Education and Training
Bresee Institute
A
church-based training and resource center for urban
studies and ministry located in Los Angeles. Offers
courses and internships on graduate and undergraduate
level with academic credit granted through several
schools.
Center
for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME)
Boston campus
of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Masters degrees
and Doctor of Urban Ministry in urban ministries. Special
programs in urban youth work and mentored ministry.
Courses offered in English, Spanish, Portuguese and
French. Complete urban Master of Divinity program.
Center for Urban Theological Studies
Philadelphia
program with four B.S. programs and a Masters degree program. Its
mission is to provide education, training and resources to develop
servant-leaders for the urban church, community and marketplace.
City Gate
Project : North Central Bible College
working with
15 other colleges and seminaries to develop coordinated
curricula at several levels in a metro area.
CUME/NW - Contextualized
Urban Ministry Education Northwest
This Portland,
Oregon area eductional network works with 3 Bible
colleges in developing an Associate in Christian Ministry
Degree for ethnic leaders. It also networks four graduate
Masters programs in Urban Ministry (Western Seminary,
Western Evangelical Seminary; Multnomah Biblical
Seminary, and Warner Pacific College)
Denver Institute of Urban Studies
offering B.S. degree
in Organizational Management / Urban Christian Leadership
and a M.A. in Urban & Intercultural Ministries
City Vision College (formerly called Rescue College)
Offers a degree completion program - a Bachelor of Arts in
Missions with an urban ministry emphasis (for students with 90 transfer
credits). Also gives a certificate of completion to students who complete
all ten courses. All of the instructors are current urban ministry
professionals with graduate degrees and a heart for mentoring future
leaders. This is an accredited distance education program which you can work on in your current ministry setting. City Vision College became a part of TechMission in 2008.
Moody Theological Seminary (Chicago)
Graduate Certificate, Master of Arts, or Master of Divinity in Urban Studies. Urban Studies students will be able to express a biblical theology of the city and the poor and a practical philosophy of urban ministry. The will also gain an understanding of urban systems and structures and a deeper appreciation for urban ministry models. Distance learning options are available.
SCUPE -
Seminary Consortium for Urban Planning Education
An
educational consortium for urban theological education
based in Chicago. SCUPE offers courses, consultations and
educational resources for individual students, churches
and organizations at the seminary level. It provides
training in community development.It also conducts a
biennial Urban Ministry Congress and operates a resource
library.
Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia)
Masters degrees and Doctor of Ministry in Urban Missions with strong emphasis on international contexts.
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