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LEADERSHIP & FORMATION: MISSIONAL LEADERSHIP EMPHASIS
Master of Arts
The Master of Arts degree in Leadership & Formation with a specialization in Missional Leadership is geared to help leaders like you take your ministry outside your walls and into the neighborhood. You’ll engage with NNU’s experienced faculty and leading-edge practitioners in discovering what it means to participate in the extension of God’s reign, both across the street and around the world.
- 36 semester credits for degree completion
- Fully online
- Access to expert caring faculty
- Federal Financial Aid and NNU’s zero-interest monthly payment plan are available to all who qualify
About Missional Leadership
NNU’s 36-credit Master of Arts in Leadership and Formation with a specialization in Missional Leadership is geared to help leaders like you take your ministry outside your walls and into the neighborhood. As a Missional Leadership student, you’ll engage with NNU’s experienced faculty and leading-edge practitioners in discovering what it means to participate in the extension of God’s reign, both across the street and around the world. Grounded in a strong Wesleyan foundation, your studies are designed to have direct application in your ministry context.
degree details
Master of Arts in Leadership & Formation
Fully Online
$575 per credit, $150 per semester technology fee
Program Outcomes
- Understand the historic interplay between cultural, philosophical and theological shifts that inform Christian ministry practice
- Engage in the social context from the perspective of Christian mission to articulate and embody the gospel of Christ
- Utilize insights of missional leadership to evaluate and assess congregational contexts and move persons and congregations toward practices consistent with a Wesleyan-Holiness theology
- Understand and be able to explain God’s mission in the midst of a dynamic and changing world
Dual Accreditation
NNU’s Graduate School of Theology is accredited by The Commission on Accrediting of The Association of Theological Schools. The following degree programs are approved by The Commission on Accrediting: Master of Divinity; Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry; Master of Arts in Leadership & Formation with specializations in Missional Leadership; Spiritual Formation; Youth, Children & Family Ministry.
Since 1930, NNU has been continuously accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges & Universities, the same respected accrediting body that validates other leading educational institutions across the Pacific Northwest.
Meet Our Faculty
Vicki Funk, BA
Program Coordinator, Christian Ministries Online (CMO) & Theology (GST)
Tomás Alvarez, D.MIN.
Associate Professor of Theology; Special Assistant to the President
Richard Thompson, PH.D.
Professor of New Testament; Director of Wesley Center Office of Applied Theology
Marty Michelson, PH.D.
Professor of Biblical Studies & Pastoral Counseling
Joe Gorman, D.MIN.
Professor of Practical Theology; Director of Undergraduate Online Education
Brent Peterson, PH.D.
Dean, College of Theology & Christian Ministries; Professor of Theology
Audra Butkus
Program Coordinator Philosophy and Religion and Course of Study
Related Programs & Degrees
Leadership & Formation: Spiritual Formation Emphasis
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Leadership & Formation: Youth, Children & Family Ministry Emphasis
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Pastoral Ministry
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