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Graduate Career Options

What do students who are studying Christian ministries do with their education? Just about anything they want to do! Students at Gordon College don't simply study ministry; they are involved in ministry throughout their college career in preparation for a lifetime of ministry involvement.

Our graduates serve in a variety of ministry positions, including:
  • youth outreach worker
  • Christian school teacher
  • Christian school chaplain
  • recreation ministry
  • curriculum writer
  • performing arts ministry
  • children's ministry
  • ministry program specialist
  • ministry media specialist
  • education ministries
  • career missionary
  • social service work
  • guidance counselor
  • military chaplain
  • sports team chaplain
  • wilderness ministry
  • youth speaker
  • Christian music industry
  • urban ministry
  • crisis pregnancy center staff
  • young adult ministry
  • YMCA/YWCA director
  • ski/skate ministry
  • admissions counselor
  • juvenile justice ministry
  • justice ministries
  • human rights ministries
  • prison fellowship ministry
  • missionary outreach
  • sports team chaplain
  • youth evangelism
  • youth culture researcher
  • local church youth ministry
  • camp and conference center ministry
  • and many more.
Our graduates serve with numerous youth and college para-church ministries such as:
  • Young Life
  • Youth Specialties
  • Coalition for Christian Outreach
  • InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
  • Interlinc Media Ministry
  • Youth for Christ
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  • Youth with a Mission
  • Campus Crusade for Christ
  • Navigators
  • Straight Ahead Ministries
  • World Vision
  • LaVida
  • Viata - Romania
  • Boston Project Ministries
  • Salvation Army Camps
  • Oasis Ministry - Belize
Our students pursue graduate studies, earning masters and doctoral degrees in:
  • Christian ministries
  • Biblical studies
  • divinity
  • theology
  • counseling
  • leadership
  • culture studies
  • social work
  • education
  • communications
  • youth ministries
  • juvenile justice
  • family ministries
  • media studies
  • educational ministries

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