Greetings everyone! I hope and pray everyone out there had a very Merry Christmas! And will have a Happy New Year.
I was talking with one of my brother-in-laws yesterday about work and ministry. I hope to be more involved in a campus ministry outreach. Start one up at the church I already actively attend, or elsewhere.
I’ve thought off and on about graduate school. Harding University has a Graduate School of Religion located in Memphis, TN (now called Harding School of Theology). Lipscomb University has a Graduate School program on their campus in Nashville, TN (called Hazelip School of Theology). Both schools offer graduate degrees with an emphasis on campus ministry. Lipscomb’s Graduate School has a Doctorate in Ministry program with an emphasis on Missional and Spiritual Development.
I’ve thought if I could attend Harding’s or Lipscomb’s Graduate Schools and earn the Master of Divinity degree with a major in Campus Ministry (both Memphis and Nashville have a lot of colleges in their cities). And then attend Lipcomb’s Graduate program to work on the Doctorate in Ministry with a major in Missional and Spiritual Development. The doctorate thesis would be evangelism on campus, helping the students to be missionaries on campus, and helping them see themselves as missionaries in the jobs, communities, and churches when they graduate from college and start their new vocations.
Now I should say, this is all thoughts in my head. Whether or not I can do it or no, I hope and pray there is someone in the world today who can and will do it. And do it all to God’s glory.
As always thoughts, comments, questions, etc are welcomed and encouraged.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! God bless. Grace and Peace.
Zack
Zach, I found your page from a comment on Lynn Stringfellow’s (Tulsa Oilman) blog. I don’t know much about the M.Div out of the Harding Graduate School in Memphis, but Harding’s Main Searcy Campus now has a program called M.Min. Master of Ministry. I’m working my way thru and I am going on the CMU Springfield Plant. It’s offered 100% online except for one week in January each year, which you can arrange if that isn’t do-able. It’s a chunk of change, as is with any higher degree from a private university, but it’s practical hands on ministry. I’d advise linking up with a campus ministry as there is some practicum (church “lab” work) involved. It is geared towards campus ministry knowledge through lectures AND our active participation in applying it. Many of my colleagues in M.Min. work full time jobs, some are older, just wanting to serve better, some are young as I am, and some are even current preachers and church leaders. It’s a great program, just throwing it out there!!