Master of Arts in Global Leadership

Designed for global-thinking leaders who aspire to forge new paradigms for working in international or multicultural environments, the Master of Arts in Global Leadership explores ways to lead in today's rapidly changing world of globalization, resurgent cultural values, religions, clashing worldviews, professional domains, and business ventures. Students must be highly motivated self-starters with innovative ideas who are eager to make a difference in the world. Global Leadership consists of connecting with people in other cultures and societies around the world and finding ways to exert a positive influence in their lives. Learning cultural intelligence and understanding multi-ethnic dynamics are crucial skills for leadership in today's increasingly multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environments. Graduates have strong intercultural skills with a calling to Christian ministry, and often serve as 21st century missionaries, missions mobilizers, church planters, kingdom professionals doing business as missions, Ministers of Missions on a church staff, cell group leaders or house church workers, denominational and parachurch organization leaders, or doing non-traditional ministry in urban and intercultural settings.

Admission Requirements for DBU Graduate Ministry Degrees in the Graduate School of Ministry Applicants are required to have a staff member or church official from their church submit the "Church Membership Recommendation" form that is included in the application. Since Dallas Baptist University is an unapologetically evangelical and Christ-centered institution, applicants are required to affirm their agreement with the following beliefs: The Old and New Testaments of the Bible alone are the divinely inspired, entirely trustworthy, and infallible Words of God. There is one God, eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who are the same substance and equal in power and glory. Salvation from sins is only possible by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, who alone is Savior and Lord. Official transcript from last institution attended as an undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, or graduate student A Statement of Purpose outlining reasons for seeking admission, answering each question with approximately 150 words, as this is considered a writing sample A Bachelor's degree from an institution accredited by an Institutional Accrediting Agency approved by the US Department of Education Evidence of sound moral character and compatibility with DBU's mission A likelihood of academic success as demonstrated by a GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale in all previous course work A current professional résumé