Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership
Equips Christian leaders to truly lead after the manner of Jesus
Answers global leadership questions from a Christian worldview
Creates an interactive learning environment
Incorporates students’ leadership and organizational concerns into coursework
Provides an accessible, part-time schedule
Overview
DAI’s MAOL program focuses on the specific needs and issues facing christian organizational leaders living and working in majority world countries.
The objective of this degree is to provide a distinctively Christian interactive educational experience that results in qualitative change in the leader’s life, relationships and leadership practices.
The MAOL is the most in-depth training we offer. Over the course of the three-year, part-time program, students experience character and skill development in a variety of capacities, as well as gain credibility from earning a master’s degree. The MAOL is offered in partnership with 16 local universities in 18 different countries and serves approximately 1,000 students each year.
Goals
The goal of the MAOL is to transform students into servant leaders who are passionate about revolutionizing their communities, organizations and ministries for Christ and his Kingdom.
Through this program, students are encouraged to practice servant leadership, modeled most clearly by Jesus, and consider how their Christian faith impacts all aspects of life, including how they lead others. Students are challenged to collaborate with and serve others, rather than pursue power or position
In-Country Partnerships
The MAOL program is offered via a unique partnership model with in-country academic institutions.
DAI designs the curriculum, provides the course materials and trains and appoints faculty for the program in each location.
Meanwhile, the partnering university accredits the program locally and oversees it as one of its own, ultimately awarding the Master of Arts degree to its graduates. These partnership arrangements provide the partner institution with a full degree program that they otherwise might be unable to offer, and enable students to earn a degree in a subject that is relevant for leaders in all sectors of society. In addition, students earn an excellent degree from a locally recognized university, which gives them greater recognition within the contexts in which they live and work. This approach also provides an affordable tuition rate for our students
MAOL course list
- Servant Leadership
- Teaching and Learning for Impact
- Strategic Leadership
- Women in Leadership and Ministry
- Integrity and Finance
- Spiritual Formation
- Ethics for Living and Leading
- Conflict Management and Transformation
- Research Methods
- Culture, Ethnicity, and Diversity
- Development and Social Change
- Fundraising for Ministry
- The Ministry of Mentoring
- Partnerships
Countries Served
- BANGLADESH – Global Enrichment Theological Seminary (GETS)
- BURKINA FASO – Institut Missiologique d’Afrique Francophone (IMAF), Ouagadougou
- CAMEROON – Université Protestante d’Afrique Centrale (UPAC)
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC –Faculté de Théologie Evangélique de Bangui (FATEB), Bangui
- CUBA –Seminario Teológico Bautista de Cuba Oriental (STBCOr), Universidad Teológica Pentecostal de Cuba (UTPC)
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Université Shalom de Bunia
- HAITI— Séminaire de Théologie Evangélique de Port-au-Prince (STEP)
- MONGOLIA – Union Bible Theological College, Ulaanbaatar
- MYANMAR – Myanmar Evangelical Graduate School of Theology, Yangon
- NIGERIA – Evangelical Churches of West Africa Theological Seminary-Igbaja (ETSI), Igbaja
- PAKISTAN – Zarephath Bible Seminary (ZBS) and Forman Christian College University (FCCU)
- SOUTH SUDAN – University of Juba
- SRI LANKA – Global Enrichment Theological Seminary (GETS)
- TOGO – Ecole Supérieure Baptiste de Théologie de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (ESTBAO)
- UGANDA – Uganda Christian University, Mukono
- Three undisclosed countries
Statistics
2024 statistics
Students Enrolled
Graduates
Academic Partnerships
Countries
"I initially thought that a man was superior to a woman. However, this mentality has been submerged by the biblical truth and I now consider both genders as mutual partners who were created in God's image. I am now respectful and continue to be transformed as a result of undertaking this course."
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Fredrick Matakidi South Sudan |
"The text book Unleader was so touching it changed me all round. As a Christian leader I have learnt that we exist as advocates for those we lead, to release them from their spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enable them to become responsible and fulfilled Christian adults."
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Allan Senyimba |