The BS in Youth Ministries degree equips students who desire training in Youth Ministries for the local church and in the broader context of para-church and nonprofit organizations. This degree will help the student gain the knowledge, values and skills needed for providing Youth Ministries in a church and para-church vocation. Additionally, partnership with other schools within Liberty University provides cognates for marketability, based on students’ future vocational goals (See cognates).

Purpose

The purpose of the BS in Youth Ministries degree is to equip students to demonstrate competence in engaging and educating adolescents within their culture from a biblical worldview. This program also equips students to demonstrate professional skills in planning, organizing, and developing Christian youth ministries.

Program Learning Outcomes

The student will be able to:

• Articulate/justify essential truths of Christianity.
• Demonstrate competence in the use of sound principles in biblical interpretation.
• Demonstrate professional skill in planning, organizing, and developing Christian youth ministries.
• Evaluate models of leadership and programs, as well as various philosophies of Christian youth ministries.
• Demonstrate competence in engaging and educating adolescents within their culture from a biblical worldview.

Delivery Format: Residential Only

• Youth Ministry Director
• Para-church Leadership
• Ministry roles in bi-vocational settings
• Youth Camp Director
• Children’s Pastor/Director
• College Ministry Pastor/Director
• Church Administration
• Ministry Associate
• Associate Pastor
• Youth Pastor
• Next Generation Pastor
• Media Ministry