fall 2024
Classes Start
aug 24
Session B
Classes Start
Mar 2
Program Overview
The Christian Ministry program at RCU prepares you for ministerial leadership with courses in biblical studies, theology, church history, ministry, and spirituality. You’ll benefit from a broad educational experience designed to help you understand and engage in the challenges of ministry life. To provide you with real-world experience, the RCU program offers opportunities both within RCU’s campus ministry and a variety of other internships. Special attention is given to leading congregations.
Learn more about RCU Church Relations here.
degree requirements
- Christian Story: Graduates evaluate ministry decisions in light of historical and global interpretations of the central themes of the Christian story
- Contextual Discovery: Graduates approach ministry contexts from a variety of perspectives (including theological, sociological, and anthropological)
- God-centered Identity: Graduates operate from a God-centered identity and a dynamic sense of calling
- Hospitable Leadership: Graduates partner with communities of faith in discerning and joining the work of God in God’s world
- Scripture: Graduates interpret scripture contextually and theologically for the sake of local communities of faith and God’s world
- World Engagement: Graduates recognize God’s presence and join God’s activity in God’s world in unexpected places
Total Credit Hours: 120
- General Education Core: 38 hours
- Christian Ministry Major: 51 hours
- Electives: 31 hours
- The Offering
Program Statistics
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Graduates hired within 6 months
Jobs filled by Rochester grads
Career Opportunities
Types of Jobs
- Seminary
- Ministry
$85,267
$117,580
$131,850
2022 Median Pay
Market Trends
Projected Growth (2021-2031): 4-7%
Projected Job Openings (2021-2031): 24,400
student experience
Internships
Clubs
- The Offering
Activities
alumni TESTIMONIAL
Rochester was a place where I had permission and space to ask some of the biggest questions of my life, allowing me to grow in my faith and values. Without my professors, fellow students and on-campus job as an RA, I would not have pursued a clinical residency to become one of the youngest clinical chaplains in the country and be working at the Cleveland Clinic. RCU was integral in starting my vocational journey.
FACULTY
Department of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 125
(248) 218-2124
khuey@rochesteru.edu
Department of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 125
(248) 218-2124
khuey@rochesteru.edu
Department of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 126
(248) 218-2125
gstevenson@rochesteru.edu
Department of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 126
(248) 218-2125
gstevenson@rochesteru.edu
Professor of Religion
Department of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 123
(248) 218-2143
nwalters@rochesteru.edu
Department of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 123
(248) 218-2143
nwalters@rochesteru.edu
