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Purposefully recruit and lead a team of adult volunteers in ministry to teenagers.
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Design, administrate, and lead a Christ-centered student ministry for a specific context.
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Articulate issues of risk management in student ministry and create appropriate systems to manage potential issues.
6.
Effectively communicate lessons and sermons in a student ministry context.
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Effectively counsel adolescents through attending, responding, personalizing, and initiating with the counselee.
MN 1410 Orientation to Student Ministry 1 MN 2410 Foundations for Student Ministry 3 MN 2612 Foundations for Biblical Communication 3 MN 3121 Strategies for Biblical Communication 3 MN 3142 Strategies for Teaching 3 MN 3410 Practical Issues in Student Ministry 2 MN 4410 Integration to Student Ministry 2 PC 3310 Counseling Youth 2 Major Electives 4 DO 3113 Theology, Technology and Digital Culture (1 hr)
Any MN or PC course not already required in the degree MN 4993 Ministry Internship* OR MN 4991 Field Experience
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*Internship is limited to 6 hours. Additional internship hours come from Ministry Electives.
Professional Education (Taken in the core)
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NOTES: Greek 1A and Greek 1B (6 hours) may be added by eliminating the Humanities/Fine Arts Elective (3 hours) and English Composition 2 (3 hours). Greek 2A and Greek 2B are not an option for this major. If the Greek 1 track is chosen, the internship is limited to 2 hours.
BIBLE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES This degree combines an emphasis in biblical training at Ozark Christian College with professional courses in a specific discipline from an OCC approved partnering institution. The combination of these emphases results in an earned bachelor’s degree at each institution. Many of the General Education courses are shared between these two degrees, allowing the student to complete both degrees in five years. These degrees prepare students to minister and serve as Christian leaders within the context of their chosen profession. Students completing the BA in Bible and Interdisciplinary Studies will be able to: 1.
Effectively integrate how theology impacts/intersects the student’s specific area of discipline studied.
2.
Articulate a philosophy of work that is integrated and consistent with a biblical worldview. BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BIBLE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
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Students will complete a bachelor’s degree at another institution with 40 hours transferring to OCC to complete the BIDS. At least 20 of the hours transferred must be upper division courses (3000-4000 level).
2023-2024 CATALOG