MBA in Executive Ministry Leadership – 36 credits
Purpose: To equip persons for service in executive ministry leadership related ministries in the local church or Christian non-profit organization through advanced training in the Word of God and contemporary strategies of organizational development and business management.
Learning Competencies:
- Learners will articulate a biblically-based Christian worldview of executive ministry leadership principles and practices through informed perspectives expressed in academic activities in Christian business management and organizational development.
- Learners will identify best practices that contribute to personal growth and spiritual formation through self-assessment and peer-evaluation academic activities.
- Learners will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of executive ministry leadership through critical reflection of scholarly resources and contemporary writings.
- Learners will demonstrate skills in executive ministry leadership through well-reasoned applications and evaluations deployed in life, work, and ministry.
General MBA Structure
Biblical and Theological Studies Core - 12 credits
Executive Ministry Leadership Core - 24 credits
RW 001 Trinity Tutorial - 0 credits
Biblical and Theological Studies Core - 12 credits
- BS 518 Biblical Hermeneutics
- OT 600 Old Testament History
- NT 510 Life and Letters of Paul1
- TH 533 New Testament Theology
Executive Ministry Leadership Core - 24 credits
- AD 501 Human and Organizational Development
- AD 584 Human Resource Management
- AD 624 Principles of Administration
- CM 526 Managing Conflict
- LD 500 Strategic Planning for the Church
- LD 502 Marketing Non-Profit Ministry
- LD 600 Information Technologies in Leadership Training
- LD 602 Accounting and Finance for Ministry
RW 991 Mission Outcomes Assessment - 0 credits
1 Learners may replace course with an elective in New Testament (NT).
General MBA Information
Prerequisite: Bachelor’s Degree from appropriately accredited school.
Applicants whose native language is not English and who have not earned a degree from an appropriately accredited institution where English is the principal language of instruction must receive a minimum score of 530 on the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or 71 on the on the Internet based TOEFL, or its equivalent.
Total Credits Required = 36.
A minimum of 27 hours must be earned at Trinity. All courses are 3 semester credit hours unless noted otherwise. A maximum of 9 semester credits may be satisfied via transfer or Graduate Portfolio. The transfer and portfolio courses must be relevant to the student’s program of study and equivalent in both content and degree level of master’s level courses. Transfer (grades of “B” or higher) for core credits must be from an appropriately accredited school and satisfy the requirements of the core program. |
