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Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is supervised education for ministry with persons in crisis and need, usually but not always in a hospital setting.  Centers offering CPE are accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, . In CPE students do an act of ministry, reflect on how and why they acted as they did, receive feedback from highly trained CPE supervisors and a peer group, and then use what they have learned as they go out in ministry again. This action-reflection-action model is designed to build personal, pastoral and theological competence as students grow in self-knowledge and pastoral authority, build their skills and knowledge in the behavioral sciences, reflect theologically on the difficult situations they encounter, and gain a deeper understanding of the needs of the persons to whom they minister.

M.A.M. and M.Div. students may choose to fulfill the internship requirement by enrolling in Clinical Pastoral Education at an ACPE-accredited site. An Intern Faculty member will be assigned to the Intern and will consult with the CPE certified educator regarding satisfactory completion of the internship requirement.