Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary and the West Virginia Baptist Convention have formed a unique partnership to bring Eastern Seminary's Master of Divinity program to current and aspiring pastors in the West Virginia area. This partnership enables men and women in the West Virginia region to develop or enhance their ministry skills while remaining close to home. The curriculum includes Eastern Seminary's required M.Div. and selected elective courses. Appropriate persons in West Virginia will determine which courses will be accepted to satisfy certification of ordination for pastors of American Baptist Churches. The goal is to provide theological education equivalent in quality to that offered on the Philadelphia campus of the Seminary.
Most courses are intensives.
Students engage the course material one month prior to class and two months afterwards for a two unit course. One course per year is held on Eastern Seminary's campus. Courses may be taken at other seminaries and transferred into the program. Thus, the Partnership is subsidizing over one-third of West Virginia students' tuition. Library Facilities Eastern Seminary's Austen K. deBlois Library is the primary resource for library materials.