Think of it as in-the-church training for biblical elder-level leadership in pastoral ministry, missionary service, or future theological scholarship. In this program, a small cohort of men shares a four-year journey of rigorous biblical language and theological studies, real-life experiences in church leadership and congregational care, as well as a host of cross-cultural ministry opportunities all in the context of a church plant in the heart of Cameroon.

Seminarians work alongside Dr. Tamfu ministering at Église Baptiste Bethléem in Yaoundé, holding workshops, and serving in the community. Service to the pastor and the congregation is at the center of this apprenticeship, but deep mentor relationships inevitably emerge as a fruit of such up-close collaboration.

The Master of Divinity is the foundational four-year program for those called to vocational ministry as pastors, missionaries, or other full-time Christian workers at the elder level. The program’s emphasis is intense, whole-Bible exegesis in the original languages with a special focus on the unfolding of God’s sovereign plan throughout all of redemptive history.

Students in Cameroon complete the same courses as the students in Minneapolis although in a different order.