Grad Programs Overview
The Graduate Programs in Outdoor Adventure Leadership through the Wheaton College Graduate School are designed to deepen your walk with Christ, sharpen your thinking about leadership and ministry, and equip you with the skills to implement programs in multiple applications of outdoor adventure ministry. This unique training and mentoring experience integrates collaborative learning, community living, and hands-on experience in the leadership laboratory of HoneyRock, the Northwoods Camp and Campus of Wheaton College.
The Wheaton College Graduate School has been training leaders in this field since 1951. At the HoneyRock campus, the curriculum is both practically oriented and academically rigorous. Your instructors are leaders in higher education and experts in adventure ministry.
As a student in this program you will be pushed to ask the right questions, discover who you are, clarify your calling, know why you do what you do, and finish with a view of God’s mission in the World.
The Outdoor Adventure Leadership concentration is designed for current camp ministry professionals, as well as those looking for excellent training to launch them into this field. There are three ways to experience this excellent and life shaping training:
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Explore: A 10-day preview experience in which you audit one of our Outdoor Adventure Leadership courses and receive a personal consultation to help clarify calling and giftedness for this field.
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Graduate Apprenticeship: A ten-month program conducted entirely at HoneyRock in northern Wisconsin in which students are discipled in Christian community, trained in all aspects of outdoor ministry, and serve as program leaders of winter retreats and summer camps. A stipend is received for two seasons of ministry. GAs take one graduate course for credit in order to develop their own philosophy of ministry.
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Masters Degree: A two-year, comprehensive degree in Christian Formation and Ministry or Evangelism and Leadership with an 18 hour concentration in Outdoor Adventure Leadership. Students take 4 courses at HoneyRock and complete the remaining courses on the Illinois campus of Wheaton College.