Dual Degree: maco/mdiv

Alumni Experiences

I began my journey at Gordon-Conwell as an MDiv student with my trajectory set towards pastoral ministry. After taking a counseling class as an elective, I saw just how beneficial a few more counseling classes would be as a future preacher and pastoral caregiver. I also saw it as an opportunity for self-improvement and greater self-knowledge. It was John Calvin who wrote that all true knowledge is either knowledge about God or knowledge about self. By my second year in seminary I found a way of maximizing my credits in order to complete both an MDiv and a MACO degree within four years, which I did successfully. I found this path to be very enriching and would recommend it to future pastors.

After graduating, I completed a ThM in homiletics at the University of Edinburgh. It is now four years after graduating from Gordon-Conwell and I am thoroughly bi-vocational. I am an assistant pastor, ordained at a Presbyterian Church, and preaching biweekly. I also work as an emergency services clinician and balance a client load in private practice. I am licensed as both a mental health counselor and a marriage and family therapist. Finally, I am enrolled in a PhD program in Counselor education and supervision at Regent University.

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, MACO/MDiv (’17)
The University of Edinburgh, M.Th.R. (’18)
Assistant Pastor at North Point EPC
Emergency Services Clinician at Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services, Emergency Services Division