M.Div. in Bible Exposition

Location

Curriculum

75 credit hours

Program Length

as few as 36 months

Accreditation

Regionally Accredited by SACSCOC

The Master of Divinity, Bible Exposition Concentration, provides students with specialized knowledge and skills to understand, apply, and communicate the Scriptures effectively on a regular basis in a local church context, to teach in a college or seminary context, or to position themselves for doctoral work, especially in Old or New Testament studies.

What You’ll Learn

The Master of Divinity degree provides students with a comprehensive range of biblical-theological knowledge and practical skills for ministry leadership in a variety of contexts. Through a personalized curriculum, this program prepares students for effective ministry in a local church, with a para-church organization, or with a mission agency.

In addition to the mission statement and general objectives and requirements of a CBS degree, the objectives of the Master of Divinity degree are to enable students to:

  • Analyze and synthesize the basic content, context, and themes of the Old and New Testaments, with an emphasis on God’s historical-redemptive mission, as revealed through Scripture’s metanarrative and exemplified in the Great Commission.
  • Practice sound exegesis and exposition of the biblical text in its original languages, with an emphasis on how passages speak to contemporary issues in individual and corporate contexts.
  • Engage contemporary global challenges to orthodox belief and practice based on support from key biblical passages that undergird foundational doctrines, applying insights from the history of global Christianity to twenty-first-century issues, needs, and challenges.
  • Analyze cultures and worldviews from a biblical perspective as the basis for effective, biblically-contextualized ministry that equips and encourages others to grow as disciples and disciple-makers in the church, mission field, and/or marketplace.
  • Apply biblical principles, techniques, and paradigms to the practice of leadership, pastoring, preaching, teaching, and counseling.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in ministry and organizational knowledge, skills, and attitudes gained through MDiv studies in a focused internship under the supervision of an on-site mentor and a faculty advisor.

Program format

The Master of Divinity degree is available fully online in an 8-week format or in a residential 16-week format.

 

 

 

Next online class starts May 8, 2023

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Admission Requirements

  • Online application
  • Application fee
  • Affirm to be a Christian and agree with CIU’s Statement of Faith
  • Official transcript for highest earned degree and any master’s level credits earned with a minimum 2.5 GPA for the most recent degree obtained.
  • Essay (800 words total)
  • Church Leader Reference

 

Potential ministry opportunities for graduates include:

  • Senior pastor
  • Associate Pastor
  • Conference Speaker
  • Itinerant evangelist
  • Ph.D. studies
  • Bible institute professor
  • Local church teaching pastor
  • Bible translator