Master of Organizational Leadership
Offers ministry, business, and non-profit leaders an accessible curriculum that enhances professional skills and fosters flourishing as leaders through spiritual development and organizational practice.
The mission of the Master of Organizational Leadership (MOL) program is to offer ministry, business, and non-profit leaders an accessible curriculum that enhances their professional skills and helps them flourish as leaders by teaching personal spiritual development and relevant organizational competencies.
Who it's for
Expand your leadership capacity through our Master of Organizational Leadership (MOL) degree. With an emphasis on integrating personal development, theological foundations, and organizational studies, this degree will equip you to face challenges both today and in the future in your business, church, ministry, or non-profit organization.
What you'll learn
- Demonstrate the ability to apply the Word of God to their life and ministry by integrating biblical and theological knowledge in specialized areas of leadership and organizational studies
- Identify areas of personal leadership development, spiritual formation, and soul care that are theologically grounded
- Demonstrate graduate-level research and data analysis to solve real-world problems facing their organizations and their larger cultural context
- Apply a variety of contemporary leadership and organizational concepts to meet the challenges in their leadership context and to advance their professional goals. Program Format The MOL is a cohort-based program, with students joining and working through the same group of students their entire program. It is also lock-step, and all students must take all courses in the sequence with their cohort to graduate in two years. Students will complete their courses on campus in one-week residencies at Southlake, as well as synchronous online classes (requiring periodic live-streaming classes). The following is a typical sequence
Curriculum
Biblical Studies: 6 hours
| Code | Course |
|---|---|
| BIBM 5305 | The Spirit-Formed Leader |
| BIBD 5305 | Renewal Theology and Leadership |
Leadership Studies: 18 hours
| Code | Course |
|---|---|
| LEAD 5300 | Contemporary Approaches to Leadership |
| LEAD 6301 | Leading Healthy Organizations |
| LEAD 6302 | Effective Conflict Intervention |
| LEAD 6303 | Organizational Development and Change |
| LEAD 6307 | Strategic Leadership and Innovation |
| LEAD 7300 | Current Issues in Leadership Studies |
Practical Ministry Studies: 9 hours
| Code | Course |
|---|---|
| LEAD 6306 | People and Resource Management |
| LEAD 6305 | Engaging Contemporary Culture |
| BIBM 6301 | Graduate Ministry Practicum |
Master’s Capstone Project: 3 hours
| Code | Course |
|---|---|
| BIBM 7300 | Master’s Capstone Project: Leadership |
Total program hours: 36 hours