Master of Arts in Practical Theology
Parish and Community Ministry Specialization
Significant challenges arising from human desire and differences exist in parish and community ministries. Students in this specialization will learn educational and leadership practices enabling them to serve communities of faithful change. Graduates are prepared for a lifelong commitment to authentic self-understanding and honest theological reflection that will ground their teaching and leadership in their contexts of service.
Requirements
12 credit hours from the following list of courses. (Students may not use ME-590 or PT-525 for the specialization if that course is used in the MAPT core requirements.)
CE-730: Queer Theological Ethics
CH-767: The Social Gospel Movement
CT-658: Doctrine of the Church
ED-525: Christian Education in the Urban Church
ED-680: Creating Learning Environments
HB-781: Gender, Race, and Ecology in the Hebrew Bible
LS-525: Faith, Money and Stewardship
LS-625: Church Growth with Integrity
LS-650: Conflict Management
ME-570: Mission of the Church in the Contemporary World
ME-580: Mission of the Church in a Multicultural Society
ME-590: Mission of the Church in Global Context
NT/SR-630: Gender in Ancient Religion
NT-727: The Corinthian Correspondence
PC-500: Introduction to Pastoral Care and Counseling
PT-525: Being with the Poor
PT-530: Congregations and Communities as Partners in Ministry with the Poor
PT-540: Doing Our Own Work
PT-610: Spiritual Formation and Social Change
PT-640: Knowing Where We Dwell
SR-553: Multi-Religious America
A note about dual degrees and specializations: There are some limitations to overlapping requirements between M.Div. specializations and dual degree requirements. For example, in the dual M.Div./MAPT degree, students cannot use the M.Div. required Spirituality course in a MAPT specialization as well.
Also, dual degree students cannot combine certain specializations because of the overlap. For example, in the M.Div. program a student may have a Spirituality specialization, but if that student is also seeking a MAPT degree, the student may not specialize in Spiritual Formation and Small Group Ministry. Please contact the registrar for more details.