Denver Seminary

65 PROFESSIONAL MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE PROGRAMS Master of Arts in Christian Formation Program Description People transformed by Christ's love and grace transform lives. Christian Formation students enter into a community of learners who are on an intentional journey of whole-life transformation that is personal, communal, and missional. The collaborative learning experience equips students to lead others – in church, parachurch and retreat settings - into new pathways of growth and maturity for the sake of the church and the world. Program Goals 1. Graduates will evaluate and adopt a process of personal transformation into Christlikeness that is biblically rooted, historically validated, and theologically grounded. 2. Graduates will develop an increased capacity to live as a person-in-community through a growing self-awareness, an appropriate vulnerability with others, and a deepening listening presence. 3. Graduates will promote and guide transformational ministries in churches and organizations through teaching, pastoring, leading retreats, writing, and one-on-one soul care. Curriculum Course # Sem. Hrs. MA in Christian Formation core courses Theological & Theoretical Foundations for Cultural Engagement CE 511 3 Spiritual Formation for Life and Ministry CF 602 3 History of the Christian Movement CH 500 3 Thinking Biblically and Theologically GS 500 3 Theological and Theoretical Foundations for Leadership LD 501 3 Survey and Interpretation of the New Testament NT 508 3 Survey and Interpretation of the Old Testament OT 508 3 Survey of Theology TH 508 3 Mentored Formation TM 500, 501, 601, 604 4 MA in Christian Formation degree courses Theology for Christian Formation CF 503 3 Processes and Practices of Spiritual Formation CF 504 3 History and Traditions of Christian Spirituality CF 600 3 Communal Formation: Congregations, Cultures and Contexts CF 615 3 Certificate courses 12 Certificate in Leadership, OR Certificate in Cultural Engagement Total hours for degree: 52

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