Master of Arts in Christian Formation Campus (MACF Campus)
Our Master of Arts in Christian Formation Campus program provides rigorous study, spiritual formation and day-to-day mentoring. Students learn and live in a vibrant seminary community, in a diverse city with opportunities for challenge and growth and in a beautiful campus setting.
The MACF Campus is designed for:
- People who want the strengths of the MACF program combined with mentoring, fellowship and formation in a community
- People seeking a place where they can integrate learning with living in community and engaging with the surrounding context
- People who want to develop leadership abilities with a Christian perspective 鈥� leadership that reflects the Anabaptist tradition.
Program benefits
- Earn a Master of Arts in Christian Formation in a community that lives, studies and worships together.
- Develop an identity as a leader with skills to set vision and enable, encourage and challenge others.
- Combine disciplined study with deep spiritual formation.
- Learn from and with students who bring varied cultural backgrounds to intentional community living.
- Integrate rigorous study with ministry practice through a summative final project.
- Orient learning and formation with an Anabaptist vision.
- Discern God鈥檚 call with mentoring by faculty.
- Share practices of spiritual formation and explore spiritual disciplines.
Degree design
The MACF Campus program requires a total of 52 credit hours. Students can complete the program in two years of full-time study or several years of part-time study. Courses are offered in three terms: Semester One, Semester Two, and Intensive Term in summer.
Most credit hours can be earned through classes and learning experiences offered on the 黑料正能量campus. Some courses will be offered as hybrid courses, which combine online work with weeklong sessions on campus in August or June.Download our Admissions Calendar to see an overview of AMBS鈥檚 academic year and note important application deadlines.
Expectations for MACF Campus students
For a three-credit-hour course, students are expected to spend a minimum of 10 hours each week in activities related to the course, or a total of 140 hours for the duration of the course. This includes time spent in class sessions, as well as time reading and completing assigned work. For two- and one-credit-hour courses, the expectation is adjusted proportionally.
Why seminary?
鈥淚t was transformative to be on this journey with fellow seminarians from diverse backgrounds, cultures and faith traditions around the world. We challenged each other, stretched our minds and grew together in wisdom and knowledge.鈥�
Misgana Alemayehu Eshete of Asebe Teferi/Chiro, Ethiopia (Master of Arts in Christian Formation 2024)
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From your first inquiry about seminary study to your transition from applicant to student, we鈥檙e here to help you.
Yes, you can afford seminary!
AMBS鈥檚 low base tuition rate
+ generous need-based financial aid
+ scholarships for full- or part-time student
+ church matching grants
= an affordable seminary degree
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