Hispanic Pastoral Ministries
Overview
The A.A. Min. degree with a concentration in Hispanic Pastoral Ministries is a 78-semester-hour program designed for persons who wish to prepare for service as a pastor, evangelist, or missionary. Completion of this program fulfills educational requirements for ordination as elder in the Church of the Nazarene.
Objectives
Completion of this program should enable students to:
- Grow and mature in wholeness and holiness as persons and pastors.
- Promote evangelism and community engagement as the priority of pastoral ministry.
- Conduct culturally relevant worship as a celebration of God in His supreme worth.
- Communicate the gospel in contextually appropriate ways, resulting in the transformation of the hearer.
- Lead and administrate a local church to carry out its unique Christian mission.
- Practice pastoral care in a manner that ministers to human need in the congregation and the community.
- Develop an intentional vocational foundation for a financially sustainable ministry.
Course Requirements
General Education
| Course | Course Description | Hours |
|---|
| | 22 hours |
| GEN-1001 | Introduction to Online Learning (Online) | 1 |
| GEN-1003 | Lifelong Learning Skills (Online) | 3 |
| HIS-2013 | The Western World/Ancient/Medieval Times | 3 |
| HIS-2023 | The Western World/Emerging Modern Society | 3 |
| PAS-1023 | Spiritual Formation | 3 |
| PHI-4013 | Philosophy and Christian Ethics | 3 |
| ESP-1013 | Spanish Composition I | 3 |
| THE-1043 | Exploring Christian Holiness | 3 |
Bible and Theology
| Course | Course Description | Hours |
|---|
| | 21 hours |
| BIB-1013 | Introduction to the Old Testament | 3 |
| BIB-1023 | Introduction to the New Testament | 3 |
| BIB-1033 | Biblical Interpretation | 3 |
| THE-1033 | Tracing the Story of God | 3 |
| THE-3023 | Systematic Theology I | 3 |
| THE-3033 | Systematic Theology II | 3 |
| THE-4053 | The Theology of John Wesley | 3 |
Courses Specific to Hispanic Pastoral Ministries Concentration
| Course | Course Description | Hours |
|---|
| | 35 hours |
| CEM-2133 | Leadership of Christian Educational Ministries | 3 |
| OTR-2033 | Communicating Gospel in Pluralistic World | 3 |
| OTR-4033 | Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally | 3 |
| OTR-4043 | Introduction to Church Planting | 3 |
| OTR-4093 | Declaring the Gospel of God as Evangelism | 3 |
| PAS-2013 | The Practice of Christ Ministry | 3 |
| PAS-2023 | History and Polity of the Church of the Nazarene | 3 |
| PAS-3023 | Pastoral Care and Counseling | 3 |
| PAS-3033 | Christian Preaching I | 3 |
| PAS-4023 | Church Administration and Finance | 3 |
| PAS-4092 | Supervised Ministry Experience | 2 |
| PSY-4083 | Leadership | 3 |
Total required for graduation 78 hours