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Program of Study: Certificate in Presbyteral Studies

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Students on the priest track take a total of 30 classes over three years in the areas of bible, theology, church history, ethics, liturgics and practical ministry. Presbyteral studies and diaconal studies students take a number of core classes together to encourage a team-ministry approach, while each track has classes specific to the nature of the work of ministry.

In the month leading up to the focus weekend, students complete all reading assignments and any pre-class writing assignments. Following the weekend, students spend another four weeks researching and writing papers or completing other projects.
In addition to the 10 hours of face-to-face instruction time each month, students attend 90-minute praxis sessions that focus on specific areas of practical ministry not covered in the program of study as well as 90-minute colloquium sessions that give students time to debrief and discuss matters related to their sense of call and ministry.

Required Courses

Bible
  • Introduction to Scripture
  • Old Testament I 
  • Old Testament II
  • Old Testament III
  • New Testament I: Gospels
  • New Testament II: Pauline Literature

History
  • Christian History I
  • Christian History II
  • Anglican History
  • Episcopal History

Theology
  • The Tasks of Christian Theology
  • Doctrines of the First Person
  • Doctrines of the Second Person
  • Doctrines of the Third Person

Ethics
  • Foundations of Ethics
  • Forms of Christian Ethics                                              
  • Anglican Ethics                                                                          
  • Contemporary Issues
  • Diversity and Inclusion

Liturgics
  • Sacraments                              
  • The Practice of the Eucharist                                                                          
  • Preaching I 
  • Preaching II                                                          

Practice of Ministry
  • Christian Spirituality
  • Anglican Identity                                                                                               
  • Contemporary Mission                                                                                   
  • Christian Formation                                                                                       
  • Pastoral Care
  • Canons and Polity  
  • Church Administration

Praxis and Colloquium
Address for Tuition Payments/Donations:
The Very Rev. Don Compier, BKSM Dean
410 SE Independence Ave.

Lee’s Summit, MO 64063
Physical Address:
Bishop Kemper School for Ministry

701 SW 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66603

The Bishop Kemper School for Ministry is a collaborative venture of the Episcopal Dioceses of Kansas, West Missouri, Nebraska and Western Kansas.
BKSM also partners with the Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
BKSM offers classes and programs to educate people for church leadership in both lay and ordained vocations.