1. Courses will follow a class structure provided through the modular curriculum. These modules have been designed to ensure Manual outcomes of learning for ministry are fulfilled.
2.  All course materials will be provided to the students in digital format, making it possible for students to access all work electronically.
3.  The emphasis is on learning, interactions with the material, and application to practical ministry.

1.  Classroom Settings:  This is, by far, the most desirable means of taking classes.  Classes will be offered at six locations throughout the district, a total of at least 18 classes per year.  Classes will be taught by a faculty of mostly seasoned pastors have appropriate academic qualifications and approved by the district.

2.  Online Education:  Northwest Nazarene University and Nazarene Bible College both offer the modular course of study through an online program on the internet.  It will be the responsibility of the student to submit proof of satisfactory completion of the class to the secretary of the district board of ministerial studies.

3.  Supervised Independent Study:  Students may petition with the school of ministry to pursue the modular classes through a supervised independent study process.  This process will require registering with the director of supervised independent study and being assigned to a supervising faculty member to complete the requirements for the class.  Students should be aware, however, that permission to take classes through independent study will be granted only to students with special circumstances for whom taking regular classes is impractical.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The tuition cost for taking any modular class through the Northeastern Indiana Nazarene School of Ministry is $150.00.  This includes both classroom and supervised independent study.  Students taking classes should remember that no credit for a class is granted until the tuition fee is paid in full.

The tuition costs for the NNU and NBC online classes are set by those institutions.  Students taking online classes will pay tuition directly to those institutions according to their payment policies.

Senior Pastor Discount:  Senior pastors taking the modular classes through the classroom program or independent study will be granted a 25% tuition discount.

Supervised Ministry Experience Requirement
 

All students in the course of study through the district curriculum will be required to complete the supervised minsitry experience module before being graduated from the course of study.  Students expecting to be ordained must enroll in the supervised ministry experience module beginning the fall before.

All students planning to apply for ordination should register for this module no later than September 1 in the year prior to ordination. 

 

REGISTER FOR SUPERVISED MINISTRY BY CONTACTING  Rev. Mark Diemer, Associate Director of NEI School of Ministry. (Contact information is in column to the left.)

The best time to register and complete this module depends on the ministry circumstances of the student.  Students pastoring or on the paid staff of a local church should register for this module as soon as practical.  Students not involved in an active ministry assignment should regiser for this module as they near completion of their course of study requirements.