Religion and Christian education

Grow in your love for God and your neighbor by studying the Christian faith. What you learn will help you lead a thoughtful, reflective and active Christian life as you respond to God’s call to service and ministry in the world.

Northwestern’s religion department offers these study options:

Faculty

Northwestern’s award-winning religion and Christian education professors are scholars with diverse areas of expertise and extensive church ministry and mission experience. Approachable and involved in students’ lives, they’ll challenge you to love God with your heart and mind and guide you as you discern your call to ministry.

Ministry experience

If you’re exploring a call to ministry, you can start during college with opportunities on and off campus for worship leadership; discipleship of children, teens and adults; and mission service in the U.S. and abroad.




RaiderBlogs

  • Clint's CornerClint Hogrefe '97
    The senior pastor at Oakdale Evangelical Free Church in Meriden, Iowa, Clint blogs about his church, family and ways he's found to live a life of faithfulness.
  • Deniable PlausibilityDr. Don Wacome
    A philosophy professor, Don blogs about faith, psychology and human nature.