Ministry has always been vital to the purpose and mission of Northwestern College.
The Department of Christian Ministries prepares students to serve in a variety of positions in North America or overseas and/or for seminary and other graduate education. Our strength is in the diversity of our faculty and the varied and extensive ministry experiences they bring into the classroom.
The goal of the department is to prepare leaders to carry out Christian ministry from a biblical worldview to a multicultural world. To this end the department seeks to help individuals to:
Understand God and self
Understand people in community
Understand, design and implement Christian ministry
The department offers eight majors: Children and Family Ministry, Early Adult Ministry, Intercultural Studies, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry (B.A.), Pastoral Ministry (Dual B.A./M.Div.), Urban Studies, and Youth and Family Studies.
ICS students have recently returned from traveling to Portugal, South Africa, and Mozambique. Follow their trip experience via the ICS 2011 blog site.
Professor of Church Ministries discusses the future of the mega-church
Susan Payne, MATS, assistant professor of Church Ministries, recently talked to the Minnesota Christian Examiner about the development and sustainability of the mega-church movement.
