After completing this program, students will be able to:

 

• Know how to draw the ministry of Word and Sacrament from the Holy Scriptures as centered in Jesus Christ.  

• Learn, analyze, and assess the doctrine and history of the church and its teachers in order to distinguish God’s law and gospel in proclamation, teaching, and pastoral care.  

• Know how to analyze and assess the context of ministry in the world in order to aptly communicate the gospel in proclamation, teaching, and pastoral care.  

• Be able to analyze and appraise theological formulations in a spirit of openness and mutual respect.