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BA

​Bachelor of Arts in Christian
Thought and Practice

Program Overview

While engaged in this program, you will walk with a mentor team through the following:

Unique Area of Focus

If you are interested in focusing on a particular area of study to meet your specific vocational or developmental needs, you can work with your mentor team or a Kairos partner to customize or concentrate in any area of interest. This means you can dive deep into missional theology, pastoral care, biblical languages, spiritual formation and direction, chaplaincy, and much more. The choice is yours!

Core Modules

With a focus on formation, biblical study, vocational discernment, and theological reflection, these modules help you connect everything to the work God is doing in the world. Each core module is facilitated by a member of the Network Faculty and features a weekly live session with fellow students.

Reflection in Community Sessions

Many students count the small group Reflection in Community Sessions as a highlight of their time in Kairos. As a key part of the Kairos journey, these sessions are required for several programs. They include peer-to-peer dialogue around real-life situations. 

Course of Study

Maximize your journey through the program as you engage in courses and learning experiences that will help you discern your goals and develop vocational excellence. 

Contextual Projects

Throughout the program, you have the opportunity to work with your mentor team to design learning experiences that are entirely shaped by what you are doing (or will do) in your current or desired vocational context. Are you planting a church? Building a youth ministry program? Leading worship? Then use that in your program! Are you aspiring to integrate your faith into your current or desired vocation? Then use that in your program! If an experience or project is connected to what it means to flourish in your vocation, then use it to make progress in your program!

Get Started

We’d love to help you discern if this is the next best step for you.

 

Ready to move forward? Here are a few things you’ll need to get started.

  • Official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended (and high school diploma for bachelor’s students) for all bachelor’s, graduate certificate in theological studies, master’s, and doctoral students.

  • Students with a certificate of completion for Training in Spiritual Direction may be asked to provide official transcripts on a case-by-case basis.

  • A cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher (or 3.0 for PhD, ThD, DPC, DMin, MACO, & MAMFT applicants).

  • A completed application for admission and all admissions materials.

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Get in touch so we can start working together.

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GET IN TOUCH

Beatrice D'Angelo

Beatrice D'Angelo, Director of Admissions

Phone:  +1 508-6 CALLED (508-622-5533) 

Email: Team@ELGS.org

777 Mooring Lane Dr. 

Naples, FL 34102

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