Children’s Ministry Major, B.S.

Common Core Requirements

• BLIT 250 - Biblical Hermeneutics
• BLIT 305 - Old Testament Introduction
• BLIT 310 - New Testament Introduction
• PHIL 201 - Introduction to Philosophy
• PHIL 325 - World Religions
• THEO 310 - Christian Theology I
• THEO 320 - Christian Theology II
• THEO 351 - History of Christianity I
• THEO 352 - History of Christianity II
• THEO 482 - Wesleyan-Holiness Theology

Required:

• CHED 115 - Foundations of Christian Education
• CHED 210 - Foundations of Children’s Ministry
• CHED 240 - Spiritual Formation
• CHED 255 - Sophomore Supervised Ministry  (2 semesters)
• CHED 300 - Issues in Children’s Ministry
• CHED 355 - Junior Supervised Ministry  (2 semesters)
• CHED 385 - Ministry Conference
• CHED 450 - Senior Seminar
• CHED 455 - Senior Supervised Ministry  (2 semesters)
• CMIN 116 - Fundamentals of Christian Ministry
• CMIN 305 - The Church in Mission
• CMIN 306 - Cross-Cultural Ministry
• CMIN 394 - Pastoral Care and Counseling

• 3 hours BLIT Upper Division elective, excluding BLIT 303 - Christian Scriptures II  

Plus 6 additional hours of Christian Education electives from the following:

• CHED 200 - Foundations of Youth Ministry
• CHED 311 - Transformational Teaching
• CHED 369 - Youth Ministry and the Local Church
• CHED 415 - Advanced Christian Education and Leadership
• CHED 420 - Discipleship in Community
• CHED 475 - Contemporary Issues in Youth Ministry
• CHED 488 - Topics in Christian Education

Ordination Requirements

• CMIN 400 - Preaching and Worship
• THEO 472 - History, Missions, and Polity of the Church of the Nazarene

Recommended Supporting Courses:

• BLIT 233 - Elementary Greek I
• BLIT 234 - Elementary Greek II

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• BLIT 243 - Elementary Hebrew I
• BLIT 244 - Elementary Hebrew II

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• CMIN 401 - Advanced Homiletics

Typical Program for Students Majoring in the School of Theology and Christian Ministry