Master of Arts in Christian Education

Degree Program Objectives | Admission Requirements
Graduation Requirements | Degree Program Requirements | Sample Degree Plan

Oversight/Location of the Program within the Seminary: School of Practical Theology

Introductory Statement of Program Goal: The purpose of the Master of Arts in Christian Education Degree (M.A.C.E.) is to prepare students for a vocation of nurture, formation, and life-span discipleship in parish, institutional, or cross-cultural settings. They will be equipped to provide leadership for educational ministries that effectively seek to "present everyone mature in Christ."

DEGREE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Having successfully completed the Master of Arts Degree in Christian Education Degree, graduates should be able to:

Articulate a practical theology of educational ministry grounded in the Biblical narrative and orthodox theology, and informed by human sciences, insights from church history, and life experience.
Demonstrate competency in ministry practices of leadership, teaching, and to equip congregations and organizations in the making of disciples.
Demonstrate an incarnational ministry that respects and engages diversity: the age, gender, race, tradition, culture, and context of persons.
Demonstrate enhanced understanding of and commitment to personal and social holiness through practices of moral, personal, and spiritual formation, in a context of accountability to a community of faith, and dependence on the Spirit of Christ.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

For admission requirements, see the section on Academic Information.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Satisfactory completion of 60 semester hours, including all required courses;
Completion of at least 30 hours on a geophysical campus of Asbury Theological Seminary. At least 6 semester hours of work should be taken within the 24 months preceding the date of graduation;
Attainment of a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00/4.00;
Satisfactory completion of all degree requirements in not more than seven academic years from the first term of matriculation.
Apply for graduation online.

DEGREE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

M.A. Core Courses (18)

Christian Education Core Courses (24)

Christian Education Electives Course (9)

Choose courses from CD, CM, or YM

General Electives Courses (9)

Christian Education Sample Degree Plan

Year 1:

IS501 Kingdom, Church, and World (3)
IS502 Vocation of Ministry (3)
CH500 Turning Points in Church History (3)
BS503 Introduction to Inductive Bible Study (2)
BS504 Introduction to Biblical Studies: Old Testament (2) or
BS505 Introduction to Biblical Studies: New Testament (2)
CD510 Foundations in Christian Discipleship (3)
CD610 Moral Development and the Formation of Moral Community (3)
MM511 Mentored Ministry in Christian Education (1)
Christian Education Electives (5)
General Electives (5)

Year 2:

CD651 Professional Foundations in Christian Education (3)
CD615 Discipleship Development in the Home (3)
CD560 The Ministry of Teaching (3) or
CD/YM660 Teaching the Bible to Youth and Adults (3)
BS504 Introduction to Biblical Studies: Old Testament (2) or
BS505 Introduction to Biblical Studies: New Testament (2)
DO501 Basic Christian Doctrine or
ST501 501 Method and Praxis in Theology (3)
CS601 Christian Ethics (2)
CD670 Discipling for Evangelism and Social Justice (3) or
MS625 Principles ofInterpersonal Evangelism (3)
MB780 Cross Cultural Discipling (3)
MM611 Mentored Ministry in Christian Education-2 (1)
MM711Mentored Ministry in Christian Education-3 (2)
Christian Education Electives (4)
General Electives (4)

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