Overview

This program trains students for effective youth ministry by introducing students to developmental characteristics, ministry philosophies and strategies, and program planning approaches that are essential to youth ministry.

Outcomes

Students completing the Bachelor of Arts in Youth Ministry program will be able to:

• devise, discuss and defend a personal philosophy of youth ministry that is both biblically formulated, developmentally appropriate and socially and culturally sensitive
• possess basic people-helping skills necessary to assist adolescents and their families in problem solving and decision-making
• have gained interpersonal skills for leadership in small and large group settings
• effectively teach the Scriptures to adolescents, making use of sound exegetical and hermeneutical principles

Program Structure

To complete a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies with a major concentration of studies in Biblical Leadership, students complete Course Requirements listed below.  For more information on the YDI Youth Camp at Head Waters Lodge and CCU’s B.A. degree in Youth Ministry at YDI, go to http://www.ydionline.org/

Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies – Major: Youth Ministry

Course Requirements – Total Credits 120 requirement.

General Education Requirements

Course Requirements – Total Credits: 120

*Students may select any 3-credit undergraduate courses offered at CCU in fulfillment of the electives requirement.