Youth Ministries

Overview

Youth Ministries is a stand-alone major at Anderson University - Indiana that prepares students for ministry to youth, including church-based youth and children's ministries, youth camps, urban ministries, or other settings. The major is strongly rooted in Bible and ministry courses, which prepares students not only for immediate ministry work but also further graduate theological education.

Along with classroom-based instruction, students in the youth ministries major will complete a practicum, gaining ministry experience in a setting appropriate to their future work. Practicums are customized according to each student's interests and ministry goals. These are typically done in local churches, but practicums have also included work in summer youth camps, national parks, inner-city ministries, national church agencies, and other settings.

What kind of jobs can I anticipate after graduation?

Our graduates serve in church ministry, social agencies, the missionary field, teaching at the collegiate level, or para-church organizations (such as Youth For Christ and Young Life).

Many of our students transition into graduate programs at the Anderson University School of Theology and Christian Ministry, but others have attended Claremont School of Theology, Duke Divinity School, Union Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Asbury Theological Seminary.