The Master of Arts (Pastoral Theology) program prepares you for roles that support ministerial leadership positions. The program is excellent for those who are planning to function in the following vocational opportunities: Associate Pastor, Church Administrator, Lay Leader, and Bible Teacher .This level allows students to develop a critical awareness of current issues of pastoral concern informed by scholarship from the forefront of pertinent fields of theological learning, and a systematic understanding of theological knowledge as it relates to his/her experiences in life and ministry practice. Each student completes an MTh dissertation that presents a rigorous, in-depth, and critical examination of a particular pastoral area or issue situated at the interface of academic theology and contemporary ministry.