Youth 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 200 - Foundations of Youth Ministry
• CHED 240 - Spiritual Formation
• CHED 255 - Sophomore Supervised Ministry (2 semesters)
• CHED 355 - Junior Supervised Ministry (2 semesters)
• CHED 369 - Youth Ministry and the Local Church
• 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
• CMIN 400 - Preaching and Worship
• CMIN 401 - Advanced Homiletics
• 3 hours BLIT Upper Division Elective (excluding BLIT 303)

Plus three hours of Christian Education selected from the following:

• CHED 210 - Foundations of Children’s Ministry
• CHED 300 - Issues in Children’s Ministry
• CHED 311 - Transformational Teaching
• 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 Requirement

• THEO 272 - History, Missions, and Polity of the Church of the Nazarene
• CMIN 452 - The Minister as Leader and Administrator

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