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MASTER OF DIVINITY DEGREE, NORTH AMERICAN CHURCH PLANTING (M.Div - NACP)
The Master of Divinity degree, North American Church Planting (NACP) Concentration is offered through participation in the Nehemiah Project of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board (NAMB). The NACP concentration cultivates a Christian lifestyle, offers instruction in classical theological disciplines, and develops ministry skills focused on establishing healthy New Testament churches in North America.
The Nehemiah Project is a cooperative intern strategy that links Southern Baptist churches, associations, state conventions, training institutions, and the NAMB to prepare church planters to plant healthy, reproducing churches. To participate in the Nehemiah Project, students are to meet criteria established by the Nehemiah Project as well as Midwestern’s admission requirements.
Nehemiah Project 2+2 Option: qualified M.Div.-NACP students who complete 66 credit hours of core courses may finish the final 26 credit hours while deployed as a Nehemiah Project church planting missionary. This option requires two years of full-time study, or its equivalent, prior to appointment as a Nehemiah Project church planter. Qualified students then serve as full-time church planters for two years while completing the remaining 26 credit hours of the M.Div.-NACP degree program.
CURRICULUM |
Foundational Core
2210-2211 Old Testament Survey I & II
2310-2311 New Testament Survey I & II
2400 Introduction to Hermeneutics
3100-3101 History of Christianity I & II
3110 Baptist History
3200-3201 Theology I & II
3400 Christian Ethics
5000 Personal Spiritual Disciplines
5200 Basic Evangelism
5312 Intro to Pastoral Care & Counseling
7001 Theology & Philosophy of Missions |
42 hours
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6 hrs
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6 hrs
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3 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs |
M.Div. Emphasis
Select One:
2200-2201 Elementary Hebrew I & II
2300-2301 Elementary Greek I & II |
17 hours
6 hrs |
3300 Introduction to Apologetics 4
5110 Principles of Preaching 1
5111 Expository Preaching 2
5230 Evangelism Practicum 4
8304 Educational Administration |
2 hrs
3 hrs
3 hrs
1 hr
2 hrs |
NACP Concentration
5224 Church Health Evangelism
5412 Pastoral Leadership in the Single Staff Chruch 3
7021 Introduction to Church Planting
7101 Cultural Setting for Ministry
7105 Introduction to Church Growth
7108 Strategies & Methodologies for Church Planting
7111 North American Church Planting Seminar 4
7113 North American Church Planting Practicum I 4
7114 North American Church Planting Practicum II 4
7116 Researching and Resourcing the Church Start 4 |
25 hours
2 hrs
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2 hrs
2 hrs
2 hrs
2 hrs
4 hrs
4 hrs
2 hrs |
Electives 4
TOTAL
1 Students required by the Nehemiah Program to take a non-preaching track and/or female students take 8110 Principles of Teaching in lieu of 5110 Principles of Preaching.
2 Students required by the Nehemiah Program to take a non-preaching track and/or female students take 8111 Biblical Teaching Lab in lieu of 5111 Expository Preaching.
3 Female students take 8306 Principles of Leadership in lieu of 5412 Pastoral Leadership in the Single Staff Church.
4 These 26 credit hours are completed while deployed as a Nehemiah Project church planting missionary under the Two-plus-Two option. |
8 hours |
Please consult the MBTS Academic Catalog for the most accurate, up-to-date information. Download the 2004-06 Academic Catalog in PDF format
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