Pastoral-Ministry-Five-Year-Program-BA-MAM
The church is God’s strategy to accomplish his mission in the world (Ephesians 3:8-11). In light of the significant number of pastors leaving vocational ministry, the rapidly changing landscape of contemporary culture, and the pressing need for more healthy churches worldwide, the church needs to rediscover her missional identity for a globalized world. Moreover, as God has appointed a variety of leaders (Ephesians 4:11) whose pastoral calling is to equip the church toward this end, such leaders must locate their calling with this missionary task. As a program, the Pastoral Studies major sets the pastoral vocation within a local and global mission context as students cultivate godly character, develop ministry skills, inculcate biblical truth, expand interpersonal capacity, foster missional engagement, and raise ministry awareness. By retrieving biblical principles, exploring the wisdom within church history, and contextualizing God’s unchanging truth in contemporary settings this program trains emerging leaders so that they can best participate in God’s mission to establish, sustain, and multiply churches worldwide.
In a 4+1 program, students work toward the completion of an undergraduate degree while also pursuing a Master’s degree. Graduate-level courses taken during undergraduate studies fulfill both undergraduate elective requirements and graduate program requirements. In the 4+1 program, students are dual-enrolled in LBC and Capital Seminary and Graduate School.
Name of Program: Pastoral Ministry (BA/MABS)
Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts in Biblical Studies
Program Mission: The Pastoral Ministry major exists to train emerging shepherd-leaders to establish, sustain, and multiply churches worldwide.
Program Outcomes:
Students will:
- Character Formation: embody godly character as a foundation for life and ministry.
- Ministry Competence: develop the fundamental skills requisite for holistic shepherding care in all phases of the discipleship process.
- Biblical Content: appropriate biblical truth with theological reflection, contextual sensitivity, and ministry orientation.
- Christian Community: exhibit relational aptitude which embraces the interpersonal nature of pastoral ministry and values the primary importance of the local church.
- Missional Investment: engage God’s mission in the world appreciating the global and local nature of this task.
- Vocational Expectation: negotiate assumptions of pastoral work being sensitized to missional realities and resourced for sustainable ministry.
Program Director:
Rev. Robert Blanks, MDiv directs the traditional undergrad Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Ministry Program and the Master of Arts in Contextualized Pastoral Ministry Program at Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School. Rob received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO and a Master of Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. Rob has served as a pastor in Colorado and missionary in Mozambique. Rob and his wife, Heather, live in Lancaster, PA with their 4 children, Marian, Hayden, Judah, and Josiah.
Faculty List:
Rev. Rob Blanks, MDiv (Program Director)
Dr. Sam Harbin, DMin
Rev. Clyde Bombgardner, MDiv
Rev. Ryan Shenk, MA
Pastoral Ministry Major Curriculum
Freshman Year
Fall Semester
| LBC 100 | Foundations Seminar | 1 |
| THE 105 | Prelude to Biblical & Theological Studies | 3 |
| BIB 106 | Interpreting the Bible | 3 |
| LAN 101 | College Composition and Research | 3 |
| LAN 104 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| PAS 120 | Pastoral Calling | 3 |
| PAS 150 | Pastoral Ministry Field Experience I | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Spring Semester
| BIB 103 | Creation & Covenants: OT I | 3 |
| THE 223 | Christian Narrative I: Creation & Fall | 3 |
MAT ____
| MAT Core | 3 |
LIT ____
| LIT Core (100/200 Level) | 3 |
| CML 102 | Foundations of Ministry | 3 |
| PAS 150C | Pastoral Ministry Field Experience (Continued) | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Sophomore Year
Fall Semester
| CSV 201 | Christian Service I | 0 |
| BIB 104 | Israel's Life & Literature: OT II | 3 |
| BIB 203 | Life of Christ: NT I | 3 |
HIS ____
| HIS Core (100/200 Level) | 3 |
| CML 210 | Fundamentals of Leadership | 3 |
| PAS 210 | Community Formation and Discipleship in the Church | 3 |
| PAS 250 | Pastoral Ministry Field Service I | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring Semester
| CSV 202 | Christian Service II | 0 |
| BIB 204 | Early Church: NT II | 3 |
| THE 224 | Christian Narrative II: Redemption | 3 |
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| Arts & Sciences Elective | 3 |
SCI ____
| SCI____ Science with Lab 4 credits | 4 |
| PAS 220 | Preaching and Teaching the Scripture | 3 |
| PAS 250C | Pastoral Ministry Field Service II | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Junior Year
Fall Semester
BNT ____
| Bible New Testament Exegetical Elective | 3 |
| THE 303 | Theology of Children, Youth and Family | 3 |
| SOC 203 | Principles of Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 330/ICS 330 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
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| Major Elective | 3 |
| PAS 350 | Pastoral Ministry Internship I | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring Semester
BOT ____
| Bible Old Testament Exegetical Elective | 3 |
| THE 320 | Christianity and Culture | 3 |
| PAS 320 | Counseling and Care in the Church | 3 |
| PAS 350C | Pastoral Ministry Internship II | 3 |
| MIN 509 | Spiritual Formation & Discipleship | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Senior Year
Fall Semester
____ ____
| Arts & Sciences Elective (400 Level) | 3 |
THE ____
| Theology Elective | 3 |
| PAS 410 | Pastoral Perspectives on Leadership | 3 |
| PAS 450 | Pastoral Ministry Practicum I | 0 |
| MABS or Biblical Lan Elect | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Spring Semester
| HIS 301 | Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3 |
| OR | |
| CML 399 | TraveLearn Seminar | 0 |
| PAS 425 | Worship and Devotion in Christian Practice | 3 |
| PAS 430 | Senior Seminar to Pastoral Ministry | 1 |
| PAS 450C | Pastoral Ministry Practicum II | 3 |
| Biblical Language Elective | |
| MABS or Biblical Lan Elect | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Summer Semester
Fifth Year
Fall Semester
| BIB 510 | Hebrew for Ministry I | 3 |
| OR | |
| BIB 515 | Greek for Ministry I | 3 |
| MIN 504 | Communicating Biblical Truth | 3 |
| ___ ___ MABS Concentration I | |
| ____ ____ MABS Concentration II | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Spring Semester
| BIB 511 | Hebrew for Ministry II | 3 |
| OR | |
| BIB 516 | Greek for Ministry II | 3 |
| ____ ____ MABS Elective | |
| ____ ____ MABS Concentration III | |
| ____ ____ MABS Concentration IV | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |