Lead with Compassion.
Grow Spiritually.

Biblical Studies focuses on faithfully understanding and interpreting the Bible, calling us to an honest engagement with the Word of God so that our messages remain true to God's loving character and speak to the struggles and challenges people and communities face.

To read and interpret the Bible skilfully, we engage with it as an ancient text comprising various books, genres, authors, and audiences, and we discover its richness by placing it in its ancient context.

At the same time, we read and interpret the Bible together as the transformative Word of God, who speaks of love and light and offers healing, salvation, joy, and direction. Faithful interpretation of the Word of God speaks to our situations and contexts, and leaders are tasked with doing so humbly and discerningly.

In Christian Faith Studies, we learn that people of faith should be able to give an account of the hope that lives within them. We articulate our hope as faith in God by exploring in depth the theological themes that shape our understanding of who God is and who we are in relation to God.

Themes include God as Creator, Reconciler, and Redeemer; humanity as sinners and as new beings in Christ; the church's prophetic, priestly, and kingly role as the Body of Christ.

We also learn how insights from the social sciences, natural sciences, technology and the arts inform our understanding, and we explore appropriate theological responses to notions such as identity, gender, hospitality, human dignity, globalisation, and social justice.

In Practical Theology: Relational Leadership, you explore the personal and collective dimensions of human relationships. It equips you to understand how dignity, care, communication, difference, and power shape relational life, and you learn to exercise leadership that strengthens mutual flourishing, participation, social cohesion, and responsible care.

This discipline focuses on the kind of leaders we become, emphasising spirituality and formation, character, values, integrity, and the stewardship of mature relationships within family, church, and society.

We also explore how stewarding mature relationships requires knowledge of pastoral care, listening skills, and compassion to address life's challenges (change, conflict, health issues, grief) from a faith perspective.

In Practical Theology: Contextual Leadership, diverse forms of community are explored with particular attention to the church's communal life and its participation in society. It equips you to analyse and interpret contexts in an urban environment, exercise theological and ethical judgement, and develop responsible responses to social challenges.

The discipline uses case studies to examine transdisciplinary community responses to urban and ethical challenges, and practical exercises to expose you to contexts and to enable creative, collaborative responses, interventions, and liturgical practices.

During a period of supervision and fieldwork, you develop a ministry plan and learn to implement, monitor, evaluate, and report on your ministry.