Pastoral Ministry

Course Overview

The Master of Arts (Pastoral Ministry) is designed as a two-year, full-time program (4 semesters with 120 ECTS credits) and is intended for qualified students from European countries and beyond. Students with a 4 year BA in Theology may choose the 1.5-year program (90 ECTS credits). The language of instruction is English. This program is built from blocks called "modules." All the major topics are studied in clusters - each module contains several courses and typically contains only one exam or paper. It is these modules that are graded, not the courses. Since the ministry and mission orientation are crucial to the entire program, the core modules focus on the areas of Mission Issues and Practices, Church and Society, and Church Dynamics, in addition to the more classic fields of Biblical Studies and Exegesis, Systematic Theology, and History of the Church. Various electives allow for specializations according to students' areas of interest or their individual requirements in ministry. Each semester a variety of alternating electives are offered, such as Youth Ministry, other areas of Practical Theology, Empirical Methods, and specialized research.