Outdoor Leadership Concentrations
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. - John Muir
The Denver Seminary Outdoor Leadership concentration is finally here! This unique concentration provides seminary level courses designed to equip Christ-centered leaders for wilderness and adventure programming ministry. And what better place than at a world-class seminary located in the Front Range of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains?
- Courses focus on the theology, philosophy, soft-skills and meta-skills of wilderness ministry and adventure programming.
- Special emphases on the use of wilderness ministry and adventure programming for leadership development, spiritual formation, and in the missions context.
- Courses are taught by Christian ministry leaders who are theologically, experientially, and academically equipped.
- Courses are academic and experiential, utilizing our classrooms in Littleton and the rivers, lakes, peaks and backcountry wilderness of Colorado and Wyoming.
- Courses are experiential opportunities enhanced through partner relationships with some of the top Christian organizations in the Rocky Mountain Region.
The degrees available for this concentration include:
- MDiv with a concentration in Outdoor Leadership
- MA in Leadership with a concentration in Outdoor Leadership
- MA in Youth and Family Ministries with a concentration in Outdoor Leadership
- The courses are also available as electives in most other degree programs.
Check us out! We may be the right place for your next step in ministry training.
Introduction to Wilderness Ministry
