Enhance Your Urban Ministry
Designed to enhance the practice of ministry in urban multicultural settings
BST’s Masters in Community Leadership (MCL) is a professional degree program designed to prepare men and women for church and community service in ordained and non-ordained capacities.
Critical Thinking Skills
Learn cultural, inter-cultural and contextual principles/methods for research and interpretation.
Training in preaching, public speaking, writing & publishing and teaching, which all require the skills of synthesizing data and crafting a presentation.
The Art of Communications
Study leadership styles and preferences for organizational development, community organizing, and pastoral roles.
Leadership Styles & Strategies
Experience Formation
Formation for leadership: personal, spiritual, pastoral and professional.
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.
Curriculum
- Can be completed in as little as 2 years
- Core Introductory Courses: Bible OT & NT, History, Ethics, Theology, Writing/Technology, Inter-cultural, Leadership, and Communications
- Concentrations: four courses in one track
- Internship: two semesters in non-profits, community organizing, para-church, or church settings
Contact Us
(510) 841-1905
admissions@bst.edu
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Berkeley, CA 94704
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Thematic Concentrations
Four thematic concentrations offer a breadth of theological training.
Creative Church & Community
People become involved in churches when they feel a sense of authentic community and spiritual connection. Students will be equipped to create authentic, diverse communities by addressing topics such as organizational change, church renewal, conflict resolution, congregational and communal care, spiritually grounded and ethical leadership, taking one’s faith public, and more...
Justice & Reconciliation
Justice is love in action. Reconciliation is justice embodied. God’s love inspires this work. Students will grapple with the justice demands of the gospel; develop strategies for long-term justice work; engage eco-justice and sustainability studies; learn to articulate insights from the rich histories of social and restorative justice movements; and grow in their confidence to address injustice in local, national, and global contexts.
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Spirituality & Resilience
Leaders need to know how to cultivate deep resources for their spiritual, emotional, and professional well-being for self and others. Students will learn to draw on scripture, history, prayer, communal practices, pastoral care, trauma studies, communication skills, the arts, and other valuable resources to support environments where people flourish.
Border Crossing & Bridge Building
Social segregation is an insidious systemic problem that continues to cause deep and lasting conflict. Students from diverse backgrounds will develop intercultural skills through praxis-oriented courses; self-directed, inventive projects; and innovative internship opportunities. Students will also gain valuable skill in using digital resources for common good, including podcasting, social media, and other emerging technologies.
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
My theological training at Berkeley School of Theology helped set a moral framework around economic and racial justice that will ensure no worker, family or community is left behind.
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MINISTER CHERRI MURPHY
Faith Rooted Organizer, Economic Justice for Black Oakland
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Graduate Theological Union
2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, California 94709
510-826-4488 • admissions@gtu.edu
Graduate Theological Union • 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, California 94709
510-826-4488 • admissions@gtu.edu
Graduate Theological Union
2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, California 94709
510-826-4488 • admissions@gtu.edu
Contact Us
(510) 841-1905
admissions@bst.edu
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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
The Berkeley School of Theology is a small community that trains men and women to become locally-grounded and globally-minded Christian leaders. It is a great privilege to be a part of this community.
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DR. SANGYIL PARK
Associate Professor of Preaching and Director of DMin Program
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Courses taught onsite & online
Cultivate Spirituality & Justice With BST's Masters in Community Leadership
A professional degree program to support both ordained and non-ordained leaders
Financial aid is available
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
The Berkeley School of Theology is a small community that trains men and women to become locally-grounded and globally-minded Christian leaders. It is a great privilege to be a part of this community.
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DR. SANGYIL PARK
Associate Professor of Preaching and Director of DMin Program
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A professional degree program to support both ordained and non-ordained leaders
Resources & Flexibility
Berkeley School of Theology offers its students a myriad of resources through the largest partnership of seminaries and graduate schools in the United States.
especially attractive to bi-vocational ministers and lay leaders
Courses can be taken from BST or any of our partner schools (Graduate Theological Union and UC Berkeley)
Access to the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, a world-class theological Library (e-resources available), as well as the 26 libraries on the UC Berkeley Campus
Courses taught on site, online, and through remote formats
Rolling admissions allows you to start anytime
Cultivate Spirituality & Justice With BST's Masters in Community Leadership
A flexible distance learning program that puts you in the driver's seat
Courses taught on site and online
Get Credit for Your Life Experience With Our Competency-Based DMin
A flexible distance learning program where you get credit for your life experience
Announcing Our New Cultural Responsive Doctor of Ministry
A flexible distance learning program where you get credit for your life experience
Get Credit for Your Life Experience With Our Competency-Based DMin
A flexible distance learning program that puts you in the driver's seat
Inquire for more information
Courses taught on site and online
Start anytime with rolling admissions
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Master of Divinity
The Master of Theological Studies (MTS) is an academic program for graduate students seeking to dive deeply into theological reflection on the academic emphasis of their choosing as they prepare for a type of specialized ministry, community work or for further education. Topics immediately available include: race relations, gender studies, church & society, public theology, power politics, inter-cultural studies, inter-religious studies, and many more!
Master of Theological Studies
The Public Theology Certificate trains seminarians and pastoral leaders in the arts of faith-based organizing as ecclesial practice for pastoral excellence, congregational vitality, and an active public theology applied to current social problems
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Public Theology Certificate
The Master of Divinity (MDiv) is the basic professional degree program designed to prepare men and women for church ministry, chaplaincies, or other specialized ministries. The Program meets American Baptist ordination requirements, is recognized by numerous denominations, and provides appropriate preparatory background for further graduate study in theology and religion.
Border Crossing & Bridge Building
- Can be completed in as little as 2 years
- Core Introductory Courses: Bible OT & NT, History, Ethics, Theology, Writing/Technology, Inter-cultural, Leadership, and Communications
- Concentrations: four courses in one track
- Internship: two semesters in non-profits, community organizing, para-church, or church settings
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
BST offered me a place at the table, to learn how to expand my theology and where my place lies within it. My call to ministry has been clarified. I am equipped. Thank You BST!
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RENAE EARL
BST Graduate 2021
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MDiv & Public Theology Certificate '21
