 The Pentecostal Studies
Track of the Master of Divinity program
includes 32 courses for 93 credit hours.
Providence Theological Seminary offers the
foundational M.Div. curriculum (22 courses
for 66 hours) and Horizon Pentecostal
Seminary offers the
Pentecostal distinctive courses and
supervised ministry experience (10 courses
for 27 hours).
Following are the distinctive courses that
make up the Pentecostal Studies Track:
• Pentecostal
Spirituality (3 hrs)
• Introduction to Pentecostal Theology (3
hrs)
• Supervised Ministry Experience I (2 hrs)
• Supervised Ministry Experience 2 (2 hrs)
• Origins and Development of Global
Pentecostalism (3 hrs)
• Homiletics: Pentecostal Perspectives (3
hrs)
• Pentecostals and Evangelism (3 hrs)
• Pentecostal Theology of Luke and Paul (3
hrs)
• Pastoral Theology: Pentecostal
Perspectives (3 hrs)
• Pentecostal Elective (3 hrs)
Students who graduate from the Pentecostal
Studies Track will receive the Master of
Divinity degree from Providence and a
Diploma in Theology from Horizon. This
diploma will qualify the graduate to apply
to The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada for
ministerial credentials leading towards
ordination.
An outline of the entire three-year M.Div.
program is given below.
MASTER OF DIVINITY DEGREE PROGRAM
Pentecostal Studies Track
93 hours
Program Requirements
Department of Biblical and
Theological Studies
OT5101 Introductory Hebrew
1
3 hrs
OT5102 Introductory Hebrew
2
3 hrs
OT5201 Biblical Foundations 1
*
3 hrs
OT5202 Old Testament Text and
Interpretation
3 hrs
BI5101
Hermeneutics
3 hrs
NT5101 Introductory Greek
1
3 hrs
NT5102 Introductory Greek
2
3 hrs
NT5201 Biblical Foundations 2
*
3 hrs
TS5201 Theological
Foundations 1
*
3 hrs
NT5202 The Birth of the New
Testament
3 hrs
NT6101 Reading of the Greek
New Testament
or 3 hrs
or OT6101
Exegesis of Hebrew Narrative
NT6301 The Pentecostal
Theology of Luke and
Paul 3 hrs
TS5302 Christian Ethics
3 hrs
TS5106 Introduction To
Pentecostal
Theology
3 hrs
TS5107 Origins and
Development of Global
Pentecostalism 3 hrs
Theological Studies
Elective
3 hrs
Pentecostal Studies
Elective
3 hrs
Department
Total
51 hours
Departments of Christian
Ministries and Counselling
EM5101 History and Philosophy
of
Education
3 hrs
GS5102 Worldview and
Culture
3 hrs
PS5102 Homiletics
1
3 hrs
PS5502 Introduction to
Pastoral Ministry ***
2 hrs
PS6101 Pastoral Theology:
Pentecostal
Perspectives 3
hrs
PS6501 Clinical Pastoral
Experience
***
3 hrs
PS7101 Integrative Seminar
****
3 hrs
PS7501 Supervised Ministry
Experience
1
2 hrs
PS7502 Supervised Ministry
Experience 2
2 hrs
PS5105 Homiletics:
Pentecostal
Perspectives
3 hrs
PS5106 Pentecostals and
Evangelism
3 hrs
PS5107 Pentecostal
Spirituality
3 hrs
CP5214 Congregational Care
and Counselling
3 hrs
GS
Elective
3 hrs
Department
Total
39 hours
Open
Elective
3 hours
Total Program
93 hours
* Students entering with one
language must select two courses in Bible in
the second or third year. Students who pass
the Biblical Foundations Entry Exam must
take two biblical studies electives in place
of OT5201 and NT5201.
** Students with a strong
undergraduate background in Theology may,
with the approval of the Department Chair,
substitute advanced courses for Theological
Foundations 1.
*** PS5502 must be taken in
the first year. PS6501 must be taken in the
second year.
****Integrative Seminar must
be taken in the student’s final semester.
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The Pentecostal Assemblies
of Canada (PAOC) has developed several
options for graduate-level theological
training with Pentecostal perspectives but
without having to establish a free-standing
Pentecostal seminary. 