Christian Distance Learning

NNU's School of Theology & Christian Ministries is pleased to be the first accredited institution in the Pacific Northwest to offer a fully online Master of Divinity degree.

Our Master of Divinity degree is designed to prepare men and women for congregational ministry, missions, ministry agencies, and a wide variety of chaplaincy applications. We seek to provide a depth of understanding in both theological and biblical studies in the student's context for ministry by providing opportunities for theological integration, spiritual formation, and ministry contextualization.

Ministry Benefits:

• Enjoy the flexibility of a fully online M.Div. degree while remaining in your local ministry context;
• Participate in a global learning community over the length of your program; the richness of learning with a cohort of other adult learners from a variety of locations, cultures, and denominations makes this a particularly enriching experience;
• Enhance your ministry skills by learning from experienced professors and ministry practitioners in the field; and
• Use your M.Div. to meet the educational requirements for those serving in chaplaincy ministries as well as those seeking to meet the educational requirements for ordination in the Church of the Nazarene.

Program Benefits:

• Complete the 75 credit M.Div. degree one course at a time in just four and half years;
• Courses are either six or eight weeks long and are completed in our fully online learning environment with no residential requirements whatsoever;
• Complete your M.Div. with an emphasis in either Spiritual Formation or Christian Education;
• Study under a gifted theological faculty with proven experience in online education at an institution accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, the accrediting body that oversees the educational standards for the major educational institutions in the Pacific Northwest.

Financial Benefits:

• Tuition discounts are available for qualified applicants;
• Federal financial aid may be available for U.S. citizens; and
• Interest-free monthly payment plans are also available.