Children’s Ministry, B.A.

All ministry majors will take the three “Story” classes (BI1073, BI1083, and BI1093) in the designated “Bible & Ministry majors only” sections. The fourth and fifth Bible requirements will be satisfied by the “Bible & Ministry majors only” sections of BI4213 Christian Ethics and BI3433 Practices for Spiritual Formation.

Children’s Ministry majors are required to complete either GR1514 Introduction to Greek I and GR1524 Introduction to Greek II or HB1514 Introduction to Hebrew I and HB1524 Introduction to Hebrew II, to satisfy their Bachelor of Arts language requirement.

B.A. degree program only

Total hours required: 45

Specific courses required:

BI 2283 - Explorations in Ministry (3) SP
BI 2713 - Church History 1 : Early Christianity to Renaissance (3) SP
BI 3203 - God, Creation, and New Creation: Introduction to Theology (3) F, SP
BI 3273 - Children’s Ministry (3) SP, Alternate Years
BI 3513 - Introduction to Children’s, Youth, and Family Ministry (3) F, Alternate Years
BI 3533 - Educating Children and Adolescents in the Church (3) F, Alternate Years
BI 3543 - Family Ministry (3) SP, Alternate Years
BI 3813 - Theology of the Church (3) F
BI 3823 - Christian Spiritual Formation for Community (3) SP
BI 4503 - Old Testament Interpretation (3) S
BI 4513 - New Testament Interpretation (3) F
BI 4973 - Senior Capstone (3) SP
BI 4063 - Family & Congregational Systems (3) SP
FS 3533 - Early and Middle Childhood Development (3) F
BI 1010 - Bible Content 1 (0)
BI 1020 - Bible Content 2 (0)
BI 1030 - Bible Content 3 (0)
BI 1040 - Bible Content 4 (0)
BI 4123 - Practicum in Ministry (3) F, SP
3 hours of practicum are required. If a student completes a summer section of BI4120 for 0 credit hours, they will select any non-Core BI elective to make up the three credit hours.