Purpose

The Master of Church Ministries (C.M.M.) degree program is intended to prepare persons for specialized church ministry.  The goal of the program is to increase students' knowledge about the church and its ministries and to foster their ability to work meaningfully and creatively in a specialized area of church ministry.  Presently, the C.M.M. program has two specialized ministry tracks.  Both tracks share a common core of required courses in theology, Bible, church history, and the social context of ministry.  Both tracks have additional specialized requirements and a supervised internship appropriate to the area of specialization.  The program provides the basic educational requirements for ordination as deacon in The United Methodist Church.  The C.M.M. program requires 55 term hours of academic credit.

The two tracks are as follows:

    1.  The Christian Education track is intended primarily for those preparing for professional leadership as directors or as ministers of religious education.

    2.  The Urban Ministry track is intended for those preparing to work in community ministries in urban and peri-urban settings.

            REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION

• B.A. or equivalent degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum G.P.A. of 2.75 (on a 4.00 scale) in a well-balanced curriculum.  Preparation in liberal arts is particularly important.

• Seriousness of purpose, emotional stability, and likelihood of satisfactory performance in the degree program.

• Presence of and potential for growth in those emotional, moral, and spiritual qualities requisite for the profession of ministry; and the absence of patterns of personal behavior tending to be seriously disabling to ministry.

• Sound health.

• Adequate medical and hospitalization insurance.