Senior Adult
You need to complete 2 more courses and 3 more credits to mark this activity complete.
👵👴 Senior Adult Specialization
Honoring and Shepherding the Wisdom-Bearers of the Faith
The Senior Adult Specialization equips clergy to serve the spiritual, emotional, and relational needs of older adults with compassion, respect, and purpose. This specialization is ideal for ministers, chaplains, life coaches, and church leaders who are called to walk alongside seniors—whether in congregational life, care centers, or family systems.
Senior adults are often pillars of faith in their communities, carrying deep life experience and spiritual maturity. Yet many also face challenges such as loneliness, declining health, grief, or loss of identity after retirement. This specialization helps leaders bring the hope of Christ into every season of aging.
💬 Why It Matters
As people live longer, the number of senior adults is rapidly increasing around the world. Too often, however, this generation is overlooked or under-engaged in the life of the church. They still have so much to give—but they also need pastoral care, affirmation, and connection.
This specialization matters because it restores honor and ministry to a crucial age group. It empowers you to create spaces where seniors are heard, valued, discipled, and cared for, while also being encouraged to use their wisdom and gifts for God's Kingdom.
🧰 What You’ll Learn
To receive this specialization, you must complete your core clergy credential and maintain a 2.0 GPA, along with these two key courses:
Multiplying Christian Leaders – Equips you to raise up senior leaders and mentors who continue to serve the church and community.
Senior Adult Ministry – Offers practical tools and biblical insights for leading ministries that provide care, connection, and spiritual enrichment to older adults.
🛠️ How This Specialization Equips You
With the Senior Adult credential, you are prepared to:
Launch or support senior adult ministries in churches, care facilities, or neighborhoods
Offer pastoral care and visitation to aging individuals and their families
Empower seniors to mentor younger generations
Provide spiritual support in times of grief, illness, and life transitions
Celebrate the legacy and ongoing calling of senior Christians
To receive the
Senior Adult
You must have the credential
Christian Wedding Officiant or
Field Minister (Commended) or
Licensed Life Coach Minister or
Licensed Minister or
Ordained Minister
Requires a 2.00 GPA and to
complete the following :
Level 1 Endorsement
Senior Adult
You must have the credential
Christian Wedding Officiant or
Field Minister (Commended) or
Licensed Life Coach Minister or
Licensed Minister or
Ordained Minister
Requires a 2.00 GPA and to
complete the following :
Level 1 Endorsement0 of 4 Minimum Units Completed
