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\u201cMinistry\u201d can take many forms and happen in many contexts: preaching and pastoral care in a church, yes, but also serving firefighters, pursuing restorative justice, leading music and offering spiritual direction \u2014 just as examples. Eastern Mennonite Seminary\u2019s new <\/span>Master of Arts in Christian Leadership<\/span><\/a> (MACL) degree provides leadership training for that ever-broadening spectrum of roles and contexts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new curriculum with its emphasis on \u201c<\/span>Christian<\/span><\/i> Leadership\u201d is a \u201cre-visioning\u201d of the previous \u201cMaster of Arts in Church Leadership\u201d degree, said Professor <\/span>Nancy Heisey<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

While the traditional gold standard for congregational ministry remains a masters in divinity, \u201cthere are different ways of ministering and interacting with different contexts,\u201d said <\/span>Les Horning<\/span><\/a>, director of seminary admissions and an ordained Mennonite pastor. \u201cTrends across denominational lines are for specialty study, smaller and more nimble programs in addition to traditional, on-campus seminary studies.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Flexibility is key. Students can incorporate other electives and disciplines \u2014 such as the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>graduate certificate in restorative justice<\/span><\/a>\u00a0offered by the\u00a0Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 into their own individualized curriculum.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMissional leaders have different focuses, and the new MACL\u2019s core curriculum of formation, Bible, history and theology requirements leave ample room for students to creatively tailor the program to suit their interests and goals,\u201d said Heisey.<\/span><\/p>\n

A blend of online and on-site courses allow for residential flexibility for students, but Heisey said that personal formation and building and maintaining a \u201csense of community\u201d are still central. \u201cIt\u2019s an exciting challenge for us to maintain our charism and at the same time recognize where people are coming from.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The new degree \u2014 just like other seminary programming \u2014 requires students to reflect on their own inner selves and how they engage with the theological story. \u201cWe\u2019re not a degree factory. Instead, we ask student to bring all of who you are, to inform their coursework,\u201d said Horning.<\/span><\/p>\n

That acknowledgement of a uniquely shaped individual is what ultimately makes the new MACL so attractive, Horning said, because students \u201care not being asked to fit into a pre-existing mold so much as think about the world\u2019s needs and where their gifts can make an impact.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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