Specialization in Church Planting and Multiplication
Wesley Seminary’s specialization in Church Planting and Multiplication is designed to equip pastors, church leaders, and current or future church planters with the training needed to start a new church, campus, or fresh expression of incarnational ministry, and/or to strengthen established churches or reinvigorate struggling churches by infusing them with a biblical vision for a healthy multiplying church.
In addition to the Master of Divinity learning outcomes, students with a specialization in Church Planting and Multiplication should, with graduate-level competency, be able to:
- Analyze cultural and contextual trends to maximize missional effectiveness.
- Create strategies for developing fresh expressions of church.
Specializations
Specialization in Church Planting and Multiplication (15 credits)
This specialization consists of four courses: one required course and three courses from Church Planting and Multiplication electives.
Required Course
Must take this course.
| MISS-550 | Foundations of Church Planting and Multiplication | 3 |
Church Planting and Multiplication Electives
Must take at least 9 hours.
| MISS-530 | Preparing Leaders to Plant Churches | 6 |
| MISS-540 | Evangelism in Context | 3 |
| MISS-552 | The Calling, Character, and Competency of a Church Multiplier | 3 |
| MISS-553 | Initiating New Church Plants, Sites, and Fresh Expressions | 3 |
| MISS-554 | Maximizing the Post-Launch Phase | 3 |
| CONG-525 | Newcomer Integration | 3 |
| LEAD-558 | Missional Growth and Multiplication | 3 |
| LEAD-565 | Emerging Trends in Church Multiplication | 3 |
| MIN-559 | Staying Power: Leading a Church Through Change | 3 |
Electives
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| Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 75 |
