Master of Ministry

Our degrees are hybrid, meaning that students will take a combination of online and in-person intensives. The intensives are offered over one to two weeks on campus during the summer, with prior reading, followed by a significant writing assignment. Online classes are offered during the regular fall and winter semesters. The recommended load is two to three courses per year for those in full-time ministry and up to six classes every year for those in part-time work. Degrees can be completed in two to six years, depending on the course load.

Eligibility and Prerequisites

Bachelor’s degree: A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
Religion courses: Minimum of 12 semester hours in religion (waivers may be requested for some or all of this requirement, based on the applicant's full-time ministry experience).
GPA requirement: Minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.00 OR for an undergraduate GPA of 2.50 to 2.99 applicants may request to be admitted on a provisional basis.
Evangelism and Ministry, and Biblical Counseling Emphases applicants must:
- provide a written list of church offices held (such as elder, deaconess, Sabbath School leader) and church outreach activities (such as conducting Bible studies, working in Revelation seminars, and assisting with health-education seminars).

Submit official college and university transcripts. Many institutions subscribe to the convenient transcript-request service at National Student Clearinghouse, or you may also contact your institution directly. Have your transcripts sent to the Graduate and Professional Studies office (gradtranscripts@southern.edu). If you earned your prerequisite degree at Southern, you do not need to complete this step.

All non-U.S. transcripts must be submitted through one of the following approved credential evaluation agencies:

SpanTran: use this link to send to Southern
Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc (ECE): www.ece.org
World Education Services: www.wes.org

Evaluations are to be sent directly to Southern Graduate Studies, by the service. All evaluation reports are considered to be advisory. Southern reserves the right to make final equivalency decisions.

Submit two recommendation forms (completed by work supervisors or professors). One of these recommendations is to be from your employing conference, if employed by the Seventh-day Adventist Denomination. This should be done as part of the online application process. If you are employed by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, one recommendation must be from a superior in the organization.

Candidates are to submit a written "Statement of Purpose through the Application Status Page following the guidelines provided by the School of Religion. Download PDF.

Candidates are to submit a written "Statement of Purpose" through Application Status Page following the guidelines provided by the School of Religion.

Download PDF

The MA in Religion and MMin degrees don't offer enough year-round, in-person classes to qualify international students for an F1 student visa.

All non-U.S. transcripts must be submitted through one of the following approved credential evaluation agencies:

SpanTran: use this link to send to Southern
Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc (ECE): www.ece.org
World Education Services: www.wes.org

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Greg King, PhD

Dean

423.236.2975
gking@southern.edu

Stephen Bauer, PhD

Professor

423.236.2981
sbauer@southern.edu

John Doh, PhD

Professor

423.236.2978
hdoh@southern.edu

Eliezer Graterol, PhD, DMin

Professor

423.236.2989
eliezerg@southern.edu

David Hartman, DMin

Professor

423.236.2980
dhartman@southern.edu

Michael Hasel, PhD

Professor

423.236.2986
mhasel@southern.edu

Jud Lake, ThD

Professor

423.236.2985
jslake@southern.edu

Alan Parker, ThD

Professor

423.236.2683
parker@southern.edu

Barry Tryon, DMin

Professor

423.236.2025
btryon@southern.edu

William Paroschi, PhD

Professor

423.236.2979
wparoschi@southern.edu

Kerre Conerly

Graduate Program Manager
kconerly@southern.edu
423.236.2033

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