Deepen Your Understanding, Expand Your Impact: 100% Online Master of Theological Studies (MTS)
- Focus: Ready to explore your theological passions and prepare for specialized ministry, community engagement, or further academic pursuits? Our flexible, 100% online MTS program allows you to dive deep into the topics that matter most to you, on your schedule.
- What You’ll Gain:
- Explore Your Passion: Immerse yourself in focused theological reflection in areas like race relations, gender studies, church & society, public theology, power politics, intercultural studies, interreligious studies, and many more!
- Prepare for Your Calling: Gain a strong academic foundation for specialized ministry roles, impactful community work, or advanced graduate studies.
- Learn on Your Terms: Complete the 36-unit program entirely online in as little as 18 months, fitting your education into your life. You also have the option to take courses on campus if you prefer.
- Maximize Your Investment (Dual Degree Option): Current MDiv and MCL students can add just one more year of study to earn a second master’s degree, expanding your expertise and career opportunities.
- Benefit from Flexibility: The MTS is our most adaptable and efficient graduate degree, designed to meet your individual needs and goals.
The MTS empowers you to become a thoughtful leader and engaged scholar, equipped to make a meaningful contribution in your chosen field.
You Will
Demonstrate an introductory knowledge of theology and theological studies as they apply to contemporary contexts.
Engage theologically diverse cohorts, groups, and communities of faith and learning.
Gain expertise in an area of your own choosing
One of the Most Interculturally Diverse Seminaries in the Country
Since our founding 150 years ago, the core values of soul freedom, service leadership, social justice, public witness, religious liberty, and the centrality of the Word (written and spoken) still guide and sustain BST to this day. These Jesus-centered values, rooted in our inclusive inter-cultural heritage, have made BST an attractive school for students of many faith and denominational affiliations.
Here you will truly enter a spiritual “world-house” of teaching and learning, with a world-class faculty and students from every habitable continent on earth.
