2023-2024 Catalog

 

Pastoral Ministries 2nd Major

The pastoral ministries major must be taken with another ministry major offered by the School of Theology and Ministry. The following double major combinations are approved tracks for both Wesleyan ordination and the Kern Mentoring Program.
  • Children's Ministries + Pastoral Ministries
  • Christian Education + Pastoral Ministries
  • Community Development (Pastoral Ministry specialization) + Pastoral Ministries
  • Global Ministries + Pastoral Ministries
  • Youth Ministries + Pastoral Ministries
  • Worship Ministries + Pastoral Ministries

Requirements (41 credits)

Practical Theology (PRT) (18 credits)

REL-240Ministry in Context

3

CED-255Local Church Education

2

CED-255PLocal Church Education Practicum

1

WOR-235Worship

2

WOR-235LChristian Worship Lab I: Congregational Worship

1

-
or

WOR-238Ethnodoxology in Christian Ministry

0 to 1

REL-365Homiletics I

3

REL-366Homiletics II

2

-
or

YTH-366Preaching to Youth

2

REL-366PPreaching Practicum

1

REL-370Introduction to Pastoral Counseling and Care

2

WOR-436LChristian Worship Lab II: Church Rituals

1

*WOR-238 must be taken for 1 credit for majors. 

Religious and Ministerial Studies (RMS) (20 credits)

REL-380History of Christian Missions

3

-
or

REL-382History of the Christian Church

2 to 3

-
or

REL-384History of the Christian Church in the Middle East

3

-
or

REL-386Contemporary Global Christianity

3

REL-392History of Protestantism

2

-BIL
300/400 Advanced OT

3

-BIL
300/400 Advanced NT

3

BIL-
Bible Elective

3

THE-333Doctrine of Holiness

3

Choose 1:

-PHL
Any PHL course except for 180

3

-THE
Any THE course except for 233 or 333

3

REL-307Race, Class, and Gender: Church and Society

3

REL-312Hope and Suffering

3

NES-380Israel-Palestine

3

Prescribed General Education (3 credits)

Choose 1:
PSY-150General Psychology

3

PSY-250Developmental Psychology

3

PSY-251Child Development

3

PSY-252Adolescent Growth and Development

3

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