Certificate, Global Ministry Design: Emerging Leadership (Partner Sites)

Program Description

The Certificate in Global Ministry Design – Emerging Leadership track is a 9 hour professional development certificate program that stresses the application of ministerial and leadership principles to the design of innovative ministries in global missional communities. Students will complete 3 required courses related to global ministry design leadership. These courses cover a variety of cultural and strategic leadership skills that are necessary for ministry leadership in the 21st century. The final 3 courses focus on leadership skills necessary for the design, development, and success of emerging leaders. Students who complete this certificate will be able to:

1. Comprehend that fruitfulness is the demand of all ministry leadership.
2. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the growing challenge and increasing opportunity of ministry leadership in the dynamic, global 21st context into which they design ministry that includes: 
   • An understanding of what networks and movements are and why they are important
   • The importance of the city in a global context
   • Missiological trends shaping the landscape of global ministry
3. Conceptualize Ministry Leadership as an Interdisciplinary Practice, including:
   • How to approach broad reading/research
   • How to know when you’ve found something good

If program is taken in addition to a Master’s degree, a minimum of six unique hours are required to earn this certificate.The maximum number of C grades allowed in a graduate program is two and the minimum GPA requirement is a 3.0.  Grades of less than C- will not be counted toward degree completion.