M.A. in Youth and Family Ministries with a Concentration in Counseling Ministries
What is a Master of Arts in Youth and Family Ministries with a Concentration in Counseling Ministries?
With each generation, ministry to youth and families becomes more complex. To lead effectively in this area, you will need to understand today’s adolescent world, family dynamics, and how to provide biblical counsel and spiritual nurturing for diverse and fragmented family systems. The unique combination of this degree will bring those resources and skills together for you. The counseling portion of the degree does not lead to state licensure, but integrates biblical and psychological principles to complement the specialized studies in youth and family issues. With this degree you also earn a unit toward Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), which allows you to participate in clinical settings where ministry is being practiced. As you face increasingly difficult challenges in your ministry to youth and families, the M.A.-YFM/CM will expand your capacities to engage brokenness with God’s life-changing power!
Youth and Family Ministry degrees at Denver Seminary fall under the Division of Christian Ministry. To learn more about this division, watch a video from the Division of Christian Ministry or watch a video from the Division of Counseling.
The M.A. in Youth and Family Ministries with a concentration in Counseling Ministries is excellent preparation for goals such as:
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Leadership in church-based youth ministries and programs
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Leadership in parachurch youth programs
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Wilderness camp programs
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Campus ministry
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Ministry with at-risk youth
- Teen residential programs (that do not require licensing)
Structure
In addition to the core required M.A. classes (30 hours), the Master of Arts in Youth and Family Ministries includes 20 hours of classes specific to youth and family ministry and 12 hours for a Counseling Ministries concentration:
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M.A. in YFM Counseling Ministries |
Course # |
Sem Hrs. |
|
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30 |
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| Foundations of Youth and Family Ministries |
YFM 501 |
3 |
| Leadership in Youth and Family Ministries |
YFM 502 |
3 |
|
YFM 601 |
2 | |
| Tranformational Communication | YFM 602 | 3 |
| Models of Youth Ministry |
YFM 620 |
3 |
| Moral and Faith Development |
YFM 660 |
3 |
| Special Skills (select one): |
|
3 |
|
YFM 650 |
(3) | |
| YFM 652 | (3) | |
|
Counseling Ministries Concentration: |
12 | |
| - Community-Based Clinical Pastoral Education | CHP 650 | (3) |
| CO 526 | (2) | |
| CO 539 | (0) | |
| CO 540 | (3) | |
| CO 560 | (2) | |
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CO 553 or |
(2) | |
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Total Degree Hours: |
62 |
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1 These courses meet the globalization awareness requirement.
*Students adding the counseling ministries concentration should take CO 570 in place of T/M 611 or T/M 612.
Department Faculty
Faculty Highlight
Mr. Reginald A. Moore is an instructor of counseling and a member of the American Counseling Association and the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision. His research interests include the treatment of historical trauma within the African-American community using an integration of narrative, medical, and psychosocial approaches; and the treatment of adolescents and family systems from existential and systemic perspectives and modalities.
