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Graduate Catalog 2020-2021 
    
Graduate Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MIN 581 - Chaplaincy Leadership in Specialized Settings


This elective intensive course is designed to examine ministry by pastors serving as chaplains in specialized settings (military, hospital, prison, or other institutional ministries). Three elements of chaplaincy practice explored are (1) worship, preaching and public speech, (2) interfaith engagements, and (3) pastoral care and counseling. This course provides students academic, conceptual frameworks and practical introductions to major issues in chaplaincy. Course activities and student requirements focus on helping students gain a better understanding of specialized ministries and their role as spiritual and missional leaders in public, institutional settings. Topics address basic contours of chaplaincy ministry, the context for missional leadership, worship planning, preaching and public speech in pluralistic settings, organizations using a systems perspective, and major pastoral care encounters in chaplaincy ministry.

3 Credits.



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