Education
The seminary primarily prepares students for ordained ministry within the denomination through the Master of Divinity degree, but also grants master's degrees (M.A., M.T.S.) in other subjects including worship, education, missions, and theological studies.
The seminary also offers a Th.M. with concentrations in Old Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature, New Historical Theology, Systematic Theology, Philosophical and Moral Theology, Pastoral Care, Church Polity and Administration, Preaching, Worship, Educational Ministry, and Missions as well as the Ph.D. degree in historical, systematic, and philosophical theology, and in ethics.
In addition to formal degrees, the seminary offers continuing education including courses that are open to visitors, lectures, book discussion groups, and conferences for clergy and those in the community.
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