Ron Moyo discusses class concepts with Tim Lichti, Director of the Hesston College Pastoral Ministries program. Moyo, who is in his second year of the two-year program, has built on his gift for ministry through the program and campus community.
About Pastoral Ministries
The Pastoral Ministries Program at Hesston College began in 1985 as a creative response to two critical needs in the Mennonite Church. Those needs continue today. The first is that there are congregations that are unable to secure qualified pastoral leaders. The second is that there are mature men and women who experience God’s call to pastoral ministry and have had affirmations of their call from a local church but who cannot afford the four or seven years additional education required to earn seminary credentials. Hesston’s associate of applied arts and sciences degree in Pastoral Ministries addresses these two needs by providing strong entry-level training for candidates who qualify for admission.
This program is designed to prepare the mature student with a strong sense of call to ministry for pastoral work. Admission to the program requires a personal statement of call, detailed references, and affirmation from the applicant’s home congregation. The program includes general education, Bible, theology, church ministry, supervised experience, and formation seminar. The program may be completed in a two-year or three-year plan.
Program information
AVDS 2011: Getting Beyond Them and Us — to We
Pastoral Ministries retrospective by John Sharp
Faculty
For more information
Contact Elaine Schmidt, Administrative Assistant, via email at elaines@hesston.edu or by calling toll-free 800-995-2757, ext. 8290.
Courses
- Relg100 Biblical Literature 3 hours
- Relg121 Introduction to Youth Ministry 3 hours
- Relg122 Evangelism and Church Growth 2 or 3 hours
- Relg123 Programming for Youth Ministry 3 hours
- Relg131 Faith and Discipleship 3 hours
- Relg132, 133 Formation Seminars I and II (first year) 1+1 hours
- Relg188, 288 Supervised Ministry Experience 1+1 hours
- Relg202 Biblical Studies: Psalms and Epistles 3 hours
- Relg208 Biblical Studies: Prophets and Revelation 3 hours
- Relg214 Peacemaking and Justice 3 hours
- Relg215 Introduction to Theology 3 hours
- Relg221 Worship and Celebration 2 or 3 hours
- Relg222 Preaching 3 hours
- Relg223 Pastoral Care and Leadership 4 hours
- Relg224 Christian Education 2 or 3 hours
- Relg225 Clinical Pastoral Education 3 hours
- Relg228, 229 Youth Ministry Seminar I and II 1+1 hours
- Relg232, 233 Formation Seminars III and IV (second year) 1+1 hours
- Relg260 Jesus and the Gospels 3 hours
