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Master of Divinity Apprenticeship Program for Vocational Eldership
Bethlehem Seminary is excited to offer the Master of Divinity Apprenticeship Program for Vocational Eldership. Our vision is to continue the essence of what we have offered since 1998 in the TBI Apprenticeship Program for Vocational Elders.
The Master of Divinity Apprenticeship Program for Vocational Eldership is a four-year program for those called to vocational ministry as pastors, missionaries, or other full-time Christian workers at the elder level. Those training at this level are called “apprentices.” Only men who intend to complete the entire curriculum should enroll.
We offer a full slate of traditional M.Div. courses: Old Testament and New Testament Studies in the original languages, systematic theology, church history, pastoral ministry, missions, preaching, etc., along with pastoral supervision and relationship. We stress whole Bible exegesis with a special focus on the unfolding of God’s sovereign goodness throughout all of redemptive history.
We are eager that apprentices leave Bethlehem Seminary with minds more attuned to God’s glorious purpose, hearts more alive to the beauty of Christ, and lives more empowered by the Spirit to shine in our sad world. Our earnest desire is to impart an arsenal of tools that will help apprentices to be life-long learners and proclaimers of the word of God with a maturing Christ-like character. Our prayer is that graduates from Bethlehem Seminary will be exemplary as effective lovers of His church, and passionate about winsomely and boldly inviting men, women and children from every tribe and tongue and people and nation to cherish Christ as the True Treasure.
The M.Div. will be cohort-based and integrated into the life and ministry of Bethlehem Baptist Church.