Graduates of the Religious and Pastoral Studies program will be able to:

• minister with a competent background in scripture as well as systematic, historical and ethical theology.
• think theologically about people, problems, and events, as well as about a particular mission, and access the scriptures and the Christian tradition in their ministry.
• reflect theologically about their pastoral experiences so they can enrich their own spirituality.
• recognize and process with groups the theological concerns that surface in diverse pastoral settings.
• see themselves as change agents within an organizational framework while transforming the system in which they live, work and pray.