Urban Mission (Distance Learning Program)

Urban Mission (Distance Learning Program)

Master’s Degree Program accredited by the European Council for Theological Education.

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Program Goals

This program is aimed at equipping students for effective ministry in the cities of the modern world. It provides a strong biblical foundation together with practical approaches to urban and multicultural ministry. The program prepares participants to engage in holistic mission by understanding the spiritual, cultural, and social dynamics of contemporary cities and by developing strategies that faithfully reflect the mission of God in diverse urban contexts.

Target Audience

  • This program is designed for leaders of church communities who are called to serve in urban environments. It is also beneficial for community leaders, leaders of church-based social ministries, and missionaries serving in cities and multicultural settings. In addition, the program is well suited for those who are planting new local churches in urban areas and for anyone who desires to advance God’s Kingdom in their city through various initiatives that bring spiritual and social transformation.

Program Details

  • The program is offered in a part-time format that allows students to combine their studies with ongoing ministry or professional responsibilities. It lasts two years, with the option of an additional year dedicated to research. The curriculum integrates biblical studies, missiology, and practical training focused on urban and multicultural ministry contexts.

Curriculum Intro

  • Urban Church Planting

    This course discusses how to do church planting biblically and
    effectively in the city, considering principles of urban ecclesiology.
    Different methodologies are considered as well as the special issues
    that urban church planters face.

  • Theology of Urban Mission

    This course focuses on a biblical and theological understanding of
    urban mission, considering God’s perspective on and plan for cities,
    urban churches and urban ministries. Themes to be discussed include
    urban hermeneutics, urban missiology, and a biblical response to
    suffering, injustice, and conflict in the city.

  • Urban Anthropology and Sociology

    A detailed study and biblical analysis of the basic sociological and
    anthropological perspectives of urban populations. Themes include
    social structure, race and ethnicity, poverty and injustice,
    multiculturalism, and cultural exegesis. Exposure to urban needs and
    application to incarnational mission will be emphasized.

  • Leadership and Life of the Urban Minister

    Urban ministers face particular needs and problems in their personal
    lives and ministry that are important to address. Themes include
    spiritual formation, adaptation to life in the city, balancing family and
    ministry, avoiding temptation and burnout, leading a team, theology of leadership, leadership development and mentoring, and partnering
    with other ministers and ministries.

  • Ministry to Cultural Influencers

    Cities are centers of power and influence. This course considers
    different ways to do ministry in and through centers of cultural
    influence, including the areas of media, the arts, education, the law,
    politics, and business. It discusses the topics of calling, power, change
    agents, and culture change.

  • Ministry to Migrants and the Unreached

    This course considers the effects of urbanization and globalization on
    ministry in urban contexts. Themes include identifying and
    understanding different subcultures in the city, especially unreached
    people groups; doing ministry among different ethnic and diaspora
    groups in the city, such as refugees, students, and immigrant groups;
    the importance of cross-cultural communication; and the theology and
    use of contextualization in urban ministry.

  • Community Organizing and Development

    This course discusses how a theology of citizenship and principles of
    community organizing and development can lead to the transformation
    of communities. Practical methods for how to do community organizing
    and development are analyzed.

  • Critical Thinking and Research Methods

    Critical thinking is an important skill for all those in ministry. This
    course helps students to understand the principles of the mind, identity
    and build argumentation, and assess new information in a balanced
    way. These principles facilitate effective oral and written
    communication that can be applied to ministry, research, and many
    professional activities.

  • Holistic Ministry to the Under-Resourced

    This course examines the needs of the under-resourced and ways to
    bring God’s love to holistically minister to them. It focuses on the
    neediest people in society, including the poor, sick, and isolated. The
    course develops a biblical theology of holistic ministry. Then, it
    evaluates different types of ministry, distinguishing those that truly help
    from those that merely generate cycles of dependence.

  • History of the City and Urban Mission

    A detailed study on the development of cities and urban mission
    throughout history. This course will look at various ministers and
    ministries in urban contexts from the early church to the present day
    and draw applications from their successes and failures for modern
    urban ministry.

  • The Ukrainian and Eurasian Urban Context

    This course considers the nature and particularities of cities in Ukraine
    and the Eurasian context. Themes include an introduction to urban
    studies and urbanism in Eurasia, the history of cities and urbanization
    in Eurasia, and methodology for urban and academic research in the
    Eurasian context.

Contacts

Program Director

Daniel Kuchurian

daniel.kuchurian@uets.edu.ua

Admissions

info@uets.edu.ua
Kyiv, Pushcha-Vodytsia, 57 Kvitky Tsysyk St., UETS Academic Building, Floor 1.

Information

+380 95 315 84 42
0800331252

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