NASHVILLE — Four Southern Baptist Convention seminaries have been approved to offer a new doctor of educational ministry degree, according to notifications received from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) in the United States and Canada in February.
Receiving word of ATS approval were New Orleans Seminary; Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas; Midwestern Seminary, Kansas City, Mo.; and Southern Seminary, Louisville, Ky.
Additionally, Southern Seminary received ATS approval to offer a new master of arts in Christian school administration designed for people who hold a teacher’s certificate and who have experience in classroom teaching.
ATS, the accrediting agency for graduate theological education in North America, authorized the doctor of educational ministry (D.Ed.Min.) degree in June 1998 to be offered to people who serve in some form of church ministry, denominational service or missions administration and who hold a master of arts of Christian education (MACE), master in arts of religious education (MARE), master in religious education (MRE) or equivalent degrees.
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