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Want to explore God’s heart for mission?
Or search the depths of the Bible?
Want to get equipped for ministry?
Or learn how to effectively communicate the Gospel to a diverse and changing world?
Then Melbourne School of Theology is for you!
Explore God's
heart for mission
Master of Missional Leadership
Post-Graduate Course
In our rapidly changing world, great challenges and opportunities present themselves to Christian leaders serving in Australia or overseas. The rapidly declining Christian influence in the West (alongside the generally rapid growth of Christianity in the non-Western world), the unprecedented migration of peoples around the world and the impact of technologies and globalization, raise new questions for how God’s people should live with integrity and with biblical and contextual faithfulness.
The Master of Missional Leadership (MML) has been designed to address these challenges and opportunities with missional intention.
Ministry in Culturally Diverse Teams
Intensive - 3-9 April (On campus or Online)
This unit is designed to equip students with the knowledge, perspectives, skills, and understanding of working and leading in team dynamics, particularly in culturally diverse settings. Through the learning environment of the unit, we focus on evaluating different models of teams, the impact of culture on the selection and functioning of team leaders and members, biblical perspectives about ministry in the culturally diverse Christian community, handling sources of conflict in culturally diverse teams, approaches to and tools for building and supporting teams, and biblical, sociological, and anthropological perspectives on the leadership of culturally diverse groups.
Introduction to Islam
Unit - Evening Class or Online
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a general knowledge on Islam’s foundation, spread and key aspects; as well as introduce students to the diversity of Muslims enhancing capacity to engage as a Christian with the Muslim world.
On successful completion of this unit, you be able to articulate the basic practices and beliefs of the Islamic faith. You will know the general history of Islam and its place in the modern world. And you will understand the diverse nature of Islam, and its view of other religions.
Search the depths
of the Bible
Jesus and the Gospels
Unit - Evening Class or Online
This unit provides an introduction to the ministry and teaching of Jesus as described in the Gospels, with a special focus on Mark. At the end of this subject, you will have gained an understanding of the historical context of Jesus’ ministry and will be able to identify the distinctive features of each of the four Gospels.
You will be able to discuss the major themes of Jesus’ teaching and appreciate the significance of certain key events recorded in the Gospels. Through personal reflection, you will be able to use perspectives from this unit to further your own understanding of the Gospel and your application of it in your life and ministry.
Master of Theological Studies
Post-Graduate Course
Are you interested in going further in your studies of the Christian faith? Our Master of Theological studies will equip you to mine the depths of Scripture and apply theological wisdom to today’s world at a first-rate level. Melbourne School of Theology offers a wide variety of units from which you may choose across all the theological disciplines for completing the Master of Theological Studies: Biblical Studies, Christian Theology, Christianity in History, Practical, Pastoral and Missional Theology. Our learned faculty will be there to assist you every step of the way.
Diploma of Christian Studies
Under-Graduate Course
Whether you’re fresh out of school or haven’t studied in years, the Diploma of Christian Studies is an ideal starting point for studying the Bible, theology and mission.
Unfortunately, the Bible doesn’t say “Repent, be baptised, and study a Diploma of Christian Studies!” But for people wanting to go deeper in their faith, MST’s Diploma of Christian Studies is highly recommended for providing a solid biblical foundation with plenty of room for ministry training. This one-year course is a springboard for your own personal growth, being equipped for ministry, or for exploring whether you might like to continue studying an undergraduate degree.
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for ministry
Bachelor of Ministry
Undergraduate Course
Be prepared for a wide range of Christian ministries with a thorough introduction to Christian foundations and practical ministry skills.
If you feel called into ministry as a pastor, chaplain, cross-cultural missionary or local church leader, then the Bachelor of Ministry is a fantastic starting point. This Degree provides the theological framework and spiritual formation you will need in order to excel in your future service as a minister or Christian leader.
Graduate Diploma of Divinity
Post-Graduate Course
This unit is designed to assist Christian believers, in particular those serving in the vocations of pastoral ministry, school, chaplaincy, and mental health. Our team of expert teachers offers introductions to common mental health conditions and its treatments, and present effective skills and strategies.
Introduction to the Qur'an
Unit - Evening Class or Online
Apart from the Bible, no book has had as great an impact on human lives as the Qur’an. This unit will enable students to gain a general understanding of the Qur’an, its structure, context, history, message and influence, as well its distinctives in relation to the Bible, and to learn how this understanding can be applied in mission to Muslims.
MST hosts an atmosphere of intellectually and spiritually challenging conversation, and encourages critical thinking, which sustains my confidence that my worldview is being shaped powerfully by sound theology and my relationship with Jesus is tested and strengthened as a result!"
Benji Watson
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Introduction to Philosophy
The study of philosophy trains us to think critically. For students of the bible and theology it is particularly valuable because it allows us to examine ideas at their foundational level. It therefore enables us to become proficient theological thinkers who are able to explain and defend the Christian faith with analytical accuracy and critical acumen.
Christian Apologetics
Christian Worldview
Christian Ethics
Theology for Everyday Life
Theology for Everyday Life is the discipline of living out in everyday life all that we know and believe about God.
It is our desire to think biblically about everything—our work and our play, our personal identity and our interpersonal relationships, our community, our nation and our world, what we read and watch. Everything! For we must see all of life as an expression of faith and an act of worship.
This unit is designed to help bridge the divide that often exists between our academic “cerebral” understanding of theology and biblical study, and the lived experience of faith.
History of Christianity in Australia
This is a vital subject for all Australian Christians. It traces the major phases and developments in the history of Christianity in Australia in their political and social contexts. Looking at such issues as the Colonial chaplaincy and the challenges of a convict settlement, Education, Mission to Indigenous peoples, relationship with the State, the rise of denominations, the World Wars, White Australia Policy, the rise of different movements in Australia such as the Pentecostal movement, and the more recent debates both within the wider community such as abortion, conservation, and poverty, and in the church such as women in ministry.
Faith and the Arts
Our lives are shaped by the things that appeal to our imaginations and influence our desires. This includes the stories we are told through novels and film, the music we listen to, the images we are surrounded by and even the spaces we worship in. As Christians, we must be proficient critical thinkers when it comes to the arts. The arts not only influence us, they also provide a vital language of expression that is as necessary for the expression of faith as a creed or confession. The arts have always played a central role in the expression of the Christian church down through the centuries and therefore they are also a crucial window to church history. This course will examine the influence that the arts can, do, and have had on the Christian imagination. The course is not designed just for those involved in the arts. It is designed to help all Christian students appreciate and understand the various artforms and their significance for the expression of faith.
Cultural Exegesis
This course seeks to equip the student in the critical task of understanding the ever-changing ministry context of today’s church – its surrounding culture and society. Students will learn how to “exegete” today’s socio-cultural context of ministry using a number of approaches and tools ( e.g. sociological, anthropological, cultural and theological), examining not only “what” is happening but also “why” it’s happening. This course will also help you to examine the complex relationship between the church and its surrounding cultures/societies. You will learn to explore how surrounding cultures shape the internal culture and mission of the church while also identifying some of the ways through which the church can impact its surrounding world in a prophetic manner.
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