Graduate Diploma in Ministry

The Graduate Diploma in Ministry is designed for Christian professionals who view their vocation as a form of ministry and want to integrate their faith more deeply into their work, whether they are seeking to strengthen their biblical and theological foundation, explore a call to ministry, or transition into a new vocational direction.

To be eligible for admission, applicants must hold a Bachelor degree (other than Ministry) or a Graduate Certificate in Ministry (or equivalent). Applicants with only recent secondary education, VET study, or work and life experience alone are not eligible for admission to this course.

The Graduate Diploma in Ministry consists of 8 core units, covering areas such as Biblical Interpretation and Application, Biblical Studies in the Old and New Testament, Spiritual Transformation, Theology of Ministry, Introduction to Ministry Practice, Communication for Ministry, and Leadership for Life and Ministry.

Graduates are equipped both theologically and practically to lead with integrity and vision across a wide range of ministry and leadership roles, including youth ministry, children's ministry, creative ministry, media team ministry, small groups ministry, pastoring, education, and counselling.

Applicants for whom English is not their first language must provide certified documentary evidence that their secondary schooling or tertiary studies of at least one year was conducted in English, or achieve minimum scores in an approved test: IELTS (Academic) 6.5 (at least 6.0 in all subtests), PTE (Academic) 59 (at least 51 in all subtests), TOEFL PBT 577, or TOEFL IBT 90 (at least 16 in Listening and Reading, 21 in Writing, 18 in Speaking). Results must be no more than two years old at the commencement of study.