Bible College

[Mecimore]

sup guys...im 17 and I really feel like God is leading me to go to bible college. I have been praying about this a lot and I really want to do this. I also have a HUGE passion for youth ministry. God has put a lot of things in my life, great youth pastors, and oppurtunities to lead several middle school groups, so I think God is preparing me for a life in ministry. Here is the question though:

Are there very many bible colleges that are into modern worship (Jeremy Camp style worship, not hymns.) I grew up singing out a hymnals but I currently attend a church that is pretty modern, we sing songs like God of Wonders. I was just wondering what you guys think about htis. Also, if any of you know a good christian college that has degress in youth ministry feel free to post. I am very open to suggestions.

 

[okiemommy26]

The school im going to does modern worship like you are talking about. It has degrees in youth ministry too. Its Oklahoma Wesleyan Unversity. Here is the website www.okwu.edu and here is a link to the majors you will need adobe to open it http://okwu.edu/pdf/academics/catalog_0406/17-religion.pdf

 

[Mecimore]

thanx for the links okie...i checked out both of those links and the college looks pretty nice. mind if i talk to you more about it on msn some time? would like to find out more about it

 

[Brutus/HisCatalyst]

Yeah, Brewton Parker College doesn't mind modern music. I go here and it's pretty cool.

 

[okiemommy26]

Sure pm me with your msn name and I will check back on here this afternoon after class.

 

[LionOfJudah]

well most Bible colleges have a modern worship style

depending on where you are you can check out

www.occ.edu (Ozark Christian college)
or
www.fcc.edu (should be florida christian college great weather and they love Jesus too )

you can google

Lincoln Christian college (also a seminary)

I also hear there is a good seminary down in New orleans

if you are on the westcoast i will have to talk to a guy or two around to ask about out there.

also look up dallas christian college.

 

[bliz]

Please re-think a major in youth ministry.

Have a double major, or another major and youth ministry as a minor, but please do not have youth ministry be your ony major. This is not my opinion alone. It is shared by a lot of youth ministry professionals! YM is not a difficult program, so it's not that hard to combine it with another major and you will actually be much beter prepared to be a leader.

 

[Ioustinos]

I am a student at Liberty University (www.liberty.edu) which is a Christian liberal arts university. The school offers a wide variety of majors including biblical studies and youth ministries. We have convocation, what some call chapel, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday where we have praise and worship (contemporary) followed by a speaker ranging from Christian leaders such as Rick Warren to James McDonald, political figures such as Carl Rove to even commentators such as Sean Hannity, and even business men and women such as Mr. Cathy the CEO of Chic-fil-a. So the university might be what you are looking for in a college.


As a side not I whole heartedly agree with Bliz. Think about double majoring in something like business or communications or any other vocational major if you plan on majoring in Youth ministries. Or there is always the option to major in a vocational major and minor in youth ministries. I believe this would be a wise choice.

God Bless

 

[Mecimore]

alright...any suggestions on majors that would go well with youth ministry and benefit me in the long run? I have been thinking about communications for quite awhile now, Ive even won a film festival on a documentary I made on the Holocaust...not sure where God is leading me on this, so what majors go good with YM? Ill keep praying about it. Thanx.

 

[Cherub8]

I have a few friends going here....
http://www.pbi.ab.ca/

 

[flounder7786]

Multnomah is WONDERFUL!!! their worship is amazing!!!!