Master of Metaphysical Divinity: Death and Dying Ministry

Study format, tuition and admissions

Online, self-paced religious study. The current curriculum lists 10 courses and 30 credit hours. Completion depends on meeting the program's academic requirements; no fixed completion time is promised.

Current tuition is $89 per month. Total tuition depends on the number of billed months, not a fixed program total.

New students need program-specific application approval before their first tuition payment. Applicants above Associate level must complete prior-credential review.

Credential recognition

These are church-issued religious credentials, not regionally accredited academic degrees or state licensure. Acceptance by employers and other institutions is not guaranteed. Spiritual care study does not qualify graduates to provide regulated clinical services.

Program courses

• MDIV-DDM-501 — Theology of Death and Sacred Dying

  Theology of death across traditions. What does it mean to die well? Sacred death theology, afterlife beliefs, death as transition.

• MDIV-DDM-502 — The Death Doula — Advanced Ministry Practice

  Advanced death doula ministry. Vigil facilitation, pre-death planning, legacy projects, family communication, sacred dying support.

• MDIV-DDM-503 — Grief Ministry at the Master Level

  Advanced grief ministry. Complicated grief treatment frameworks, group grief facilitation, cultural diversity in grief, grief research.

• MDIV-DDM-504 — After Death Care and Sacred Practices

  What happens after death. Home funeral movement, natural burial, green burial, sacred washing and preparation, vigil traditions.

• MDIV-DDM-505 — Ancestral Healing and the Ministry of Memory

  Ancestor work as sacred ministry. Ancestral lineage healing, ancestral altars, working with family trauma across generations.

• MDIV-DDM-506 — Pediatric Death and Sacred Ministry With Children

  Ministry when children die. Perinatal loss, child death, supporting siblings, parents, and communities through unthinkable loss.

• MDIV-DDM-507 — Suicide Loss and Sacred Ministry

  Ministry after suicide. Complicated bereavement, stigma, survivor guilt, suicide prevention ministry, building safe communities.

• MDIV-DDM-508 — Medical Aid in Dying and Sacred Ethics

  Medical aid in dying — ethical, theological, and pastoral dimensions. MAID laws, conscientious objection, sacred ministry in contested territory.

• MDIV-DDM-509 — Building a Death and Dying Ministry Program

  Program development for death ministry. Hospice volunteer programs, death cafes, community grief support, organizational design.

• MDIV-DDM-510 — Death and Dying Ministry Capstone

  Integrative capstone. Students design a complete death and dying ministry.