MASTER OF HUMAN SERVICES WITH MOODY ONLINE

BUILT FOR THE HELPERS SENT TO THE HARD PLACES.

Moody Online’s Master of Arts in Human Services is a 36-credit, theology-anchored master’s degree designed for practitioners serving in the hardest corners of human need.

Why Moody MA Human Services? 

Christian Psychology Integration

The Calling Comes First

Built for the Hard Places

The Christian Psychology model is woven through every course, not added as a separate track. Graduates approach every setting with a Christian worldview. The integration goes all the way down.

Most people with this calling serve where the need is greatest like food banks, nonprofit leadership, adoption agencies, and recovery programs, not behind a desk waiting on a license. This degree is built for the person whose calling is to the work itself.

Treating Complex Trauma. Policy and Advocacy. Diversity and Multicultural Issues. Plus a supervised Field Experience. This is preparation for your calling in cities and small towns alike.

EQUIPPING COMPASSIONATE LEADERS TO SERVE WITH WISDOM, SKILL, AND THE LOVE OF CHRIST IN THE MOST CHALLENGING CORNERS OF HUMAN NEED.

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Ministry and Human Services Opportunities

Graduates serve in settings such as:

• Shelters and recovery ministries
  
• Family and community service agencies
• Nonprofit leadership 
  
• Disability ministries
  
• Foster care and adoption support
  
• Church care ministries
  
• Disaster relief organizations
  
• Crisis and advocacy ministries
• Recovery programs
  

Life at Moody Online

Moody Online welcomes students already serving in ministry and human services into a community designed to equip both calling and competence. Students will also:

• Deepen biblical and theological understanding.
  
• Apply classroom learning directly in ministry and service contexts.
  
• Grow spiritually while continuing frontline work.
  
• Access online chapel, library, and academic support resources.
  

Moody Bible combines theological depth and practical preparation so students graduate ready to serve with wisdom, skill, and the love of Christ.

Here’s How We’ll Prepare You for Service and Ministry

With an MA in Human Services, you will be able to:

• Apply Christian Psychology Integration in human services settings.
  
• Serve hurting people with both theological grounding and practical skill.
  
• Respond thoughtfully to trauma, advocacy, and multicultural issues.
  
• Lead with compassion in ministry and community environments.
  
• Integrate biblical truth into real-world human services practice.
  

The Benefits of Moody MA Human Services

Faculty Who Teach Out of Practice

Students learn from faculty who have spent years serving in counseling practices, ministry settings, schools, clinics, and community agencies before stepping into the classroom.

Dr. Megan Clunan

Dr. Megan Clunan, Department Chair of Counseling and Human Services, is a licensed professional counselor who spent more than ten years serving in private practice, schools, and community agencies. She also hosts the No More Shame podcast, helping people heal through psychology and Christian theology

Faculty who built and ran their own clinics

Dr. Elizabeth Smith brings more than twenty-five years of counseling experience with children, adolescents, and families, including operating her own counseling practice for five years.

Faculty who direct clinics and teach students

Dr. John Restum directs InterSessions, Moody’s psychological services clinic, while continuing his own private practice. Students learn from someone who serves clients and teaches future practitioners simultaneously.

A theology-anchored curriculum

Trauma care, advocacy, multicultural issues, and human development are taught alongside theological foundations, apologetics, and biblical worldview formation.

Moody’s doctrinal foundation has remained unchanged for nearly a century, providing stability in a rapidly changing field.

Biblically grounded since 1928