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NNU’s online Master of Divinity degree in Spiritual Formation empowers you to explore classic spiritual disciplines, journey with a mentor in your own ministry context, discover spiritual direction and learn from our well-published faculty with over two decades of experience teaching Spiritual Formation.
- 75 semester credits for degree completion
- Fully online
- Meets All Educational Requirements For Ordination in the Church of the Nazarene
- Federal Financial Aid and NNU’s zero-interest monthly payment plan are available to all who qualify
About Master of Divinity: Spiritual Formation
NNU’s 75-credit M.Div. degree with specialization in Spiritual Formation is fully online and designed for busy adults. Complete one course at a time in as few as 51 months (with most summers off) or choose a more accelerated pace.
Explore a breadth of disciplines in your coursework including Pastoral Care, Leadership, Preaching, Christian Education, Bible, Theology, Worship, Evangelism, Church History and Philosophy. Additionally, you’ll add 32 focused credits to fulfill your M.Div. specialization in Spiritual Formation.
We welcome individuals from a variety of theological traditions. NNU’s program fulfills all academic requirements for ordination with the Church of the Nazarene, in tandem with district approval.
degree details
Master of Divinity
Fully Online
$575 per credit, $150 per semester technology fee
Program Outcomes
- Understand and be able to explain Wesleyan-Holiness theology as it relates to scripture, Christian tradition, reason and experience in the practice of ministry
- Identify characteristics of the cultural context of ministry and assess them through an appropriate theological perspective, compare existing cultures with alternative cultural expressions and develop personal and corporate practices consistent reign of God
- Practice the means of grace (spiritual disciplines) that lead to emotional and spiritual health, personal Christian theological virtue and responsible social engagement
- Integrate Christian theological themes in the understanding and practice of ministry and leadership
- Assess spiritual journeys—for individuals and communities—for the purpose of creating a spiritual formation plan that will stimulate growth in acts of piety and mercy (i.e., inward and outward holiness)
- Practice the role of being a spiritual director, by utilizing spiritual formation practices, to a local group in their ministry context
- Understand and develop spiritual formation practices, under the supervision of a mentor, that foster personal and spiritual growth
- Integrate the various ways spiritual formation may be part of the ministries of a local church in teaching, worship, preaching and mission
Dual Accreditation
Since 1930, NNU has been continuously accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges & Universities, the same respected accrediting body that validates other leading educational institutions across the Pacific Northwest.
Meet Our Faculty
Vicki Funk, BA
Program Coordinator, Christian Ministries Online (CMO) & Theology (GST)
Tomás Alvarez, D.MIN.
Associate Professor of Theology; Special Assistant to the President
Richard Thompson, PH.D.
Professor of New Testament; Director of Wesley Center Office of Applied Theology
Marty Michelson, PH.D.
Professor of Biblical Studies & Pastoral Counseling
Joe Gorman, D.MIN.
Professor of Practical Theology; Director of Undergraduate Online Education
Brent Peterson, PH.D.
Dean, College of Theology & Christian Ministries; Professor of Theology
Audra Butkus
Program Coordinator Philosophy and Religion and Course of Study
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