OBU Now Offering MA in Christian Studies and Intercultural Studies

OBU recently announced two new Master of Arts degrees through its College of Graduate and Professional Studies, each offering two separate tracks. The Master of Arts in Christian Studies and the Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies are available fully online.

Each master's degree includes a common set of classes designed around understanding the essentials of the Christian faith, the Christian worldview and the Christian life. Students will build on these core competencies as they pursue focused training centered on leading the church, defending the faith and reaching the world. Each course is taught with an absolute commitment to both the authority of scripture and a passion for the gospel, ensuring that students will finish their master's degree well prepared to serve in ministry or missionary settings, or to pursue additional graduate studies.

The Master of Arts in Christian Studies offers two tracks. The leadership track equips students to lead the church or support those who do. This degree plan is ideal for pastors; associate pastors; ministers of music, education or missions; or even active laypeople in the church, who are in leadership positions or desiring to lead. The apologetics track teaches students to defend the faith while expanding their biblical knowledge and understanding.

The Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies also offers two tracks. The intercultural track equips students to reach the world globally as well as locally, as they learn the intricacies of intercultural and cross-cultural gospel communication. The orality track equips students to reach the world in primarily oral cultures, as they learn from professors who are on the forefront of this emerging field of study.

Courses within the Master of Arts tracks meet the International Mission Board graduate level education requirements for career assignments. Each course is offered in a fully online, eight-week format. All tracks may be completed in as little as one year, with students being able to work from anywhere in the world. Each of the professors who teach the master's degree courses have not only earned the highest degree, but also have years of practical experience in the field.

In addition to the Master of Arts degrees, the OBU College of Graduate and Professional Studies offers a Master of Business Administration in five tracks, a Master of Science in Nursing in three tracks, and a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy.