MRE in Chaplaincy
Today you have the opportunity to make an important decision that could significantly improve your career, impact the lives of others, and influence your future involvement in Christian ministry. By choosing to earn your Master of Religious Education with a specialization in Chaplaincy, you can set that opportunity in motion.
Liberty University’s Master of Religious Education degree program, with a specialization in Chaplaincy, prepares you to become a military chaplain or servant leader. As a student in the MRE program, you will be trained to be a wise, faithful steward of the gospel, and develop specific ministry skills, strategies, and Christian character traits relevant for successful ministry in a military or institutional chaplaincy setting. In this program, you will examine the theological and cultural issues relevant for formal and informal chaplaincy settings. You will also observe the similarities and differences among the various types of chaplaincies, giving careful attention to ministry in religiously pluralistic, multicultural, and multi-staff environments. Some of these settings may include service as a military chaplain, or in corrections/prisons, geriatric/eldercare homes, emergency response arenas, hospitals, and workplace/industrial settings.
The military has numerous chaplain positions that go unfilled each year, and the need for Christians who are passionate about ministry and compelled by duty to their country is greater than ever. Military chaplains are commissioned military officers, and each branch of the military has chaplains who serve in Active Duty or in the Reserves. Serving in a chaplaincy role represents a positive response to God’s calling to serve in a rewarding and fruitful ministry. Liberty Theological Seminary is proud to participate in the training of those called by God into military service.