The MA in Christian Counseling & PhD in Christian Leadership & Business is an integrated dual-degree program designed to prepare compassionate counselors and visionary leaders who serve individuals, organizations, and communities with biblical wisdom and professional excellence. This program unites graduate-level counseling formation with doctoral-level leadership and business development, equipping students to address emotional, relational, organizational, and spiritual needs through Christ-centered care and strategic leadership. Growth and development are emphasized through personal formation, counseling skill development, and executive leadership scholarship rooted in a Christian worldview.
This program is designed for pastors, counselors, ministry leaders, nonprofit executives, marketplace leaders, and professionals who sense a calling to combine counseling ministry with organizational and leadership responsibility. Students are prepared to care for people while also leading systems, ministries, and enterprises with integrity, compassion, and discernment. Counseling and leadership are understood as complementary callings, both grounded in service, stewardship, and redemptive purpose.
Students engage in advanced study of Christian counseling theory, pastoral care, emotional and spiritual formation, and ethical practice alongside doctoral-level leadership and business coursework. Areas of focus include organizational leadership, executive decision-making, ethics, governance, strategy, and faith-based business practice. Growth and development occur as students learn to integrate counseling insight with leadership responsibility, ensuring people-centered leadership that honors God and promotes healing, sustainability, and mission alignment.
The MA in Christian Counseling & PhD in Christian Leadership & Business prepares graduates for roles such as Christian counselors, pastoral counselors, ministry directors, executive leaders, nonprofit administrators, consultants, educators, and organizational strategists. Graduates are equipped to influence both individuals and institutions, offering care, guidance, and leadership that reflect biblical truth and Christlike compassion. The program affirms counseling as ministry, leadership as stewardship, and business as a platform for kingdom impact.
What You’ll Learn
- Biblical foundations for Christian counseling and leadership
- Integration of counseling principles with leadership and business practice
- Pastoral care, counseling theory, and emotional healing
- Christian ethics and values-based decision-making
- Executive leadership and organizational strategy
- Governance, accountability, and stewardship principles
- Leadership communication and organizational culture
- Research methods for counseling, leadership, and business studies
- Teaching, mentoring, and leadership multiplication
- Original doctoral research in Christian leadership and business