Do you want to...

... be equipped for the next major challenge in your ministry?
... mentor graduates training for Christian ministry?
... achieve an accredited graduate qualification?

What is the Vocational Graduate Diploma?

The Vocational Graduate Diploma in Biblical Ministry is a graduate ministry qualification in Christian ministry, comprising nine units.

The first two units are specifically designed to build you up in ministry. The third is about raising new leaders.

The remaining six units comprise a major project, which is designed to be appropriate to your particular ministry and giftings. The project requires you to plan a significant advance in your ministry, implement it, and evaluate it. It is based on the project methodology that is typical of Master and Doctor of Ministry programs.

What will I learn?

1. SPI501 - Apply spiritual growth in a senior leadership role
2. MIN501 - Apply biblical principles of leadership
3. MIN502 - Raise next generation of leaders
4. MIN503 - Analyse context and needs
5. MIN504 - Do strategic planning for ministry
6. MIN505 - Mobilise personnel for ministry
7. MIN506 - Manage resources for ministry
8. MIN507 - Implement ministry program
9. MIN508 - Evaluate the ministry program

Entry requirements

One of the following:

• The competencies of the Diploma of Biblical Ministry and relevant teaching experience to at least the Certificate IV in Biblical Ministry, or
• A Bachelor degree and competencies of the Diploma in Biblical Ministry and current leadership position in Christian ministry, or
• A Bachelor degree that includes the competencies of the Diploma of Biblical Ministry, or
• The competencies of the Advanced Diploma in Biblical Ministry

Applicants with a Bachelor degree may also be given provisional admission if they complete the competencies of the Certificate IV and Diploma in Biblical Ministry before any Vocational Graduate Diploma units may be awarded.

Access to a suitable ministry context. The ministry context must involve leading people to advance or improve, although that may be defined in different ways in different ministries.

At least one suitable local referee.

Scholarships

Limited scholarships are available on a case-by-case basis to persons currently in Christian ministry with demonstrated need. Please contact Veritas College International Inc. for further information.

Delivery method

The graduate diploma is currently available by distance education. This means that you will not have to attend classes.

Accreditation

The graduate diploma is accredited by the Training Accreditation Council of the government of Western Australia.

Duration

It is designed to be the equivalent of one year of full-time study. However, it may be taken part-time over a longer period.

Time Commitment

It depends on how much of your ministry time is dedicated to taking on your next major challenge, which is all part of your project. However, time given to other activities, such as routine church work, is not part of your project.

Further study

Veritas College International (USA) is authorized to issue its own Master and doctoral degrees in the United States. The graduate diploma allows entry into these programs. Students may use the Graduate Diploma for admission to the Master of Arts (professional) and are exempt from overlapping requirements.