2025-2026 Academic Catalog Addendum

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Policy Changes

Attendance Policies – Change Approved 7/22/25

Class Withdrawal, sentence added: Students will be Administratively Withdrawn if they have not paid or made arrangements to pay for classes by week 10.

Program Changes

MAML - Spirituality and Formation Track – 52 Credits

The MAML exists to encourage applied scholarship in the life of the Church. This Spiritual Formation Track for the MAML focuses on gospel-centered maturation and the practice of Christian spirituality. It is a track for the practitioner-scholar interested in the academic enterprise of considering biblical spirituality and working out its implications by helping people grow in Jesus by the power of the Spirit in light of the gospel.

The MAML-SF is a fifty-two-credit track that follows the typical MAML course of study in Bible (16 credits), theology (14 credits), ministry leadership studies (6 credits),  the standard Christian spirituality and ministry formation courses (6 credits), and open electives (2 credits). The track's remaining credits (totaling 8 credits) will include 1) three track-specific courses and 2) relevant electives from a discrete list of course offerings compiled by the program director.

MAML - Intercultural Studies Track – 52 Credits

This track will build on the foundational platform of the MAML and examine issues relevant to global leadership from the perspective of interpersonal relationships across cultures. The core distinctive will be the development of interpersonal relational skills, attitudes, and knowledge for cross-cultural contexts.

The MAML- ICS is a fifty-two-credit track that follows the typical MAML course of study in Bible (16 credits), theology (14 credits), ministry leadership studies (6 credits), the standard Christian spirituality/ministry formation courses (6 credits), 4 Intercultural Studies specific courses (8 credits), and open electives (2 credits).