MAML Capstone Project: Capacity Building for Faithful Mission and Organizational Renewal

4 credits

This four-credit capstone course is the culminating academic and practical experience of the M.A. in Ministerial Leadership. Students integrate theological, spiritual, organizational, pastoral, and executive leadership formation into a focused capacity-building project for their sponsoring organization. Building on prior MAML final projects, applied analyses, case studies, mentoring conversations, seminars, and organizational collaboration, students identify one concrete area of organizational vitality to strengthen and develop a practical, evidence-based, and mission-centered proposal. The capstone requires students to demonstrate executive-level organizational judgment, theological reflection, ethical responsibility, and implementation awareness while honoring confidentiality and organizational boundaries. Through proposal development, iterative drafts, faculty/advisor feedback, a final written project, a separate personal spiritual and theological reflection, and an oral presentation to MAML faculty and sponsoring organization executive leaders, students offer a faithful contribution to organizational renewal and demonstrate their growth as executive ministerial leaders.