Accelerated Master of Divinity in Missiology and Intercultural Studies

Description
The accelerated Master of Divinity program allows those students who have completed an undergraduate degree in biblical studies or biblical counseling at Mid-America to shorten Master of Divinity studies from 90 hours to 60. The Accelerated Master of Divinity in Missiology and Intercultural Studies degree is a professional graduate degree beyond the Bachelor of Arts or equivalent, designed to equip students for effective service a cross-cultural missionaries. This is a two-year program requires sixty semester hours of academic credit for graduation.

 

Objectives
The Master of Divinity program is designed to promote growth toward personal maturity and professional ministry competence. The objectives of the program are accomplished through classroom instruction, the modeling of professors, the practice of ministry through the Practical Missions program, chapel services, and student organizations.

 

The Master of Divinity program seeks to guide students to develop the ability to understand and interpret the Christian faith in the light of its biblical, theological, and historical dimensions and to utilize insights gained from these disciplines for the effective practice of ministry in the church, the community, and the world.

 

Admission Requirements
In addition to the general admission requirements to the Seminary, applicants for admission to any master degree program must meet additional requirements. All applicants to any master degree program must be at least twenty years old by the time of their first registration. All applicants to master degree programs must have graduated from an accredited college or university with a bachelor degree or equivalent (see the Catalog for full details and exceptions).

 

Completion Requirements
In order to qualify for graduation from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, each student in the Master of Divinity program must satisfy the “General Requirements for Graduation” as set forth in the Catalog. In addition each student in the Master of Divinity program must complete the ninety semester hours of courses specified in the course listing.
 
The Accelerated Master of Divinity in Missiology and Intercultural Studies includes two components:
     (1) Completing 60 semester hours of course work on campus, or,
     (2) Completing two years of course work on campus and two years of advanced courses completed on the mission field (2+2).
     

Accelerated Master of Divinity - Missiology and Intercultural Studies Course Requirements

 

Course Title

 

Course Number

 

Semester

Hours

 

Total

Hours

 

FIRST YEAR

History of the Baptists

Beginning Greek 1, 2

Systematic Theology 2

Apologetics

Church Planting

Anthropology and Worldview

Old Testament Elective

Theology Elective

Intro to Ethics

 

 

SECOND YEAR

Hebrew Grammar 1, 2

Biblical Preaching or Principles of Teaching 1, 2

 

Strategies of Missions and Leadership Dev

New Testament Elective

Missions Elective

Introduction to Worship

Free Elective

Capstone Paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH 6150

GR 5801-5802

TH 6702

PH 6910

MS 6311

MS 6520

 

 

PM 7280

 

 

 

HB 5401-5402

HM 7001/7005     CE 7450/7452

 

MS 6332

 

CN 7176

 

    CN 7103

MS 6595

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

6

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

 

 

 

6

6

 

3

3

 

3

3

3

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Semester Hours Required for Graduation                                                                     60

 

 

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