At Maranatha, we know the fields are everywhere, including restricted-access urban cultures. If you want to be as prepared as possible for this biblical challenge and mandate, consider our Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies. This program emphasizes the theology and practicality of missions topics like church planting and inner-city ministry, applied from a strong biblical and theological framework. Missions courses are taught by experienced missionaries and mission directors, and you’ll have opportunities to minister through an urban internship and through other fields through summer mission trips.
Do you desire to be a wise counselor? Are you in full-time ministry, or perhaps a different vocation, but want to be a more effective communicator of biblical counsel for those struggling with sin? If so, consider the Seminary’s Master of Biblical Counseling degree. The curriculum includes practical courses in topics such as crisis counseling and addictive behavior, while providing a solid foundation of biblical and theological courses from which to build practical applications.
MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES — URBAN
FEATURED COURSES
Church Planting
Linguistics
World Religions
Discipleship in the City
Intercultural Anthropology
History of Baptist Missions
LEARNING OPTIONS FOR MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERCULTUR AL STUDIES — URBAN
ONLINE COURSES
VIRTUAL MODULES
ON-CAMPUS COURSES
RESIDENT COURSES
The entire program may be completed online or on campus.
This degree may be completed online by taking a blend of online classes in 8-week sessions with no required attendance or in live full-semester virtual classes.
MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERCULTUR AL STUDIES — URBAN
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
This program seeks to prepare students to do the following:
To articulate biblical and systematic theology with scrip tural support using a dispensational hermeneutical framework. - To apply the basic principles of church planting.
- To evaluate the policies and practices of missionaries and mission agencies.
- To analyze cultures and worldviews, particularly in the student’s future or current place
of ministry. To exercise biblical discernment in assessing current trends in inter cultural studies (whether global or urban). To demonstrate faithfulness in ministry at a baptistic, separatist church.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
A minimum of 33 semester hours of approved credit must be completed for the Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies. The Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree from an approved institu tion must be held by the applicant. No more than 12 semester hours of graduate credit from another institution may be applied toward this degree. A maximum of two C grades will be credited toward graduation.Applicants may be required to make up d eficiencies without credit in any of the departments at the discretion of the Academic Senate.
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