Urban Ministry Master of Arts Degree

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Master of Arts

- Overview
- Core Areas
- Concentrations
- Current Schedule
- Admissions

The Urban Ministry concentration, a special partnership between Crossroads Bible College and BBC&S, trains Christians to take leadership roles in urban settings.

You will be equipped with the necessary tools to forge alliances, manage with confidence, inspire a shared vision, conduct research, and develop biblical solutions to contemporary urban challenges, tackling spiritual, social, and moral poverty for the glory of Jesus Christ.

Building an ability to motivate and mobilize community members and organizations, you will develop skills in:

  • Applying Christ-honoring principles to solve urban problems.

  • Analyzing organizational structures to illustrate effective management.

  • Evaluating data to ensure mission objectives are being accomplished.

  • Formulating new relationships among organizations to create optimal solutions.

  • Demonstrating the ability to organize and control an organization.

  • Understanding various urban issues.

  • Developing a Christian worldview.

    • Inside the Program
    The flexible 30-credit Master of Arts program is divided into two main parts – required and elective areas.

    There are two required core areas: Bible, Theology & Interpretation, and Communications. You must select four courses in the Bible, Theology & Interpretation area and one course in Communications. Course listings for all sessions are online.

    Choose from several specialized courses, including;

    Reconciliation Studies
    Exegeting the City
    Urban Economic Development
    Counseling Youth in the Urban Context
    Social Services and Theological Reflections
    New Media for Urban Ministry

    Get details on required core area courses here.

    As an Urban Ministry graduate of the online Master of Arts program, you will be able to study from the Bible with greater thoroughness and intensity. Your love of people and passion for urban environments will be matched with skills and abilities enabling you to be a catalyst for change in the city.

    Contact BBC for graduate enrollment information at gradadmissions@bbc.edu or call 800.451.7664.