MDIV - Ministry

The MDiv is a 75 hour program that provides high quality, accessible, and economical ministerial training for pastors involved in local church ministry. Courses take place in online, blended, and on-site formats. To enroll in the degree, a person must have earned a bachelor’s degree, be officially engaged in ministry with a local church, and have an appropriate ministry context including access to a local body of Christian believers with whom they can successfully complete the required "in-ministry" assignments of the program. Students take required courses (60 hours) in a carefully sequenced cohort format, but also have 15 hours of elective work. Professors include not only a core seminary faculty, but also draw on the strength of undergraduate faculty from IWU’s School of Theology and Ministry, as well as on a cadre of prominent adjunct, affiliate, and visiting faculty who teach various courses each year.

Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University strives to promote the following key learning outcomes in the MDiv program. A student who has completed the MDiv should, with graduate-level competency, be able to:

• Relate an informed understanding of relevant theories to a lifelong practice of ministry.
• Faithfully and fruitfully participate in the mission of God, lead a local congregation, facilitate worship, proclaim the word of God, spiritually form a people, and foster healthy interpersonal relationships.
• Delineate and implement a process of positive change and transformation into a holy person in one's personal, spiritual, vocational, congregational, and community life.
• Soundly integrate the Bible, Christian theology, and church history with each other and into the practice of ministry.