The Master of Arts in Urban Leadership (MAUL) is a 54-quarter credit hour (36 semester credits) program where students will engage with complex social and cultural issues facing urban communities, including systemic racism, poverty, violence, and incarceration, and exegete their cultural contexts using ethnographic skills. This practical approach will build on a foundation of biblical knowledge, theology, and church history, focusing on urban theology and the history of the urban church in America. Leading practitioners in urban ministry will train students in preaching, evangelism, conflict mediation, and pastoral care. The degree can be completed entirely as a distance student using our Northern Live technology. This program is usually completed in four years.

The Master of Arts in Christian Community Development (MACCD) is a 54-quarter credit hour (36 semester credits) program where students study the complex social and cultural issues facing urban communities, including racism, poverty, and violence, and integrate the principles of Christian Community Development in their own context. The degree can be completed entirely as a distance student using our Northern Live technology. This program is usually completed in four years.

The Master of Arts in Old Testament (MAOT) is a 54-quarter credit hour (36 semester credits) program that provides teaching pastors and those interested in pursuing further Old Testament scholarship grounded in the theology that emerges from studying Hebrew, the Old Testament, and the first century context of the New Testament writings. The MAOT is offered in partnership with Jerusalem University College (JUC) and students MUST attend both institutions to receive the MAOT from Northern seminary. The program provides pastors, church leaders, Bible teachers, and future doctoral students experiential and academic knowledge of the Bible in its context by combining JUC’s unique living and learning “in the land” of Israel with Northern’s flexible distance courses. The degree can be completed entirely as a distance student using our Northern Live technology. This program is usually completed in two years.

The Master of Arts in New Testament (MANT) is a 54-quarter credit hour (36 semester credits) program that provides an in-depth exposure to New Testament studies with additional study in the Old Testament, church history, and theology. The focus of this program is to genuinely explore the hermeneutics of doing New Testament theology. The degree can be completed entirely as a distance student using our Northern Live technology. This program is usually completed in four years.

The Master of Arts in Theology and Mission (MATM) is a 54-quarter credit hour (36 semester credits) that focuses on the mission of God in today’s cultural contexts. The program seeks to develop leaders who can effectively proclaim the gospel through missional theology, contextual reflection, and ministry experience. It will broaden understanding of God’s mission and it is specifically designed to be affordable, local, and communal. The program equips you for local and sustainable mission by offering a strong biblical and theological base for engaging in God’s mission and for leading a community on mission. This specialization is available both as a Master of Arts and Master of Divinity Degree. The degree can be completed entirely as a distance student using our Northern Live technology. This program is usually completed in two to three years.

The Master of Arts in Theological Studies (MATS) is a 54-quarter credit hour (36 semester credits) program in which half the required courses draw from a broad curriculum in biblical, theological, historical, and cultural core courses, and the other half consists of electives that can be selected from across all of our degree offerings to meet the student’s ministry needs and interests. The degree can be completed entirely as a distance student using our Northern Live technology. This program is usually completed in two to three years.

The Master of Arts in Christian Ministries (MACM) is a 54-quarter credit hour (36 semester credits) program that incorporates practical ministry training in preaching, pastoral care and counseling, cross-cultural ministry, worship, missional church, and evangelism while deepening biblical and theological understanding. The degree can be completed entirely as a distance student using our Northern Live technology. This program is usually completed in two to three years.

Our flagship degree, the Master of Divinity (MDiv) is a 108-quarter credit hour (72 semester credits) comprehensive degree program designed to prepare students for service in ministry by providing a broad foundational knowledge of the Old and New Testaments, Theology, Church History, and Christian Ethics while integrating ministry practice. It is ideal for pastoral leadership and chaplaincy and required by many denominations for ordination. The degree can be completed entirely as a distance student using our Northern Live technology. This program is usually completed in three to four years.