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Course summary

This program is designed for pastors and ministry staff of churches as well as for those carrying specific responsibilities in the areas of pastoral care and spiritual formation. Persons in the program will explore the most common spiritual, mental health, and relational issues encountered in ministry; plan appropriate strategies of care and guidance for those issues; attain insight into how their own spiritual, mental, emotional, theological, and cultural formation affects their ministries; and practice contextualization and theological reflection with regard to issues of human need and pastoral care.

Entry requirement for international students

Students must have a minimum of three years post-M.Div. in some form of professional ministry and a Master of Divinity degree or its equivalent from an accredited school, with a grade point average of 3.0 on a four-point scale. Applicants who have not completed the full equivalent of a three-year seminary degree but who have at least a two-year seminary degree may apply for provisional admission to the program. If accepted, the student must complete the equivalent work for the M.Div. degree, as well as the regular D.Min. requirements. An M.Div. equivalency is defined as a minimum of 128 graduate quarter credits, and must include Bethel’s Master of Divinity core requirements.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

BETHEL UNIVERSITY

Department name

Bethel Virtual Seminary