MASTER OF DIVINITY (MDiv)
The Puritan Reformed Master of Divinity (MDiv) educates and prepares men for official, ordained ministries of instruction and leadership in the church as pastors, evangelists, missionaries, and chaplains. The goal is to furnish students with every tool they will need to bring the Word of God to God’s church and the world.
CORE TENETS
• Exegete individual passages of Scripture accurately, employing knowledge of the original languages, historical circumstances, and literary and theological relationships;
• Understand major issues in faith and life the Church has confronted throughout history, and the system of truth revealed in the Scriptures;
• Systematize exegetical, historical, and theological data into a consistent and coherent theology, and explain how that theology applies to personal beliefs and behavior;
• Use homiletical skills to preach the Word of God to the church biblically, doctrinally, experientially, and practically;
• Show effective pastoral skills in leading worship, teaching youth, exercising leadership and administration, counseling publicly and privately, implementing church order and discipline, and promoting evangelism and missions;
• Respond with discernment to contemporary trends in biblical interpretation and to contemporary and cultural movements;
• Understand human relationships, Christian living, and church administration, thereby assisting him to become a sound, sensitive, and edifying servant of the Word.
