New Graduate Programs

KCU Graduate School of Bible and Ministry announces the Masters of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.) (Beginning Fall 2013)

• This degree is a generalist degree offering students exposure to a wide variety of classes and disciplines including Bible, ministry, archaeology, history, and theology.
• The M.A.R. will be taught entirely online. There will be no need to travel to the KCU campus to take any of the classes.
• Sessions will be conducted in cohorts; a group of students that starts and ends a degree program together. Each cohort will be capped at 15 students.
• There will be no electives or decisions about which major or class to take. Every class is prescribed.
• Earn your accredited degree in 2.5 years (5 semesters plus 2 summer)
• Enjoy low tuition rates ($300 per credit hour)

Classes include:

Introduction to Research Using Electronic Resources and to the Use of Sakai (3 hour class)

Ministerial Classes (9 hours)

• The Minister as Pastoral Care Leader
• Christian Education in the Local Congregation
• Contemporary Preaching

Biblical Studies (15 hours)

• 1 Corinthians
• New Testament World
• Gospel of Mark
• Archaeology and Biblical Interpretation
• Old Testament Theology

Theology (9 hours)

• Theology of C.S. Lewis
• Systematic Theology
• Apologetics

View the course sequence for Cohort 1

The M.A.R. is being offered with the same high quality and standards students have come to expect from the KCU Graduate School and will offer greater flexibility and convenience for students who work long hours in ministries/jobs in the U.S. or live overseas and cannot make trips to our campus.
Apply today! Space is limited.

M.A. in Christian Leadership with Emphasis in Preaching

What Hemmingway said of writers can also be said of Preachers: We are all apprentices in a craft where no one becomes a master.

A Christian leader will reach a place of personal and professional hunger for additional education. Today, there has never been a greater need for skilled communicators and handlers of the Word of God.

The Graduate School at Kentucky Christian University is pleased to offer the Masters of Arts in Christian Leadership with Emphasis in Preaching.

Each student pursuing the M.A. with an emphasis in preaching will complete 18 hours of core theology classes and 18 hours of preaching classes.

This program offering is designed specifically to support the vision and busy lifestyle of today's church leaders and paraprofessionals. All of these classes will be taught either in a one week modular forum or online. You do not need to move to complete the degree.

"God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe" (1 Cor. 1:21 NIV)

Preaching Emphasis:

• Expository Preaching - New Testament
• Expository Preaching - Old Testament
• Contemporary Preaching
• Narrative Preaching
• Theology of Preaching
• Elective or Thesis

Who Should Apply?

• Mid-career adults in secular professions who sense a call to preach the word.
• The established senior minister who wants to sharpen his skills to be the best communicator he can be.
• The associate minister considering a move into the pulpit ministry.
• Former graduate students who discontinued previous study to tend to family or career needs.
• Undergraduate students in their senior year who want to fast-track their ministry or career goals by getting a jump start on an advanced degree.

Core Integration Requirements (18 Hours)

• History of Christian Thought
• World Christianity
• Ethical Foundations for Christian Leadership
• Old Testament Research and Application
• New Testament Research and Application
• Bible/Theology Elective

Master of Arts in New Testament with a Concentration in Biblical Backgrounds

Fulfill Your Dream to Immerse Yourself in the Culture of Jesus

• Dig in the Middle East
• Learn the Hebrew Language (Greek is pre-requisite)
• Study the Dead Sea Scrolls and Apocrypha
• Explore some of the most exciting archaeological sites

CORE COURSES

• New Testament Research
• Old Testament Research
• Ethics
• Christian Thought
• Intertestamental History
• Hebrew Language

CONCENTRATION

• New Testament World
• Introduction to Archaeology
• Archaeology and Biblical Interpretation

CHOOSE ANY TWO

• Archaeological Fieldwork
• Old Testament Archaeology
• New Testament Archaeology
• Thesis

Taught by Professors Fiensy and Wineland

Dr. David Fiensy

• Ph.D. Duke University
• M.A. Xavier University
• Author of: Social History of Palestine in the Herodian Period; The Message and Ministry of Jesus; Jesus the Galilean

Dr. John Wineland

• Ph.D. Miami (OH) Univ.
• M.Div. Cincinnati Bible Sem.
• Author of: Ancient Abila: An Archaeological History Editor of: The Light of Discovery
• Eleven seasons' excavating experience in Jordan

The Graduate School of Bible & Ministry

Built on KCU's solid reputation as a nationally ranked undergraduate teaching institution and sustained by an impressive graduate faculty of practitioner-scholars, the Graduate School of Bible & Ministry offers two, fully accredited Master's degree programs.

Contact Information

Dr. David Fiensy, Dean