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MISSION AND PURPOSE
Our Mission is to develop and provide in-service
ministry educational programs to mature, mid-career, and late-career
individuals whom God has called into His service as full-time,
bi-vocational, or lay servants; to keep such programs on the cutting edge
of ministry and technology; and to deliver the programs to the students in
a way that does not hinder their capacity to continue the ministry in
which they currently serve.
Our Purpose
is to restore, through practical Biblical education, the servant culture
of Christian ministry, by bringing to the God-called individual additional
ministry training and degree programs that meet his or her need as a
worker in an appointed field of service; and to promote ministry higher
education as a tool for more effective service rather than a means of
obtaining position or advantage.
THE
DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE
STUDIES
The Division of
Undergraduate Studies is responsible for the
Diploma, Associate and Bachelor level Degrees offered.
Degrees are offered in a wide variety of concentrations designed to
strengthen the student's ministry contribution within the body of Christ.
THE
DIVISION OF GRADUATE STUDIES
The Division of Graduate
Studies is responsible for the Master
and Doctoral level degrees offered. Degrees are offered in a
wide variety of concentrations designed to build upon the student's
previous education and experience while enhancing his or her ministry
contribution within the body of Christ.
Build on What You Have...At Master's International
School of Divinity, You Begin Where You Are,
and Finish Where God Wants You to be.
CHURCH GROUPS REPRESENTED IN OUR
ALUMNI
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to View a List of the Christian Groups
in Which Our Students and Graduates are Serving.
Click
HERE to View the
Links to the Ministries of Some
of Our Students, Graduates, Faculty and Administrators.
OUR POSITION ON THE CHURCH
OF JESUS CHRIST
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Doctrinal Creed
Master's
International School of Divinity is free-standing and not associated
with any church group or denomination. We are
Christ-centered, Bible-based and unapologetically evangelical.
The primary historical influence that has helped to shape Master's
comes from the sixteenth century reformation movement which
stressed: the proper separation of church and state; congregational
autonomy; the true church consisting of the born-again; the
voluntary post-conversion baptism of believers; Scripture alone as
the final authority in all matters of doctrine; and the right of the
church to exercise control over its own educational programs.
In Particular, the Administration and
Faculty Believe in and Affirm:
1.
The Divine inspiration of the Canonical Books of the Old and New
Testaments as originally given, and preserved throughout the ages as
the only infallible, inerrant and sufficient source of theology and
doctrine (Ps. 119:9, 89, 105; Matt. 24:35;
1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 4:12; 1 Pet. 1:25; 2 Pet. 1:21);
2.
The Triune Godhead existing in One Eternal, Transcendent,
Omnipotent, personal God, manifested in three Persons: Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit (Gen.1:1; Ex. 3:14, 34:6;
Deut. 6:4, 32:4; 1 Kings 8:27; Neh. 9:6; Ps. 90:2, 103:8, 116:5,
147:5; Isa. 6:3, 40:28, 57:15; Jer. 23:23-24; Mal. 3:6; Matt. 28:19;
John 4:24, 14:16; Acts 17:28; 1 Cor. 8:4; 2 Cor. 13:14; Col. 1:17; 1
Tim. 1:17; Heb. 1:2, 12 and 11:3; 2 Pet. 3:9; 1 John 4:10 16);
3.
The beginning of the existing space-time universe, including all of
its basic systems and organisms as revealed in the six literal days
of the creation week, the fall of man and the Noahic flood.
This we particularly stress as the historically factual account of
origins, and the cause of the current condition of the physical
earth as well as mankind upon it from creation to the present:
(Genesis chapters 1 - 10; John 1:1-4; and
the whole of Scriptural affirmation);
4.
The perfect, sinless humanity and absolute full deity of the Lord
Jesus Christ, indissolubly united in one divine/human Person since
His unique incarnation by miraculous virgin conception and birth
(Isa. 53:6; Matt. 28:18 20; Luke 1:35;
John 1:1,14,18; Acts 2:22, 24 32; Rom. 1:3-4, 8:34; 2 Cor. 5:18-19;
Eph. 1:19 22; Col. 3:4; Tit. 2:13; Heb. 1:8, 4:15, 7:25; 1 Pet.
1:18, 2:22 and 24, 3:18; 1 John 2:1-2);
5.
The substitutionary and redemptive sacrifice of the Lord Jesus
Christ for the sin of the world, through His literal physical death,
burial, and bodily resurrection followed by His bodily ascension
into Heaven (Isa. 53:6; Matt. 28:18 20;
Luke 1:35; John 1:1,14,18; Acts 2:22, 24 32; Rom. 1:3-4, 8:34; 2 Cor.
5:18-19; Eph. 1:19 22; Col. 3:4; Tit. 2:13; Heb. 1:8, 4:15, 7:25; 1
Pet. 1:18, 2:22 and 24, 3:18; 1 John 2:1-2);
6.
Personal salvation from the eternal penalty of sin, provided
exclusively by the grace of God on the basis of the atoning death
and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, to be received only
through confession of, and individual faith in, His Person and
redemptive work on the cross, to be followed by baptism and
conversion from a life of sin to a life characterized by the
empowering grace of the Holy Spirit, giving evidence in loving
service and adherence to the principles and practices of the
Christian Faith as set forth in the Holy Scriptures
(John 10:17-18; Acts 4:12; 1 Tim. 1:15, 2:5-6; Tit.
2:11-12; Heb. 2:9; 1 Pet. 3:18; Matt. 1:21; John 3:14 17, 6:44; Rom.
3:10 12, 19, 20, 23; Eph. 2:1 3, 8-9; Ps. 51:3-4; Prov. 28:13; Isa.
6:1 5, 55:6-7; Matt. 3:2 and 8, 4:17; Luke 13:3, 15:18, 18:13, 19:8;
John 16:8 11; Acts 11:18; Rom. 2:4, 10:9-10; 2 Cor. 7:9-10; 2 Tim.
2:25; Ps. 4:3; John 17:17; Acts 15:8-9; Rom. 6:19 and 22, 12:1-2; 2
Cor. 7:1; Gal. 2:20, 6:14; Eph. 5:26; Col. 3:3, 1 Thess. 4:3, 5:23;
2 Thess. 2:13; Heb. 12:14; 1 Pet. 1:2 and 15-16; 2 Pet. 3:18; 1 John
5:6);
7.
The future personal, bodily return of the Lord Jesus Christ to the
earth to judge and establish His eternal kingdom and to consummate
and fulfill all His purposes, the works of creation, and redemption,
with eternal reward for believers and eternal punishment for the
unsaved (1 Cor. 15:3 8 and 19 23; Phil.
3:20-21; 1 Thess. 4:14 17; 1 John 3:2; Matt. 24:14, 36-51, 25:1-13;
Mark 13:10, 32 37; Luke 21:27-28; John 14:1 3; Acts 1:11; 1 Cor.
15:58; Col. 3:1-4; 1 Thess. 4:13-5:11; Tit. 2:12-13; Heb. 9:28;
James 5:7-8; 1 John 2:28-3:3; Rev. 1:7, 22:12-13; Isa.65:17, 66:22;
Dan.12:2; Matt.25:42, 46; Mark 9:42-48; John 5:28-29, 14:1-3; Eph.
1:3-14; Phil. 3:20-21; 2 Thess.1:8-9; 2 Pet.3:13; Rev.14:9-11,
20:10-15, 21:1-22:7 ).
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APPLICATION INFORMATION
It is the
policy of this Institution to admit students on the basis of a fair and
impartial judgment based on the information provided to the Admissions
Department at the time of application. In some cases, official
documentation of credits, advanced standing, non-college level training,
and all other admissions information may not be required at the
time of application. However, all students admitted to a program
based upon initial application information will be on academic probation
for a period of not more than 90 days following registration, during which
time official transcripts and all required documents must be received and
validated by the office of the Registrar.
REGISTRATION PROGRESS AND
GRADING
Registration is the step
immediately following Application. At the time of Registration,
tuition and fees are due in full unless the student has agreed to Register
using one of the Institution's approved payment plans, in which case, the
initial payment required by the selected plan is due. The registrant
may then commence study, and is considered an official student at the
Institution
(though some form of academic probation may apply). The initial Registration
period is for five years. Nearly all students are able to complete
their program during this time (or sooner). In the event that the
student has not completed the program at the end of five years, a total
program evaluation will be provided to determine the most suitable program
completion plan based upon requirements current at that time. This policy
assures the student that unforeseen circumstances need not prevent him or
her from graduating.
Student
progress is measured without frequent direct reminders to the student.
This is an adult open learning program. Student average age is
forty-four, and most students are actively involved in the daily
responsibilities of Christian ministry and community service. The
open learning model of education provides significant advantages to
students, and permits study to be undertaken at the discretion of the
student. Nevertheless, the Dean of Students in cooperation with the
Registrar, tracks student progress and provides proactive and on-call
student assistance.
GRADUATION INFORMATION
After all academic and financial requirements are validated by the office
of the Registrar, the student will be graduated. The student will
have the option of graduating off-campus. In which case, the
degree will be mailed to the graduate. The student will also have
the option of attending the on-campus graduation exercises held annually
in Evansville, Indiana with graduates coming from across the United States
and many other nations. Graduation information is sent to all
prospective graduates in January of each year. Annual graduation exercises
are extraordinary events, and students are encouraged to consider adding
this unique component to their educational experience.
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