NOTE: This program is not admitting students at this time.
Director, Michael Hakmin Lee
Our mission for this degree track is to develop people for effective work in planting and building reproducing missional churches, ministries, and movements that reflect a critical engagement with the nature of the gospel, Christian life and thought, and the cultures of the contemporary world. The Great Commission is a call for all followers of Christ to be engaged in the process of leading people to a relationship with Christ, nurturing them in discipleship and Christian growth, and involving them in expressions of God’s people on God’s mission. This can only be done through the power of the Holy Spirit and sensitive engagement with contemporary cultural, philosophical, historical, contextual, and lifestyle realities.
Master of Arts, Missional Church Movements
The program leading to a Master of Arts degree requires 40 credit hours of course work.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Biblical and Theological Studies Requirement | ||
| EVAN 526 | Gospel: Theological Perspectives on Evangelism and Renewal | 4 |
| BITH 565 | Christian Theology (TSR) | 4 |
| Additional Courses | ||
| MISS 562 | Launching Apostolic Movements | 4 |
| MISS 564 | Planting and Growing Reproducing Churches | 2 |
| MISS 565 | Incarnational Ministry for Missional Churches | 2 |
| MISS 568 | Organic and Simple Church | 2 |
| EVAN 542 | Church: Movements & Models | 4 |
| EVAN 545 | Culture: Emerging & Global | 4 |
| EVAN 559 | Organizational and Change Leadership | 4 |
| EVAN 573 | Evangelism Research Methods | 2 |
| MML 512 | Leadership and Spiritual Formation | 4 |
| MISS 692 | Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
| Electives | ||
| Select 4 credits | 4 | |
| Total Credits | 40 | |
Fitting the professional nature of the degree, learning in many of the courses will be done through directed field work, field trips, and other experiential methodologies. The degree must be completed within five years.
NewThing Partner Program
Students who are completed the NewThing Residency program may choose to enter the NewThing Partner Program at Wheaton Graduate School. Through an arrangement between Wheaton College and NewThing, upon:
- Successful completion of the NewThing Residency, as documented by report from the NewThing Director, and
- Successful completion of EVAN 542 ,
Qualified students are granted a total of 12 semester hours of credit (8 for their NewThing work and 4 for EVAN 542 ) towards the completion of the M.A. in Missional Church Movements degree. The 8 credits awarded for their NewThing work will be MISS 564 , MISS 565 , and 4 credits of electives.
In order to receive the Masters in Missional Church Movements, students take 28 semester hours of additional courses, including:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Program Requirements | ||
| EVAN 526 | Gospel: Theological Perspectives on Evangelism and Renewal | 4 |
| EVAN 545 | Culture: Emerging & Global | 4 |
| EVAN 559 | Organizational and Change Leadership | 4 |
| MISS 562 | Launching Apostolic Movements | 4 |
| MISS 568 | Organic and Simple Church | 2 |
| MISS 692 | Comprehensive Exam | 0 |
| EVAN 573 | Evangelism Research Methods | 2 |
| MML 512 | Leadership and Spiritual Formation | 4 |
| BITH 565 | Christian Theology (TSR) | 4 |
| Total Credits | 28 | |
Students meet the graduate six-hour Biblical and Theological Studies requirement by taking BITH 565 and EVAN 526 .
If students are part of a cohort of ten NewThing partner program students or more, they may be able to take some of their approved courses at a NewThing training site with Wheaton College approved faculty.