POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MINISTRY (PGDM) AND MASTER OF DIVINTY (MDiv)!

NATURE OF THE P. GDM & M.DIV. PROGRAMMES

The P.GDM and M.Div. programmes are designed primarily for graduate candidates seeking ordination within the Methodist denomination. The programme helps to prepare students for a life time of fruitful leadership in ministry.Candidates from other denominations may however take advantage of the programme but would be required to take additional directed or independent courses to meet their denomination requirement for ordination. Non ordination independent candidates may also take this course for self-enrichment.

OVERVIEW OF THE P.GDM AND M.DIV. PROGRAMMES

1. The central aim of the P.GDM and M.Div. programmes is to equip people for effective leadership service through the various full time vocations of the church, ordained and non-ordained. Because ministry is a profession practiced in community, preparation at Methodist Theological Institute occurs not only in the classroom, but also in contexts provided by various communities of faith.

2. People engaged in professional service to the church need the gift of maturity coupled with a capacity and desire to grow. Our commitment to this understanding is reflected in the following formational objectives.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The P.GDM and M.Div. curricula strive toward greater educational excellence in the following areas:

1. Religious Heritage
2. Students will cultivate deep roots in the foundational biblical and theological traditions of the Christian faith.
3. Students will demonstrate:

1. Knowledge of biblical and historical foundations of Christian theology and practice;
2. Critical understanding of methodological issues in interpreting these traditions for contemporary faith and practice;
3. Engagement with the diversity of the Christian heritage and imaginative expression in liturgy.

2. Cultural Context
   • Students will engage diverse cultural contexts sensitively, critically and constructively.
   • Students will demonstrate:

1. Ability to enter into diverse cultural communities with an openness to encountering, contributing to, and learning from different cultural perspectives;
2. Critical use of methods for identifying and analyzing cultural patterns, social structures and economic forces impacting human communities and their lived faith;
3. Constructive engagement in collaborative ministry with others in ways that are culturally informed.

3. Ministerial and Public Leadership
   • Students will hone their own skills for ministry and enable the ministry and leadership of others.
   • Students will demonstrate:

1. Skill in practicing the arts of ministry and church leadership;
2. Ability to work effectively with others to facilitate their gifts for service and leadership in the church, in community organization and in the public square.
3. Fruitful approaches toward innovation to help others face new challenges and opportunities for creative and faithful ministry and mission.

4. Personal and Spiritual Formation
   • Students will strive toward deeper integration intellectually, morally, emotionally and spiritually.
   • Students will demonstrate:

1. Committed discipleship as faithful individuals and as persons of moral character within community;
2. Responsibility for directing their learning for more effective engagement;
3. Self-awareness, especially of their own emotional processes in interaction with others.

   NATURE OF THE P. GDM & M.DIV. PROGRAMMES

   The P.GDM and M.Div. programmes are designed primarily for graduate candidates seeking ordination within the Methodist denomination. The programme helps to prepare students for a life time of fruitful leadership in ministry.Candidates from other denominations may however take advantage of the programme but would be required to take additional directed or independent courses to meet their denomination requirement for ordination. Non ordination independent candidates may also take this course for self-enrichment.

    

   OVERVIEW OF THE P.GDM AND M.DIV. PROGRAMMES

4. The central aim of the P.GDM and M.Div. programmes is to equip people for effective leadership service through the various full time vocations of the church, ordained and non-ordained. Because ministry is a profession practiced in community, preparation at Methodist Theological Institute occurs not only in the classroom, but also in contexts provided by various communities of faith.
2. People engaged in professional service to the church need the gift of maturity coupled with a capacity and desire to grow. Our commitment to this understanding is reflected in the following formational objectives.
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2. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

3. The P.GDM and M.Div. curricula strive toward greater educational excellence in the following areas:

4. Religious Heritage
5. Students will cultivate deep roots in the foundational biblical and theological traditions of the Christian faith.
6. Students will demonstrate:
7. Knowledge of biblical and historical foundations of Christian theology and practice;
8. Critical understanding of methodological issues in interpreting these traditions for contemporary faith and practice;
9. Engagement with the diversity of the Christian heritage and imaginative expression in liturgy.
2. Cultural Context
   • Students will engage diverse cultural contexts sensitively, critically and constructively.
   • Students will demonstrate:
3. Ability to enter into diverse cultural communities with an openness to encountering, contributing to, and learning from different cultural perspectives;
4. Critical use of methods for identifying and analyzing cultural patterns, social structures and economic forces impacting human communities and their lived faith;
5. Constructive engagement in collaborative ministry with others in ways that are culturally informed.
3. Ministerial and Public Leadership
   • Students will hone their own skills for ministry and enable the ministry and leadership of others.
   • Students will demonstrate:
4. Skill in practicing the arts of ministry and church leadership;
5. Ability to work effectively with others to facilitate their gifts for service and leadership in the church, in community organization and in the public square.
6. Fruitful approaches toward innovation to help others face new challenges and opportunities for creative and faithful ministry and mission.
4. Personal and Spiritual Formation
   • Students will strive toward deeper integration intellectually, morally, emotionally and spiritually.
   • Students will demonstrate:
5. Committed discipleship as faithful individuals and as persons of moral character within community;
6. Responsibility for directing their learning for more effective engagement;
7. Self-awareness, especially of their own emotional processes in interaction with others.

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