Newly LaunchedEquip Yourself for Digital Ministry
Brand New Certificate
Digital Ministry Certificate
Love UdPGs, AI, data stewardship, and emergent tech?
Embody a commitment to digital ministries that emerges from your own spiritual development, understanding how to effectively engage the missional potential of the internet. Learn how to articulate theories and methods for effective digital ministry, demonstrating skills in practical experience and training environments. Explore the ministry implications in digital space, the unique aspects of online culture, the urgent need for digital hospitality, and make a case for digital environments as destinations of missional engagement.
Certificate Details
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Level
Duration
1 Year
Type
Certificate
Dr. Anna Morgan
Digital environments are the new frontiers of mission and pastoral care today. As we consider the future of the Church, we can recognize a growing need to learn to make disciples within digital cultures. I’m so excited about this new program for preparing online missionaries and pastors.
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About the Certificate
Discover the power of online outreach with the Digital Ministry Certificate Program. This flexible and affordable online program equips you to harness technology for Christian ministry. Through five engaging courses, each lasting eight weeks, you’ll earn twelve total credits while deepening your spiritual development. Learn to effectively engage the missional potential of the internet and embody a commitment to digital ministries that transforms lives and communities.
MIS107 Introduction to Digital Missiology (3 credits)
This course covers a broad overview of basic ministry implications in digital space, including anthropology, community development, and digital ecclesiology. This will include an exploration of digital environments as destinations of missional engagement.
MIN293 Digital Cultures and Communities (3 credits)
This course explores how culture is formed online and the cosmology of digital environments. It introduces digital cultures and UdPGs (e.g., gamer and fandom cultures, etc.). Students will learn practices for digital exegesis.
MIN395 Contemporary Issues in Digital Ministry (3 credits)
This course explores emerging issues in digital ministry, including Web 3.0, livestreaming and digital churches, data stewardship, and integrity. Students will learn skills for using digital technology.
MIN495 Principles for Digital Church Planting and Multiplication (3 credits)
This course applies principles of digital ministry to digitally specific considerations in church planting. This includes launching digital-only and digital-first churches, digital church planting in restrictive contexts, building launch teams with internet tech, and launching online campuses.
*All Ascent College students pursuing the Digital Ministries certificate program are required to complete GEN102 Orientation and Library Resources (0 credits).
Skills Acquired
Articulate theories and methods for effective digital ministry.
Demonstrate effective skills for digital ministry.
Embody a commitment to digital ministry that emerges from your own spiritual development.
Tuition
Ascent College delivers accredited academic instruction for $350 per credit hour. Participants of the Digital Ministry certificate program receive an exclusive 25% scholarship off their tuition.
Want to go further in digital ministry training and how to more effectively use technology for ministry? Check out our Bachelor of Arts in Ministry Leadership (BAML) online degree program, concentration in Digital Ministry education here.
Captivated by the conversation surrounding digital ministry and Christian online outreach, but not sure you can handle college-level work right now? We get it. Auditors welcome! You can audit this program at our special auditor’s rate of $50 per credit hour (not eligible for scholarship) and engage with all course materials without the pressure of submitting assignments, receiving graded evaluations, or taking tests. Learn more about how auditing a course works here.
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