Certificate in Church Planting—Online

Learn How to Start Churches That Reach Communities and Disciple New Believers

Available online to university and Bible college graduates from around the world, this one-year program provides training in key areas of ministry that prepares you to plant new churches in a variety of settings. Drawing students from across the globe, the online courses offered in the certificate will equip you to start New Testament-based churches in urban, suburban, and rural areas of the US and abroad.

This program is also offered on campus

Program Plan (pdf)

Here’s How We’ll Prepare You for Ministry

As you study church planting, you’ll learn to:
Formulate a philosophy of ministry within a cultural context.
Understand how to develop and lead a core church planting team for successful evangelistic, outreach, and discipleship ministry.
Develop a hermeneutically sound and culturally relevant sermon.

Life at Moody Online

Moody Online will welcome you into a diverse online community of fellow students from around the world, encouraging you to build relationships as you learn online. You’ll also:

  • Deepen your biblical knowledge in every class.
  • Apply what you learn in your real-life ministry.
  • Grow spiritually as you pursue God’s calling on your life.
  • Watch chapel online.
  • Access library services.
  • Attend MTS lecture webinars.

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