Summer 2025
Classes Start
May 3
Session B
Classes Start
Mar 2
Program Overview
The Christian Formation degree at RCU prepares undergraduate students for bivocational ministry engagement, spiritual formation, and part-time or volunteer service. The program includes a Christian Formation core made up of courses in biblical studies, theology, and spiritual formation. In addition, each student chooses a bivocational emphasis, integrating coursework in an interdisciplinary field of study with their theological training. The program offers real-world experience both within RCU’s campus life and a variety of other off-campus experiential learning opportunities. Whether you gain employment in a congregation, a community of faith, or in various fields of interdisciplinary possibility, you will benefit from a broad educational experience designed to help you understand and engage in the challenges of your calling.
Dr. Naomi Walters Accepted to HLC Peer Corps
Dr. Naomi Walters has been accepted as a Higher Learning Commission (HLC) peer reviewer and will begin training in February, 2025.
degree requirements
- Christian Story: Graduates evaluate ministry decisions in light of historical and global interpretations of the central themes of the Christian Story.
- God-centered Identity: Graduates operate from a God-centered identity and a dynamic sense of calling.
- Biblical Imagination: Graduates interpret scripture contextually and theologically for the sake of local communities of faith and God’s world.
Total Credit Hours: 120
- General Education Core: 38 hours
- Christian Formation Core: 30 hours
- Bivocational Concentration: 24 hours
- Electives: 28 hours
- The Offering
Program Statistics
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Graduates hired within 6 months
Jobs filled by Rochester grads
Career Opportunities
Types of Jobs
- Seminary
- Graduate School
- Ministry
- Non-profit organizations
Market Trends
Projected Growth (2021-2031): 4-7%
Projected Job Openings (2021-2031): 24,400
(Courtesy of O*Net Online)
student experience
Internships
Clubs
- The Offering
Activities
alumni TESTIMONIAL
Rochester was a place where I had permission and space to ask some of the biggest questions of my life, allowing me to grow in my faith and values. Without my professors, fellow students and on-campus job as an RA, I would not have pursued a clinical residency to become one of the youngest clinical chaplains in the country and be working at the Cleveland Clinic. RCU was integral in starting my vocational journey.
FACULTY
Assistant Professor of Theology and Ministry
School of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead
(248) 218-2355
beth.bowers@rcu.edu
School of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead
(248) 218-2355
beth.bowers@rcu.edu
School of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 125
(248) 218-2124
keith.huey@rcu.edu
School of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 125
(248) 218-2124
keith.huey@rcu.edu
School of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 126
(248) 218-2125
greg.stevenson@rcu.edu
School of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 126
(248) 218-2125
greg.stevenson@rcu.edu
Professor of Theology and Ministry
School of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 123
(248) 218-2143
naomi.walters@rcu.edu
School of Theology and Ministry
Muirhead 123
(248) 218-2143
naomi.walters@rcu.edu
