Master of Divinity - Chaplaincy
Today you have the opportunity to make an important decision that could significantly improve your career, impact the lives of others, and influence your future involvement in Christian ministry. By choosing to earn your Master of Divinity with a specialization in Chaplaincy, you can set that opportunity in motion.
Liberty University’s Master of Divinity degree program, with a specialization in Chaplaincy, prepares you to become a military chaplain or servant leader. As a student in the MDIV program, you will be trained to be a wise, faithful steward of the gospel, and develop specific ministry skills, strategies, and Christian character traits relevant for successful ministery in a military or institutional chaplaincy setting. In this program, you will examine the theological and cultural issues relevant for formal and informal chaplaincy settings. You will also observe the similarities and differences among the various types of chaplaincies, giving careful attention to ministry in religiously pluralistic, multicultural, and multi-staff environments. Some of these settings may include service as a military chaplain, or in corrections/prisons, geriatric/eldercare homes, emergency response arenas, hospitals, and workplace/industrial settings.
The military has numerous chaplain positions that go unfilled each year, and the need for Christians who are passionate about ministry and compelled by duty to their country is greater than ever. Military chaplains are commissioned military officers, and each branch of the military has chaplains who serve in Active Duty or in the Reserves. Serving in a chaplaincy role represents a positive response to God’s calling to serve in a rewarding and fruitful ministry. Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary is proud to participate in the training of those called by God into military service.
While attending Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, military chaplaincy students have the opportunity to receive endorsement by Liberty Baptist Fellowship. Chaplain candidates who have completed chaplain candidate school (military training in the winter/summer) will receive nine hours of credit (DSMN 601, ICST 500, and CHPL 699).
Students having graduated with the MAR degree may transfer all 45 hours, as applicable, into the MDIV program. The student will be allowed to receive the MDIV degree upon completion of all of the course requirements for both degrees.
Quick Facts
2009–10 Tuition
$250 per credit hour
Program Delivery Format
Online, Blended, Resident
Credit Hours
- 72 total hours
- Up to 24 credit hours can be transferred in
Potential Career Options
- Military Chaplain
- Christian Educator
- Christian School Administrator
- Church Education Administrator
- Curriculum Director
- Instructional Supervisor
- Sunday School Adminstrator
Want to learn more?
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