The M.A. in Ministry Leadership from the Wheaton College Graduate School is designed for those with a desire to deepen their faith and raise their level of leadership while collaborating with others. Our graduates are prepared to live out Christ’s mission by proclaiming and demonstrating the gospel and serving the Church in a changing world.
Develop a biblical, reasonable, and useful faith for the contemporary world.
Complete the program while continuing your current career or ministry.
Team up with select organizations to qualify for a tuition discount of up to 25%.
Or reach out to us anytime at graduate.admissions@wheaton.edu.
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As a student in the M.A. in Ministry Leadership program, you'll complete a set of core requirements in three areas: Mission, Bible & Theology, and Leadership.
Common core and elective options include:
Interested in exploring a few of our courses? Consider pursuing the Missional Church Certificate. Students who later apply for entry into the M.A. in Evangelism and Leadership or the M.A. in Ministry Leadership can use these three courses toward their M.A. requirements.
Our educators are practitioners, church builders, and ministers who have worked in both small and large community church contexts. They have experience in pastoral ministry, church planting, intercultural studies, missiology, and many other related areas.
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Vicki Gray M.A. ‘25"It provides a wide diversity of thought within orthodox Christianity. With the caliber of the things I’m learning, I talk to people in seminary and sometimes I’m like, ‘You didn’t learn that?’ The program does a great job trying to get a holistic exposure to ministry leadership."
Gray, a former registered dietician, and her husband, a former NFL player, converted to Christianity as adults. She found the faith through a coworker and he through a teammate. After growing spiritually in a local Charlotte church, her husband felt a call to pastoral ministry and went to seminary. During that time, Gray started getting involved in her church through the encouragement of others. Her church leaders saw a deep faithfulness to Christ in how Gray approached leadership opportunities. Keep reading to learn how Gray found the M.A. in Ministry Leadership at Wheaton.
"My degree has changed trajectories in my ministry. Our church is seeing more people come to Christ than ever before. I attribute it to how God has used this program to help us think about evangelism differently."
- Darryl McAuley, Lead Pastor, McDiarmid Drive Alliance Church, Brandon, MB, Canada, M.A. Ministry Leadership
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The Wheaton College Graduate School Student Financial Services team can help you understand how much your graduate studies will cost and what scholarships, loans, and aid may be available to you.
As a part of our mission to commit to the development of missional organizations, we have developed partnerships with various ministries and organizations to make graduate education more affordable. Students currently involved with any of these ministries may qualify for up to 25% off tuition for all courses.
Learn About Graduate Financial AidInterested in pursuing a master’s degree in ministry leadership at Wheaton College? Request more information or start your application today.