Pastoral Ministry Major, B.A.

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

• or CHED 240 - Spiritual Formation  

• CMIN 116 - Fundamentals of Christian Ministry
• CMIN 305 - The Church in Mission
• CMIN 306 - Cross-Cultural Ministry
• CMIN 394 - Pastoral Care and Counseling
• CMIN 400 - Preaching and Worship
• CMIN 401 - Advanced Homiletics
• CMIN 452 - The Minister as Leader and Administrator
• CMIN 496 - Field Training
• Plus three hours of upper-division Old Testament and three hours of upper-division New Testament, excluding BLIT 303 .

Required Supporting Courses:

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

• or

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

Recommended Supporting Courses:

• MUCH 377 - Music in Worship
• THEO 410 - Topics in Christian Theology
• Additional hours of upper-division Biblical Literature and Philosophy

Ordination Requirements

• CHED 115 - Foundations of Christian Education

• or CHED 240 - Spiritual Formation  (course not completed in the major will be required)

• THEO 472 - History, Missions, and Polity of the Church of the Nazarene

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