Certificate in Multiethnic Church Leadership
Leadership for the needs of multiethnic communities
12 Credit Hours across a 13 month program
Certificate in Multiethnic Church Leadership
The Certificate in Multiethnic Church Leadership provides practical theology, ministry praxis, and leadership competencies in racial and cultural reconciliation, biblical justice, and intercultural development with particular insight drawn from the history of the African American church. Content will include, but not be limited to, the ministry practices and models at Midtown Covenant Church, a multiethnic and multicampus congregation in the Sacramento metropolitan area.
This certificate is intended for pastors and ministry leaders who desire to develop understandings that will lead to greater faithfulness and fruitfulness in an ever-increasing multiethnic, multicultural, and metropolitan mission field.
Certificate Courses
- Moving Toward Shalom in a Racialized World
- Preaching in a Multiethnic Context
- Developing and Planting Multiethnic Churches
- Cultural Exegesis for Ministry in Diverse Congregations
Program Notes
- 12 semester hours
- 13-month program
- Fall and spring intensives are held at Midtown Covenant Church (Sacramento, CA)
- Summer intensives are held at North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago, IL)
- Complete as a stand-alone certificate or part of a degree
Certificate Courses | 12 Credit Hours
- Moving Toward Shalom in a Racialized World (3 hours)
- Preaching in a Multiethnic Context (3 hours)
- Developing and Planting Multiethnic Churches (3 hours)
- Cultural Exegesis for Ministry in Diverse Congregations (3 hours)
Faculty Spotlight
Rev. Dr. Efrem Smith
Rev. Dr. Efrem Smith (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) is a pastor, consultant, speaker, and author. He is passionate about life transformation, multiethnic development, thriving churches, and community development. As a product of the African American Church, he also serves as a collaborative catalyst for African American Church Planting, Disciple Making, and Urban Empowerment Movements. Founding pastor of the Sanctuary Covenant Church, a multiethnic church in Minneapolis, Dr. Smith currently serves as Co-lead Pastor of Midtown Church, a thriving and multiethnic community in Sacramento, California. He is author of Raising Up Young Heroes, The Hip Hop Church, Jump, The Post-Black and Post-White Church, and Killing Us Softly.
Learning Outcomes
After completing a Certificate in Multiethnic Church Leadership, you will be able to:
- Frame biblical, theological, and sociological foundations for healthy multicultural church ministry.
- Communicate an understanding of the heritage of the multiethnic church in the United States of America and its theological and ministry distinctives, including the journey of the Evangelical Covenant Church in becoming a multiethnic denomination.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of how the theological distinctives and ministry praxis of the African American Church informs a more justice-oriented and disciple-making multiethnic church.
- Articulate a practical theology of reconciliation, justice, and multiethnic diversity.
- Practice the art and science of preaching in multiethnic and multicultural contexts.
- Plan effective ministry models for planting multiethnic churches and moving homogenous churches toward becoming multiethnic, reconciling congregations.
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