Southwestern College’s nondenominational Youth Ministry program is designed for individuals called to serve young people by ministering to and developing their lives as young Christians. The program emphasizes the importance of the role that youth ministers play in guiding young people as they develop emotionally, relationally, and spiritually. As such, the program combines real-world awareness of life’s complexities with a thorough grounding in biblical and theological understanding.

The Youth Ministry program is offered completely online.

Vision

From ages past, philosophy and religion have been understood sometimes as partners and sometimes as opponents. At Southwestern College, we recognize the deep and sometimes contentious relationship between the two and seek to foster each, learn from their interactions and promote their complementary nature. Together they make a formidable pairing. In hopes of harnessing the power of that pairing, here at Southwestern College we’re looking for students to join us to see that thoughtful engagement with knowledge from the past and knowledge from the present can give us guidance in our complex world for the future. We would like to see a multitude of Southwestern College graduates venture out into this world to lead and serve the church, seek further graduate education and assume positions as valuable assets in leadership and labor for the common good.