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The University of Notre Dame Australia

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Graduate Certificate (Missionary Leadership)

  • Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate (Missionary Leadership) equips students with spiritual formation, theological knowledge, and practical skills for missionary leadership. Offered in partnership with the Arete Centre, it combines theoretical and practical learning, preparing students for leadership in mission.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
0.5 semester part-time
Course Code
4186
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

About this course

Overview

The Graduate Certificate (Missionary Leadership) forms students with spiritual formation, theological knowledge, and the practical skills to become missionary leaders. Studies take place in intensives and facilitated sessions across the year. Participants are provided with the theological foundations of mission, theories of ministerial leadership, and the tools of reflection with which to integrate this learning into their practice of ministry.

Why study this program?

The Graduate Certificate (Missionary Leadership) is a program offered in partnership with the Arete Centre for Missionary Leadership. Students enrol through the University and gain access to the resources of University life. At the same time, they enter into a community of prayer and enquiry across the year, becoming prepared for leadership in mission.

This Graduate Certificate will call upon both theoretical and practical learning, whereby students will participate in the activities of their local parishes, experiencing what it means to lead while serving.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

To be eligible for admission to The University of Notre Dame Australia, all applicants must meet the University's minimum requirements for admission.

To be eligible for admission to the Graduate Certificate (Ministry Leadership), applicants must meet the following additional requirements:

  • Have completed an AQF7 award in any field, or demonstrate at least 5 years of relevant professional experience, to be determined by the Arete Centre and the School of Philosophy and Theology.
  • Demonstrate that they are engaged in a form of church ministry that will form the basis of their theological reflection throughout the program.
  • Provide a referee to the Arete Centre and be approved by the Arete Centre prior to enrolling at the University.

Students need to be endorsed by the Arete Centre first, before applying to enrol into the program.

Study locations

Sydney

Online

What you will learn

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate (Missionary Leadership) graduates will be able to:

  1. Understand and apply an advanced body of knowledge, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in missiology and spiritual theology as a basis for independent lifelong learning
  2. Critically analyse, consolidate, and synthesise knowledge
  3. Demonstrate technical skills associated with an advanced understanding of knowledge
  4. Exercise critical thinking and judgement for identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence
  5. Apply theological reflection, knowledge, and skills to demonstrate autonomy, well developed theoretical and practical judgement, and ethical responsibility.

Career pathways

Career opportunities

A Graduate Certificate (Missionary Leadership) can lead to careers in ministry, church leadership and chaplaincy, church-run non-governmental organisations, and missions.

Course structure

Program summary

Students begin by learning about the society in which they want to become missionary leaders. They learn the principles of becoming missionary (missiology) and learn to reflect on what this means for them and for those they serve. They are encouraged in their Christian life so that they become formed with a deepening sense of personal spirituality.

  • The Spirituality of Missionary Leadership
  • Theological Foundations for Mission in the Australian Context
  • Ministerial Leadership: Theory and Praxis
  • Mission Practicum & Field Placement

The program is taught in intensives and in blended modes across the year.

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