And one of the following:
MACE 6322 Introduction to Christian Counseling
MACH 6352 Advanced Childhood Ministry
MACH 6353 Ministry to Families

Collegiate Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration prepares students to serve in a Baptist Student ministry with a primary focus upon collegiate campus ministry. One of the courses are taught in master's programs from other schools at DBU.

MACE 6322 Introduction to Christian Counseling
MAPD 5350 World Views: Human Beliefs/Human Actions
MAST 6320 The Collegiate Campus Minister
MAST 6354 Collegiate Ministry Strategies

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 5380 Introduction to Professional Counseling
COUN 5382 Counseling Theories and Techniques
MACE 6316 Stages of Human Development
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

Education Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration is designed for ministers of education or others who will provide general leadership for the education ministry of the church.

MACE 6314 Ministry with Adults
MACH 5312 Ministry with Children
MAST 6313 Ministry with Students
And one of the following:
MACE 6315 Ministry with Senior Adults
MACE 6322 Introduction to Christian Counseling
MAWL 6309 Worship and Pastoral Care

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.

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
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

Student Ministry (12 hours)
This concentration is designed to prepare students for serving in local church ministry with junior high and high school students.

MAST 6313 Ministry with Youth
MAST 6350 Family-Based Student Ministry
MAST 6351 Student Cultural Issues
And one of the following:
MAST 6316 Stages in Human Development
MACE 6322 Introduction to Christian Counseling
MAST 6353 Adolescent Development and Counseling

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. Worship program.

MAWL 6307 Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
MAWL 6308 Worship Through the Ages
MAWL 6309 Worship and Pastoral Care
MAWL 6310 The Worship Toolbox: Philosophy and Practice
MAWL 6311 Global Worship
MAWL 6312 The Worshiping Life
MAWL 6313 21st Century Transformational Worship

 

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Degree Concentrations

Adult Ministry

Business Ministry

Children's Ministry

Collegiate Ministry

Counseling Ministry
Education Ministry
General
Missions Ministry
Student Ministry
Worship Ministry



Graduate Programs

Business Administration (MBA)
Management (MAM)
Counseling (MAC)
Education (M Ed.)
School Counseling (M Ed.)
Teaching (MAT)
Professional Development (MAPD)
Liberal Arts (MLA)

Programs available

   through the Gary Cook School

   of Leadership

Christian Education (MACE)

Christian Education: Student Ministry (MACE)

Higher Education (M Ed.)
Worship Leadership (MAWL)


 

 
 

 

 
 
 
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