In order to prepare men and women for urban ministry, we focus on the classroom and field ministry. Each component carries equal importance and academic weight.

The student ministry program at SUM is the backbone of our curriculum. Each week students and faculty experience the pain of lost humanity and the joy of reconciling others to Christ. We experience and minister to a wide range of urban issues. Through personal evangelism, street preaching, prison ministry, and discipleship, people's lives are changed.

Students may possess sound biblical and theological knowledge, but they also need to experience the demands of urban ministry. SUM provides a training ground for this to take place.