MA in Global Missional Leadership
School of Mission and Theology
Our rapidly changing world needs innovative missiologists who can ethically and creatively facilitate healing and transformation of communities by sharing the gospel through word and deed. The Master of Arts in Global Missional Leadership (MAGML) is designed to equip both seasoned and aspiring leaders for various types of intercultural ministry. The program emphasizes both scholarship and praxis, giving students the foundational skills to pursue further studies or research opportunities, or to serve in practical ministries around the world. The MAGML also equips students with cultural awareness of themselves and the contexts in which they serve so that they can apply these insights with sensitivity to economic, religious, and other social realities.
Integrated Learning
Apply the disciplines of theology, history, and the social sciences to mission
Intercultural Competence
Learn to build fruitful relationships that transcend religious, cultural, and ethnic differences
Fully Online
Complete your MAGML from anywhere in the world
60 Quarter Units
Graduate in approximately 2 years
Study with faculty like these:
PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY AND WORLD CHRISTIANITY AND ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR THE CENTER FOR MISSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY, PROFESOR DEL CENTRO LATINO
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHURCH IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
Choose From Two Tracks
The MAGML is a 60-unit program (15 courses) that provides a solid framework of missiological disciplines: anthropology, Bible and mission, intercultural leadership, mission history, and theology of mission.
Students will choose one of two tracks, building upon their foundation in missiology in alignment with their vocational calling and interests.
The Intercultural Studies Track is intended for students with varied levels of intercultural exposure. Students in this track will develop their intercultural knowledge and practice with courses in world religion and mission, intercultural evangelism and discipleship, and holistic mission.
The Leadership Studies Track will help students go deeper with intercultural leadership tools and applied practice. Students will enhance their knowledge, skills, and experience in intercultural leadership in order to thrive in their current roles and/or prepare for greater responsibilities. Courses include Intercultural Change Dynamics, Intercultural Teams, Intercultural Teaching and Learning, and Intercultural Organizational Leadership.
"I came from the Congo with two passions––evangelism and development––and professors like Bryant Myers and other experienced practitioners helped me bring those together. Fuller gave me opportunities to learn from people who are working in the areas I’m passionate about. It gave me a language behind my passion, preparing me to take a theology of development back to the Congo."
– Patrick Butsapu Kakule (MAICS ’16)
TAILOR YOUR DEGREE
Students may customize their program by choosing from courses in a variety of areas, such as intercultural evangelism, organizational leadership, leading teams, change dynamics, missional theology, Islamics, international development, children at risk, urban ministry, anthropology, and the missional church.
PRACTICUM
Students with fewer than five years of experience in cross-cultural mission will be required to complete a one-quarter cross-cultural practicum in which they will apply the learning they have gained in a new context. Students with more than five years of full-time experience in coros-cultural mission may apply to waive the practicum.
RIGOROUS MISSIOLOGICAL TRAINING
Coursework includes:
- the formation of the intercultural leader
- the intercultural dynamics of Christian faith and witness
- mission theology and global Christianity
- the multicultural dimensions of leadership and mentoring
- interfaith engagement and dialogue
- dimensions of teaching interculturally
FINANCIAL AID
Most Fuller students are eligible for some form of financial aid. Visit the Tuition and Financial Aid page for more information.
Many U.S. students use federal financial aid to help finance their education. If you plan to apply for federal loans, you are encouraged to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible. The FAFSA is available for U.S. citizens and residents only. Fuller’s federal school code is G01200.
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