With a Master of Divinity degree, you’ll be equipped to make an impact in the world—for eternity.
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4 years
Estimated tuition
$42,120
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Grace Dietz
At Bethel, we're committed to helping you get the most out of your education. Your enrollment counselor is here to help you balance your program with your personal life and career goals.Program highlights
Personalize your degree
You'll choose a concentration to dig deeper into an area you find most applicable to your personal and ministry goals.
Practical, agile ministry skills
You’ll have internship opportunities that provide hands-on ministry practice. And you’ll learn how to adapt your training to serve and lead in the ever-changing contexts of today—and tomorrow.
Supportive, diverse community
You’ll build lifelong connections with faculty mentors and fellow students, and benefit from their rich diversity of experience. Bethel Seminary students come from a broad range of backgrounds, fields, and cultures. You’ll form connections that will last a lifetime.
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Transformation starts here.
At Bethel Seminary, you’ll experience personal and spiritual transformation that will equip you to transform others—for eternal impact. Our Master of Divinity program prepares you to lead and serve with confidence in a broad range of contexts from churches to academic settings to nonprofits.
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- The Best SchoolsBethel Seminary began offering fully distance courses in 1996.
Bethel's online program works great for me. It combines the best practices of online learning and classroom teaching. I am able to learn from a proven professor, study at my own pace, and progress with my cohort.
Jonathan De Groot '17Current job: Campus Ministries at Dordt College
Bethel is a God-loving community. Professors are excellent, but most importantly they're humble servants. Doors are always open, and they take time to listen. They genuinely care about students and help them all the way.
Edward Chiu '15Executive Pastor
I am grateful to attend Bethel Seminary. The three centers approach has helped me to integrate academia into the real world through my relationship with Christ and my heart for others.
Hickory Smith '16Current job: Army National Guard and Pastoral Intern of Welcome and Care
Bethel has helped me grow in my capacity for ministry not merely through knowledge and skills, but through relationships. My connections with professors and peers have shaped my theology and pursuit of Jesus more than any textbook possibly could.
Jeremy Peters '16Current job: Planter, Community Church (Richfield, MN); Outreach and Student Ministry Pastor, Brookwood Community Church (Shakopee, MN)
After years of ministry without formal training, Bethel Seminary has been a gift from God and breath of much needed fresh air. The next 25 years of my ministry will never be the same. I thank God daily for this open door!
Julie Burns '17Current job: Transition
Career Outcomes
Wondering what you can do with a Master of Divinity degree?
The Master of Divinity program will prepare you for traditional church roles, but also ministry leadership in missions, campus and student ministries, and business and nonprofits.
Skills
Learn how to:
- Interpret the Bible with maturity and discernment
- Understand 20 centuries of theology and apply that wisdom to 21st century life
- Communicate God’s Word in inspiring and transforming ways
- Develop cultural sensitivity so you can lead effectively in diverse settings
- Guide people to reconciliation with God and others
- Prepare for ordination in your denomination or setting
Careers
Our M.Div. graduates serve as:
- Lead or Senior Pastors
- Pastors
- Missionaries
- Chaplains
- Denominational ministers
- Non-profit and parachurch leaders
- Church planters in innovative settings
- Professionals in any other setting
Graduate Schools
Our graduates have gone on to study at places like:
- Princeton University
- Fuller Seminary
- Rice University
- St. Louis University
- Marquette University
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Chicago
- Fordham University
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