Millard Reed School of Theology and Christian Ministry

FACULTY

TIMOTHY M. GREEN, Dean, Millard Reed School of Theology and Christian Ministry; Chair, Department of Religion and Philosophy; Director, Graduate Religion Program; Professor of Biblical Theology and Old Testament, 1991—

BA, Olivet Nazarene University; MA, PhD, Vanderbilt University.

DAN BOONE, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Preaching, 2005—

BA, Trevecca Nazarene University; MDiv, Nazarene Theological Seminary; DMin, McCormick Theological Seminary.

TIMOTHY R. GAINES, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics, 2015—

BA, Point Loma Nazarene University; MA, Point Loma Nazarene University; MDiv, Nazarene Theological Seminary; PhD, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.

STEVEN T. HOSKINS, Professor of Church History, 1995—

BA, Trevecca Nazarene University; MDiv, Nazarene Theological Seminary; MA, St. Louis University; PhD, Middle Tennessee State University; PhD, Graduate Theological Foundation.

MICHAEL D. JACKSON, Professor of Preaching and Biblical Hebrew, 2010—

BS, Jacksonville University; MDiv, Nazarene Theological Seminary; DMin, McCormick Theological Seminary.

A. BRENT MCMILLIAN, Associate Professor of Religion, 2003—

BA, Trevecca Nazarene University; MA, Vanderbilt University; MATS, Claremont School of Theology.

KATHY MOWRY, J.B. Elizer Chair of Christian Ministry; Professor of Mission and Christian Education, 2007—

BA, Trevecca Nazarene University; MA, Wheaton Graduate School; MA, Fuller Theological Seminary; PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary. 

CRAIG SHEPPERD, Associate Professor of Youth and Family Ministry, 2022—

BA, Southern Nazarene University; MDiv, Nazarene Theological Seminary; DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary. 

ADMINISTRATORS

GAIL V. PUSEY, Associate Director of Christian Ministry Program, 2005—

BS, Olivet Nazarene University; MAT, Olivet Nazarene University.

Millard Reed School of Theology and Christian Ministry General Information

Within the life and thought of the Trevecca Community, the Millard Reed School of Theology and Christian Ministry provides occasion for reflection upon the foundations, formation, and the Wesleyan vision of the historic Christian faith for living a reflective life of Christian service within the Church and society.

The Millard Reed School of Theology and Christian Ministry offers undergraduate majors in Religion, Religious Studies and Intercultural Studies. The student majoring in Religion will minor in one of six professional areas: Pastoral Ministry, Children’s Ministry, Youth Ministry, Intercultural Studies, Compassionate Ministry, or Worship Ministry. Minors offered through the School include: (1) Biblical Studies, (2) Religious Studies, (3) Philosophy, (4) New Testament Greek, (5) Biblical Hebrew, (6) Biblical Languages, (7) Children's Ministry, (8) Youth Ministry, (9) Compassionate Ministry, and (10) Intercultural Studies. Students majoring in Intercultural Studies will choose a minor outside the Millard Reed School of Theology and Christian Ministry from an approved list.

The Millard Reed School of Theology and Christian Ministry serves the University in the general education area by providing introductory level courses in Bible, Christian doctrine, and philosophy as well as a senior seminar designed to integrate faith, learning, and Christian living. The School offers Master of Arts degrees in Church and Community or Theology and Biblical Studies in order to provide advanced and specialized study beyond the baccalaureate degree. The Millard Reed School of Theology and Christian Ministry also offers the BA in Christian Ministry as a cooperative degree completion program for the Salvation Army Southern Territory and through an online adult studies degree.

Mission Statement and Learning Outcomes for Academic Majors in Religion, Religious Studies and Intercultural Studies

Mission Statement

The Religion major provides a curriculum to prepare persons both for various areas of Christian service and for graduate study in religion, with the required professional minors in Pastoral Ministry, Youth Ministry, Children's Ministry, Intercultural Studies, Compassionate Ministry, and Worship Ministry. All of these (with the exception of Intercultural Studies) are designed to meet requirements for ordination in the Church of the Nazarene.

The Religious Studies major provides a curriculum to prepare persons who have a second major or who transfer into the Millard Reed School of Religion with a minimum of 60 hours for Christian service and for graduate study in religion.

The degree in Intercultural Studies is designed for students preparing for cross-cultural Christian ministry in situations, both domestic and global, in which knowledge of intercultural dynamics is essential and in which a marketable skill will allow for cultural engagement, creative access, or bi-vocational support.

Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates with a Religion, Religious Studies and Intercultural Studies major will be able to:

1. Design and implement a rule of life emerging from the habits and practices of the Christian faith.
2. Evaluate the continuing role of the biblical story in the Christian life and ministry in light of significant events, people and themes that comprise the biblical narrative.
3. Interpret biblical texts in light of current hermeneutical methods and practices.
4. Describe the principal theological affirmations of Christian faith and their associations to one another, especially in Wesleyan-Holiness expression.
5. Identify and summarize the major movements, events, and persons in the history of the Christian church.
6. Within the context of Wesleyan-Holiness Movement, evaluate the history, polity, and Articles of Faith of the Church of the Nazarene.
7. Evaluate the thought of major figures and movements of Western philosophy and their relevance for Christian theology.
8. *Within the context of the above outcomes, know and demonstrate rudimentary skills in the practice of professional Christian ministry in the areas of:
   1. preaching and teaching
   2. worship and the administration of the sacraments
   3. compassionate service and evangelism
   4. congregational administration and care
9. **Within the context of the above outcomes, know and demonstrate rudimentary skills in the practice of professional Christian ministry in the areas of:

   1. compassionate service and evangelism
   2. congregational administration and care
   3. ethnography and community exegesis
   4. hospitality and welcoming the stranger
10. ***Demonstrate skills in the practice of language and culture learning and contextualization of the Gospel in specific contexts.

*This outcome pertains to the required professional minors (Pastoral, Youth, Children, Worship, Intercultural Studies) within the Religion major as well as the Intercultural Studies major.

**This outcome pertains to the required professional minor in Church and Community Ministry.

***This outcome pertains specifically to the Intercultural Studies major.