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Bachelor of Science in Christian Ministry and Spiritual Formation

Tiffany Dahlman, Program Director
16633 Dallas Pkwy, Suite 800
Addison, TX 75001

Phone: 214-305-9508
Email: tad18a@acu.edu

Faculty

Tiffany Dahlman, College Assistant Professor

Introduction

The Bachelor of Science in Christian Ministry and Spiritual Formation degree program enables students to faithfully engage their local context, both in the church and community, by providing tools of biblical interpretation, a theoretical framework to better understand their culture, and practices of spiritual formation that nurture an identity rooted in Christ. Graduates will be prepared to live as missional Christians in their contexts or to serve as vocational ministers in a wide variety of roles.

Certificate in Church Leadership: Foundations

The Certificate in Church Leadership: Foundations enables church leaders to faithfully serve their congregations by providing tools of biblical interpretation, a theoretical framework to minister in contemporary culture, and practices of spiritual formation that nurture an identity rooted in Christ.

In addition to following standard undergraduate admission guidelines, candidates wishing to apply to the Certificate in Church Leadership: Foundations program must submit the following:

1. Two letters of recommendation from the leadership of the applicant’s home congregation. (Recommendation forms will be provided.)
2. An essay in response to a provided prompt. This essay will serve as a writing sample and will help determine student fit in the program.

Certificate in Church Leadership: Praxis

In addition to following standard undergraduate admission guidelines, candidates wishing to apply to the Certificate in Church Leadership: Praxis program must submit the following:

1. Two letters of recommendation from the leadership of the applicant’s home congregation. (Recommendation forms will be provided.)
2. An essay in response to a provided prompt. This essay will serve as a writing sample and will help determine student fit in the program.

Programs

• Christian Ministry and Spiritual Formation, BS (BCMO)

• Certificate in Church Leadership: Foundations (CLF)
• Certificate in Church Leadership: Praxis (CLP)

Courses

• BCMO 311 - Pastoral Ministry
• BCMO 322 - Biblical Interpretation II
• BCMO 335 - Spiritual Formation I
• BCMO 435 - Spiritual Formation II
• BCMO 442 - Contemporary Ecclesiology
• BCMO 491 - Christian Ministry and Spiritual Formation Capstone
• BCMO 493 - Church Leadership Foundations Capstone
• BCMO 495 - Church Leadership Praxis Capstone

• BIBO 101 - Jesus: His Life and Teachings
• BIBO 102 - Early Christians: Life, Literature and Community
• BIBO 103 - Story of the New Testament
• BIBO 211 - Message of the Old Testament
• BIBO 320 - Introduction to Biblical Interpretation
• BIBO 325 - Christian Perspectives of Vocation
• BIBO 364 - Pauline Mission and Message
• BIBO 453 - The Devotional and Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament
• BIBO 454 - The Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament
• BIBO 458 - The Synoptic Gospels

• BIMO 391 - Ministry in Context
• BIMO 401 - Christian Leadership
• BIMO 413 - Seminar in Adolescent Moral/Sexual Issues
• BIMO 429 - Field Education
• BIMO 439 - Teaching and Learning for Spiritual Formation

• BIHO 432 - Story of Christian Spirituality

• BMSO 270 - Living the Mission
• BMSO 371 - Religion in Global Contexts
• BMSO 420 - Gospel in a Multicultural World
• BMSO 421 - Mission as Spiritual Formation

• BIPO 206 - Introduction to Ethics
• BIPO 352 - Biomedical Ethics

• BITO 342 - Christianity in Culture

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