About Mission India Theological Seminary

Developing Christ-like Leaders in the Majority World

In 1993, with a clear vision and guidance from God, Dr. Saji Lukos established a Leadership Training Center for developing Christ-like global leaders for transforming communities in India and beyond. Today, Mission India Theological Seminary focuses on raising up 100,000 Christ-like leaders within the next 25 years.
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About Our Online MA Degree

The MA in Missiology of Movements equips students in the majority world to effectively engage their culture with the skills and character concomitant with a biblically informed worldview in order to catalyze movements of disciples around the world. The degree is designed for those seeking the academic and ministry preparation for work as movement catalysts and strategy coordinators, missionaries, cross-cultural consultants, as well as cultural researchers. The robust nature of the degree may serve as a step toward doctoral studies in related areas.

  • MA in Missiology of Movements fills a gap between equipping all the saints for ministry and the cost of graduate education.

  • MA in Missiology of Movements is taught by subject matter experts who are both engaging and academic.

  • MA in Missiology of Movements focuses on self-paced learning that is essential for the success of those desiring to effectively engage culture with the gospel.

  • MA in Missiology of Movements is objectively evangelical, rigorously academic, and foundationally missiological.

Curriculum of Study

The MA in Missiology of Movements follows a three-phase curriculum designed to assist students in pursuit of life-long learning: Missiological Foundation, APEST Framework, Three Marks Focus.

Benefits

Our master classes help to develop ministry competencies in Bible, missiology, world religions, church planting, apologetics, and social justice.

  • Foundation Courses

    Foundation courses build the necessary base from where a missiological theology begins and prepares the student for a ministry motivated by their identity in Christ

  • Framework Courses

    Framework courses focus on helping the student develop the necessary skills corresponding to their gifting

  • Focus Courses

    Focus courses direct students in three specific ministry foci: church planting, apologetics, and social justice

  • Affordable

    Get the same, high quality, and academically rigorous classes for a fraction of the cost

  • Dynamic

    Dynamic video lectures with practical demonstrations and supplemental resources

  • Engaging

    Engaging interaction connected to a global network of learners doing theology and ministry collaboratively

  • 24/7 Access

    All day and all night access from wherever in the world you are doing ministry

  • Accredited

    In partnership with Mission India Theological Seminary, an accredited seminary of Asia Theological Association

  • Master of Arts

    Graduate in two years or less with a degree that positions you with the skills to catalyze movements

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We do not just simply fill your heads, but your hearts so that your hands are motivated and equipped to lead movements.

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Meet the program director

Our program director collaborates with a team of 14 leading experts of movements and missiology to offer a dynamic degree focused on catalyzing movement leaders in North America and around the world.

Professor of Missiological Theology

Michael T. Cooper

Dr. Cooper earned a PhD in Intercultural Studies with a focus on religious movements and a minor in theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He currently serves as a missiologist for a missions agency where he focuses on missiological research and equipping missionaries for effective cultural engagement. He has thirty years of missions experience, including ten years as a pioneer church planter in Romania after the fall of communism and has equipped church planters and leaders in Africa, Europe, North America, South America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. He has written and contributed to more than 30 books and academic articles and has presented conference lectures at the London School of Economics, University of Bordeaux, Loyola University, Baylor University, and many others. His recent book, Ephesiology: The Study of the Ephesian Movement is a best seller at William Carey Publishing.

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They know ministry because they are not just academics; they are practitioners.

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Accreditation

Mission India Theological Seminary is accredited by Asia Theological Association, a member of the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education, a global partner within the World Evangelical Alliance.

“This is a degree that equips you to be a leader with skills to catalyze a movement based on a solid missiological theology of the New Testament. We’re not only concerned about what you know, but about who you are and what you do; three motivators for a passion to declare God’s glory to the nations.” - Dr. Michael T. Cooper, Program Director
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