The Certificate in Global Christian Worship provides individuals in mission and ministry with missiological training for making Jesus Christ known among the nations through a people’s music system.  It may also serve as post-degree training to supplement and enhance the student’s training for mission and ministry. 

Description  

•  A six course (24 units) certificate program designed to equip and empower missionaries and ministers to effectively employ cultural music in making Jesus Christ known and worshiped. 
• Serves not only as an introductory set of courses but also allows students and the mission/ministry professional to do additional work to enhance their area of service. 
• The Certificate in Global Christian Worship is a stand-alone certificate that fosters the development of a full-complement of ministry skills.  It is designed to equip leaders to do holistic mission that draws on communication modes within a given society.  Thus, it provides professional certification of training geared towards cross-cultural ministry and/or consultancy. 

The Certificate in Global Christian Worship requires the successful completion of 24 quarter units as described below. Courses in this certificate may be applied to a masters degree program, and select courses may satisfy requirements in the Worship, Theology and the Arts emphasis for a degree program. Students can utilize their time in the certificate program to explore the possibility of a School of Intercultural Studies masters degree.    

Learning Outcomes
 

• Graduates will participate in the mission of God and the ministries of the global Church from an evangelical missiological perspective. 
• Graduates will demonstrate critical thinking and integration skills in order to foster individual and social transformation. 
• Graduates will integrate perspectives in global Christian worship with studies in missiology and ethnomusicology (music and culture) in order to appropriately communicate and express Christ in diverse ethnic and religious communities through music, narrative, song and related arts.
• Graduates will have skills and knowledge and networks of relationships to pursue vocations that engage the mission of God globally. 
• Graduates will value the importance of spiritual formation in both its personal and communal dimensions. 

Recipients of Fuller’s Certificate in Global Christian Worship are equipped for enhanced ministries as missionaries, church leaders, incarnational disciples in their communities and abroad, and professionals in the marketplace. They are also well-prepared to support others in ministry, both theologically and practically. 

Ethnomusicology Focus (16 units) 

ME510 Christian Communication through Music 

Choose three of the following courses (12 units) 

ME513 Global Christian Worship
ME515 Storytelling and Song
ME518 Exegeting Musical Culture
ME519 Ethnomusicology: Theory and Analysis
ME530 Theology in Song
MT520 Biblical Foundations of Mission

General Electives (8 units)  

Recommended Electives 

MB520 Thinking Anthropologically
ME531 Gospel Music in a Global World
Any course from the School of Intercultural Studies