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52 Master's Degree Programs MASTER OF DIVINITY (MDIV) The Master of Divinity degree program is designed primarily to prepare students for church ministries requiring ordination. It also prepares students for doctoral-level studies in many theological schools. As the standard ministerial degree program, its scope is sufficiently broad to equip students for varied church or mission vocations. The Master of Divinity degree program consists of sixty-one hours of core courses (with some flexibility built into that core), and the balance of the hours are either open electives or a combination of an optional concentration and open electives for a total of seventy-nine semester hours. Program Description Ministry in today's world requires men and women who are theologically prepared to engage rapidly changing, mobile, and diverse cultures. Through course work, training and mentoring, and practical ministry experience, graduates will demonstrate the necessary knowledge, character, and skills to pastor, lead, shepherd, and counsel people as they participate in God's redemptive mission locally and globally. Graduates will be able to communicate the Scriptures in a theologically orthodox and life-transforming way so that listeners are brought into a closer relationship with the Sovereign God. Program Goals 1. Graduates will clearly articulate and defend the grand narrative of Scripture and orthodox Christian doctrine from an evangelical perspective. 2. Graduates will be able to self-direct their learning towards lifelong character formation and Christian maturity. 3. Graduates will learn from Church history how to respectfully and effectively engage diverse populations in keeping with the redemptive purpose of God. 4. Graduates will preach and teach the Scriptures in a clear, relevant, and theologically orthodox way to diverse audiences. Core Curriculum These courses are required of all MDiv students (except when noted) regardless of selected concentration. Course # Sem. Hrs. Apologetics and Ethics CA 500 3 Church History CH 500 3 Pastoral Care and Counseling Relationships CO 500 3 Thinking Biblically/Theologically GS 500 3 Homiletics HOM 500 3 New Testament NT 511, NT 512 6 Old Testament OT 511, OT 512 6 Theology TH 501, TH 502 6 Biblical Languages 1 Greek Grammar NT 501, NT 502 6 Hebrew Grammar OT 501, OT 502 6 Additional Bible/Language 2,3 6 Ministry Leadership Electives 4,5 4 Mentored Formation TM 500, TM 501, TM 601, TM 602, TM 603, TM 604 6 Open Electives 6 18 MDiv Summative Experience EXMDIV 0 Total hours required for degree: 79