{"id":1780,"date":"2025-12-03T06:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missional.university\/professionaleducation\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2025-12-04T23:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T04:27:47","slug":"correctional-spiritual-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missional.university\/professionaleducation\/correctional-spiritual-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Correctional Spiritual Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why Correctional Spiritual Development?<\/h3>\n

Spiritual care and faith-sharing skills have long been essential in correctional chaplaincy, prison ministry, volunteer programs, and restorative justice initiatives, with growing recognition in reentry support, victim-offender reconciliation, and faith-based social services. This Correctional Spiritual Development microcredential provides you with biblically grounded, practically oriented training as you develop essential skills in missional spirituality, soul care, empathetic listening, ethical faith-sharing, intercultural competence, verbatim analysis, and contextual ministry within jails and prisons. Each course emphasizes reflective practice, real-case discussion, and experiential transformation to build confident, professional-level ministry abilities. Successful completion prepares you for roles such as correctional chaplain, prison ministry volunteer, reentry mentor, or faith-community liaison, while equipping clergy and lay ministers to serve effectively and ethically behind bars. Existing chaplains and volunteers will find this an ideal way to deepen and refresh their practice. The microcredential can be completed entirely online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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6 CREDITS\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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$1,770\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Skills covered<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Biblical application<\/td>\nSpiritual restoration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soul care<\/td>\nSelf-reflection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Empathetic listening<\/td>\nVerbatim analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethical faith-sharing<\/td>\nVoluntary evangelism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cultural respect<\/td>\nSpiritual discernment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interfaith care<\/td>\nEthical collaboration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Missional ministry<\/td>\nContextual adaptation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ready to Enroll?<\/h2>\n

Point of Contact:<\/h4>\n

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Dr. Anne Wade
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Microcredential course requirements - 6 credit hours<\/h3>\n
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COR3710EN - Sharing Your Faith with Offenders<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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COR4700EN - Missional Spirituality & Soul Care of Offenders<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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This microcredential is stackable<\/h2>\n

Credits earned in the completion of this microcredential can be applied toward completion of a related certificate or degree program. It is a building block that gives you a jump start to education and career success. See below for just some of the stackable opportunities.<\/p>\n

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The power of microcredentials from your online Missional campus<\/h2>\n

Missional University's microcredentials are raising the bar nationally and internationally for high-quality, Christian, stackable credentials designed for today's learner. All of Missional's microcredentials are designed to be:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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High Quality<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Academic quality is paramount in the development and approval\u00a0 of Missional University microcredentials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Stackable<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Each microcredential has immediate value and, where possible, stacks together with other credentials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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In-demand<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Microcredentials are designed to meet current and emerging missional needs and align with\u00a0 relevant industry standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Portable<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Completion of our microcredentials is recorded on your transcript and\/or highlighted in a digital badge so your accomplishments travel with you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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