Partnership with United Theological Seminary

Master of Divinity students in the United Methodist Church have the opportunity to complete a portion of their education at Winebrenner.

United Theological Seminary, in fulfilling its goal of “preparing persons for leadership in the ministry…; leading in the ongoing reflection of Wesleyan theology; and…assisting the church in fulfilling its mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ” (The Book of Discipline, para. 1422) has agreed to a cooperative education program with Winebrenner.

United Methodist students identified by United would begin their seminary matriculation process at Winebrenner for the first 10 courses listed here below. All graduate credit hours successfully completed at Winebrenner shall be transferrable to United.

United Course Number/Title Credit Hours Winebrenner Course Number/Title
OT 500 Old Testament I 3 OT 5000 Old Testament Foundations
OT 604 Old Testament II 3 OT 5020 The Prophets or current Old Testament elective
NT 525 New Testament I 3 NT 5200 New Testament Foundations
NT 621 New Testament II 3 NT 6270 Studies in Paul
CH 504 Church History I 3 CH 5400 A Survey of the History of Christianity
CH 601 Church History II 3 CH 5420 Medieval Christianity (500-1300) or current Christian History elective
ET 601 Ethics 3 TH 6640 Christian Ethics
EV 525 Evangelism 3 CM 5820 Introduction to Christian Missiology
PC 507 Pastoral Care 3 CC 5600 Family Counseling and Relations
PT 502 Seminarian Write 1 IS 5100 Foundations for Seminary Studies