North American Church Planting

Catalog description

An internship program placing the prospective church planter under the supervision of the university, with an experienced North American church planter, and inside a church-planting church. Students will engage in missional praxis that fosters disciple-making and church planting through in-field experience. The NACP program professor/director will help pair students with a church planting church or agency that fits their calling, character, capabilities, and context. Along with ministry assignments given by partnering church/agency, the student will complete and submit various assignments such as reading reports, a mission experience journal, and a church-planting prospectus. Monthly evaluation meetings with the NACP professor will be conducted in person or through videoconference. An evaluation of the student completed by the partnering church/agency leader will be submitted at the end of the practicum. The NACP 3 credit hour practicum should be four to 12 months long and online courses can be taken while on the field to complete degree. For students taking the Pastoral Studies minor, a six credit-hour combined practicum will be completed over two semesters (minimum of eight months).