Master of Divinity in Military Chaplaincy

Deepen your ability to provide spiritual and emotional support for military service members and their families. Through Liberty University’s Master of Divinity (M.Div.) in Military Chaplaincy program, you can learn to assist service members and their families who are facing challenging military situations, such as deployment, combat, injury, trauma, and emotional distress. Examine the theological and cultural issues relevant to both formal and informal chaplaincy settings.

This program is designed to increase your ability to steward the Gospel by enhancing your ministry skills and Christian character. Here, you’ll examine the theological and cultural issues relevant to military populations. You can also learn how to minister to the unique needs of those who are experiencing combat-related trauma.

Clinical Pastoral Education 

Our chaplaincy program incorporates Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) opportunities designed to enhance your marketability in the field. This degree includes one unit of CPE that you’ll complete in a ministry setting, averaging 20 – 25 hours per week.

Through the Military Chaplaincy degree program, you’ll have the opportunity to: 

• Gain a global perspective on the Great Commission in a format that emphasizes the proclamation and practical application of the Gospel in making disciples.
• Explore the Old and New Testaments from a conservative evangelical perspective, exhibiting knowledge of the literature appropriate to the discipline of biblical studies.
• Investigate theological stances on key doctrinal questions and issues within Christian thought. 
• Synthesize the principles of chaplain care in the military context

Learn from our credentialed faculty who have served or continue to serve as chaplains in one or more functional areas of chaplaincy. You’ll also have the opportunity to benefit from our on-campus Scriptorium and Homiletics lab.

Master of Divinity (M.Div.)

The Master of Divinity at Liberty University gives you the core values, knowledge, and skills you need to serve in professional Christian ministry effectively. This degree can prepare you through in-depth study of biblical leadership principles and strategies as well as intensive study of the Scriptures and essential truths of the Christian faith.

This program benefits pastors and ministry leaders who seek a firm Scriptural foundation for service in Christian ministry. The Liberty Theological Seminary has many different M.Div. concentrations to choose from. The M.Div. is the basis for most divinity doctoral programs.