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Purpose:
The Master of Arts degree in Youth and Family
Ministry at Lee University provides a program of
study designed to enable men and women to
minister effectively to youth and families in
the present culture. Youth, in this degree
program, is understood to include children ages
0-12 years. The overall goal of the
program is to provide advanced understanding of
youth and family issues in order to prepare men
and women seeking long-term professional
commitment to youth and/or family related
ministry. It prepares students in the
foundational theory and praxis of ministry as
well as in the social and psychological contexts
of the people to whom they will minister.
Interdisciplinary in nature, this program offers
youth pastors, pastors, and others interested in
youth and family relations the foundations and
skills of such a ministry. The program is
distinctive in that there are very few like it
in the United States and none offered by a
Pentecostal institution. The degree
program will provide an academically challenging
curriculum, with essential focus on
professional preparation for ministry.
Delivery:
Students may work on this degree through
taking modular or residential courses. In addition, modular
courses that require students to come to a
campus site once or twice a month will
characterize the basic delivery of this program.
The student can continue in his/her present
ministry position and complete the program
through non-residential study in 2 to 4 years.
The student may also complete the degree in
within 2 years through full-time residential
study.
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Master of Arts in
Youth and Family Ministry
