Graduate Certificates
Evans Smith Leadership and Lifelong Learning
MDV Theology
Evans Smith Leadership and Lifelong Learning
National median around $58,920; middle range roughly $45k–$75k; 90th percentile near $96,600. Pay varies widely by church size, budget, and location. Chaplain (healthcare, hospice, corrections, military)
Market aggregates show ~$60k–$75k median with ranges from the $40k’s to low $100k’s depending on setting and seniority
Director/Manager of Pastoral/Spiritual Care (health systems) – supervises chaplaincy programs.
CAREERS
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COURSES
PT1 737 Spiritual Disciplines and Resources for Ministers (3cr)
Designed to present and be aware of, attuned to, and accepting of interior and exterior resources available as gifts and graces for spiritual care. Participants will benefit from individual, small-group, and whole-group experiences.
PT1 680 Transformational Leadership
This course is designed to assist the student in acquiring knowledge, understanding, and skills needed to provide transformational leadership to the Black church and within the marketplace as it navigates societal changes caused by local, national, and global events. Through readings and presentations, students will explore innovative leadership styles that enable the fulfillment of the church's mission and ministry.
PT1 647 Technology in the Church
This course is designed to explore how technology and faith can be hospitable to one another. In particular, the course will explore ways that pastors and church educators can make informed decisions about and implement technology in the local church.
ID1 605 Race, Crime and Justice (3 cr.)
This course explores the politics of the criminal justice system. It seeks to educate and equip faith leaders and congregations in making theological and practical responses to racial disparities in the system. Within the context of embodied faith, the course examines
the racial dynamics of the criminal justice system, the socio-economic policies, and incarceration, the value of restorative justice, reentry programs, and alternatives to incarceration.
Designed to present and be aware of, attuned to, and accepting of interior and exterior resources available as gifts and graces for spiritual care. Participants will benefit from individual, small-group, and whole-group experiences.
PT1 680 Transformational Leadership
This course is designed to assist the student in acquiring knowledge, understanding, and skills needed to provide transformational leadership to the Black church and within the marketplace as it navigates societal changes caused by local, national, and global events. Through readings and presentations, students will explore innovative leadership styles that enable the fulfillment of the church's mission and ministry.
PT1 647 Technology in the Church
This course is designed to explore how technology and faith can be hospitable to one another. In particular, the course will explore ways that pastors and church educators can make informed decisions about and implement technology in the local church.
ID1 605 Race, Crime and Justice (3 cr.)
This course explores the politics of the criminal justice system. It seeks to educate and equip faith leaders and congregations in making theological and practical responses to racial disparities in the system. Within the context of embodied faith, the course examines
the racial dynamics of the criminal justice system, the socio-economic policies, and incarceration, the value of restorative justice, reentry programs, and alternatives to incarceration.