Ministry offers you a streamlined ministry degree designed to meet all educational requirements for ordination in the Church of the Nazarene and fulfill most requirements from other denominations. Designed for busy adults, you can complete this fully online program one course at a time* in as few as 27 months. Our caring, qualified faculty are ready to help you prepare for Christian ministry while supporting and challenging you in ways that bring out your best, both academically and for your future in ministry.

Graduates from our Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry are serving in various ministry venues, including:

• Pastoral leadership
• Staff ministry
• Church planting
• University student development
• Military
• Healthcare
• Hospice
• Institutional and marketplace chaplaincy
• Non-profit leadership
• Cross-cultural ministry
• District and general church administration

Additionally, many of our graduates have advanced to doctoral studies at a variety of other educational institutions, including Drew Divinity School, Boston University, Regent, Claremont, Portland Seminary, Fuller, Perkins, and Nazarene Theological Seminary, to name just a few.

NNU’s Graduate School of Theology is accredited by The Commission on Accrediting of The Association of Theological Schools. The following degree programs are approved by The Commission on Accrediting: Master of Divinity; Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry; and Master of Arts in Leadership & Formation with specializations in Missional Leadership; Spiritual Formation; and Youth, Children & Family Ministry.