Contextualized Pastoral Ministry (MAM)
(Pastors Discipleship Network, Uganda)
The Master of Arts in Contextualized Pastoral Ministry seeks to prepare African church pastors and leaders to utilize their unique gifts both personally and professionally for holistic ministry in a variety of African contexts through academic rigor (head), spiritual formation (heart), and professional ministry experience (hands).
Purpose
This program prepares African church pastors and leaders to serve their church and society, by developing a biblical understanding and worldview, ministry and leadership skills, and applying this to the African context. Students will be equipped to lead their churches and train other African leaders to do the same through a western educational opportunity which focuses, not on rote memory, but the critical thinking aspects of understanding, analyzing, evaluating, applying, and creating.
Program Competencies
The Master of Arts in Contextualized Pastoral Ministry program equips students for ministry in the church and society by:
Biblical Understanding and Worldview
The student will formulate a biblical understanding and worldview through the study of Scripture interpretation, the biblical narrative, theology, and church history.
Spiritual Health and Ministry Integrity
The student will form the moral, ethical, and spiritual foundations necessary for personal spiritual growth and sustainable ministry.
Biblical Communication Skills
The student will design and deliver clear and effective biblical preaching and teaching grounded in sound hermeneutics ensuring a biblically accurate message.
Ministry Leadership Skills
The student will demonstrate the professional skills necessary for appropriately managing their own life and leading others, not through abusing their authority, but through biblical servant leadership.
Ministry Mentoring and Professional Experience
The student will build effective personal and professional relationships based on mutual support and accountability for the purpose of intentional ministry development.
African Contextual Application
The student will understand and respond to major issues facing the African church through careful study, cultural assessment, biblical evaluation, and contextual application.
Curricular Structure
The Master of Arts in Contextualized Pastoral Ministry is contextualized specifically for Africa. Furthermore, it is targeted precisely for pastors and church leaders. It is a ministry degree intended and designed to be used in the practical life and ministry of an African pastor and church leader.
| Bible and Theology |
15 Credits |
| Ministry Application |
15 Credits |
| Africa Context |
10 Credits |
| Program Total |
40 Credits |
Biblical and Theological Studies (15 Credits)
| PDN 501 | The Biblical Narrative | 3 |
| PDN 502 | Biblical Hermeneutics | 3 |
| PDN 503 | Introduction to Christian Theology I | 3 |
| PDN 504 | Introduction to Christian Theology II | 3 |
| PDN 505 | Church History and the African Context | 3 |
Ministry Application (15 Credits)
| PDN 512 | Spiritual Formation and Discipleship | 3 |
| PDN 513 | Community and Family Systems | 3 |
| PDN 514 | Holistic Child Development | 3 |
| PDN 515 | Leader's Life and Work | 3 |
| PDN 511 | Communicating Biblical Truth | 3 |
Africa Context (10 Credits)
| PDN 521 | Issues in African Pastoral Ministry I | 3 |
| PDN 522 | Issues in African Pastoral Ministry II | 3 |
| PDN 523 | Field Based Ministry I | 2 |
| PDN 524 | Field Based Ministry II | 2 |
Location Offered
Kampala, Uganda