Christian Ministry
    Resources Development Policy


            1. Description

        1.1 Courses in the curriculum are organized under the following categories:

        • Preaching
        • Church Leadership
        • Pastoral Care
        • Evangelism
        • Communication
        • Sacred Music and Worship
        • Youth Studies and Ministry
        • Hispanic Ministries

        1.2 The Professional Degree programs offered are:

        • Master of Divinity,
        • MA in Pastoral Ministry,
        • MA in Youth Ministry, and the
        • Doctor of Ministry.

        1.3 The Doctor of Ministry concentrations as described in the bulletin:

        • African American Ministries
        • Evangelism
        • Family Ministry
        • Global Mission Leadership
        • Leadership
        • Preaching
        • Youth Ministry

            2. Resources Development Goals

        2.1 Masters Level:

        • 2.1.1. Standard reference works including the following:
          a. Dictionaries and encyclopedias
          b. Aids for sermon preparation
        • 2.1.2 Graduate level introductory works
        • 2.1.3 General works supporting the curriculum
        • 2.1.4 Professional resources
        • 2.1.5 Spiritual Formation (limited)

        2.2 Doctoral Level:

        • 1.1.1 Advanced scholarly works that support dissertation concentrations
        • 1.1.2 Works of prominent scholars
        • 1.1.3 Professional resources

        2.3 Languages:

        While the majority of the resources supporting these professional programs will
        be in English, original Spanish language materials will also be collected at both
        levels and in all concentrations to support Hispanic cohorts

            5. Selection

        The Christian Ministry degree programs participate in three fund lines:

        5.1 Christian Ministry: academic and professional materials supporting the
              curriculum and concentrations

        5.2 Religious Education: doctoral and professional level research materials

        5.3 Standing orders: selected standing orders for continuation series
              and materials from selected major publishers
        5.4 General

        The faculty of the Christian Ministry program are encouraged to recommend
        titles for the library to purchase, and to indicate whether the title should be
        funded in the Masters level or the Doctoral level fund lines.