MACFM - Description
The Master of Arts in Children's and Family Ministry is designed for the emerging cadre of professionals who minister to the special needs of children and families. This program is specially designed for those ministering in churches, child evangelism organizations, Christian schools, professional organizations, and missions agencies focused on ministry to children and families. The program allows non-resident students currently serving in professional or lay volunteer ministry to complete the degree through a distributed learning format, with a mixture of distance courses and on-campus week long intensives taught at the St. Paul campus. The 24-course sequence is accomplished in approximately 40 months. (Start dates for the MACFM Program are available on the new web page for the Registrar's Office by clicking on the following link: Quarter & Intensive Schedules. Under the heading, "Quarter and Intensive Schedule," select an Academic Year. See "MACFM (new start)" on the Quarter & Intensive Schedule for new start dates.)
A hallmark of this program is the link between classroom learning, peer interaction, and practical application in the day to day ministry context of the student. This program includes 12 courses focused on biblical and theological foundations. These include hermeneutics, both Old and New Testament, systematic theology, and church history. In addition, the professional emphasis of this degree program focuses on ministry to children and families in a congregational context. Special emphasis is placed on spiritual formation in children, human development and family systems, curriculum and program development, dynamics of staffing leadership, and current trends in children's and family ministry.
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- Start Dates - Start dates for the MACFM Program are available on the new web page for the Registrar's Office by clicking on the following link: Quarter & Intensive Schedules. Under the heading, "Quarter and Intensive Schedule," select an Academic Year. See "MACFM (new start)" on the Quarter & Intensive Schedule for new start dates.
