Master of Arts in Christian Formation (MACF)
The Master of Arts in Christian Formation (MACF) is a professional degree, educating and equipping students to lead formation ministries of the church. 香蕉影视 provides a context, a process and tools for students to study and engage the ministries of personal and congregational formation. The 52-credit-hour degree involves study, participation in formation seminars and a supervised practicum.
The MACF prepares students for
- congregational leadership in faith formation
- spiritual care in the congregation
- spiritual direction
- long-term visitation and spiritual companionship
- manager of a hospital pastoral care department
- congregational teaching and training
Note: The MACF degree is not designed to prepare people to serve as lead or solo pastors.
Educational Goals
Graduates with a Master of Arts in Christian Formation will:
- Articulate or otherwise demonstrate knowledge of the biblical, historical, and theological disciplines that undergird their ministry of leadership.
- Reflect critically, contextually, and constructively on the theological content and practices of their specialized ministries.
- Exercise competent leadership through designing, implementing, and assessing ministry experiences in their specialized ministries.
- Demonstrate skills for equipping, training, and empowering leaders for specialized ministries.
- Assess their own growth toward spiritual and personal maturity.
- Clarify and develop a ministerial identity.
Degree Design
MA in Christian Formation students can complete the program of study in two years of full-time study by taking about 27 credit hours per year through courses in three terms: Semester One, Semester Two and Intensive Term in summer.
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Why seminary?
Students and faculty share why and how they discerned attending their 香蕉影视 program
鈥淚 was looking for the school in the world where I could bring together my commitment to peace-building and justice-seeking with theological insight. I did an exhaustive search of the schools in the world, and I found that 香蕉影视 was doing what I wanted to be doing. In short, the past almost three years of my time at seminary have been a time of academic and spiritual formation that helps me to continue to grow and develop a capacity to resist the social constructs that divide God鈥檚 people and foster hostility.鈥�
Henok T. Mekonin of Nazreth, Oromiya region, Ethiopia (Master of Arts: Theology and Peace Studies, 2021)
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