ICAS-Accredited Degree Program
Master of Arts in World Christianity
M.A. credential
Discover the stories and voices of Christians around the world, and see your own faith as part of a much wider church.
Master of Arts in World Christianity: Your Grant Price
Applications are free. Eligible applicants receive their admission and Grant decision before any one-time program fee is requested.
Published tuition
$14,900.00
$599.00 Registry & Assessment Fee
$99
Master's Degree
2026 Life in Christ Grant is active
Ministry Experience, Evaluated Against Academic Standards.
Documented prior learning may be considered when it aligns with program outcomes; every credit decision follows academic review.
Program Overview
About this program
The M.A. in World Christianity reads non-Western theology as theology rather than as regional variation. Most Christians are now African, Asian or Latin American, and most theological curricula have not noticed. This ICAS-accredited program treats that shift as the central fact: the churches that grew, the theologies they produced, the migrations that carried them, and what partnership means between churches of very unequal wealth. Kingdom of Life University teaches it from the sources.
Competency-Based Ministry Assessment
Recognition of demonstrated learning in theology and ministry
Experienced ministry practitioners demonstrate competencies developed through years of service, theological study, and continuing learning. The assessment connects that learning with the published outcomes of the Master of Arts in World Christianity through biblical understanding, theological reflection, research, and ministry judgment.
70
Audited questions in this pathway bank
30
Questions drawn for each sitting
60 minutes
Time available for the knowledge component
24 hours
Interval before reassessment
Theological knowledge and degree outcomes
- Published bank title
- World Christianity - Master Competency-Based Ministry Assessment
- Credential
- Master of Arts (M.A.) in World Christianity
- Question construction
- 14 pathway subject-bank sources contribute 5 questions each, producing the complete 70-question bank.
How completion is reported
- The knowledge component contributes 40% and assessed ministry experience contributes 60% to one weighted result.
- The reported result is no lower than 80%, matching the 80% degree pass mark.
- Reassessment draws a fresh question set and is included in program access, with no additional fee or limit on sittings.
- The integrated assessment covers the published degree plan; separate course assessments, a capstone paper, and a dissertation defense are not required.
Program Objectives
What you will achieve
Integrate advanced theological study, spiritual maturity, and ministry wisdom for Christian leadership
Describe the present shape of global Christianity with demographic accuracy
Read a contextual theology as theology rather than as a regional curiosity
Assess whether a contextualisation is faithful, syncretistic, or merely unfamiliar
Evaluate a cross-cultural partnership for dependency and genuine mutuality
Learning Outcomes
Skills and competencies you will develop
Synthesize advanced biblical and theological evidence for clear teaching, leadership, and ministry judgment
Analyse the growth of Christianity in a specific region and its causes
Engage a non-Western theological text on its own terms
Apply criteria for faithful contextualisation to a concrete case
Critique a partnership model against the power realities it operates within
Career Opportunities
Where this degree can take you
Missions leader
Global church partnership director
World Christianity researcher
Intercultural ministry trainer
Major Subject Areas
The fourteen subjects you study, and the ones the ministry assessment draws on
Foundational and Major-Core Subjects
Four foundations every pathway shares, then four that belong to this field.
Advanced Biblical Interpretation
Reading Scripture from somewhere — how location shapes what a reader notices, demonstrated on passages that Western and non-Western readers consistently hear differently.
Advanced Old Testament Theology
The Old Testament in churches that know famine, exile, ancestral religion and colonial occupation from experience rather than from commentary.
Advanced New Testament Theology
The New Testament's own cross-cultural crisis in Acts and Galatians, and what the first Gentile controversy established about contextualisation.
Advanced Christian Doctrine
Doctrine as a global conversation, including the Christological and pneumatological emphases that have emerged outside the Western tradition.
Advanced Christianity in Africa
African Christianity from the Coptic and Ethiopian churches through missionary expansion to the African Independent Churches and today's numerically dominant congregations.
Advanced Christianity in Asia
Asian Christianity across very different conditions: India, China, Korea, Indonesia, and the Middle East, with attention to minority status and state relations.
Advanced Latin American Christianity
Latin American Christianity from colonial Catholicism through liberation theology to Pentecostal growth, and the social changes each accompanied.
Advanced Global Pentecostal Movements
Pentecostal and charismatic movements worldwide, their origins, their variety, and the debates about prosperity teaching, healing, and indigenous leadership.
Specialization Subjects
Six more that take the field into the places it actually gets used.
Advanced Migration and Diaspora Churches
Migration as a driver of Christian change: diaspora congregations, reverse mission, transnational networks, and the churches formed in displacement.
Advanced Contextual Theologies
How theology is done from particular locations, covering the major contextual theologies and the criteria by which contextualisation is judged faithful.
Advanced Persecution and the Suffering Church
Churches under pressure: restriction, discrimination, and violence, the theologies of martyrdom that arise, and the ethics of advocacy from a position of safety.
Advanced Partnership in Global Mission
Partnership between churches of unequal wealth and power, including funding, dependency, short-term teams, and what genuine mutuality would require.
Advanced Spiritual Formation and Christian Vocation
Formation in a global church, including the discomfort of discovering that your own spirituality is culturally particular rather than simply Christian.
Advanced Integrative Theology and Ministry
A regional or movement study researched from its own sources and written up as a contribution to the field.
Admission Requirements
What you need to apply
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited or recognized institution
- Official transcripts showing preparation appropriate to graduate theological study
- Statement of theological, academic, and ministry goals
- Current resume or curriculum vitae
- Two ministry, professional, or academic recommendations
Degree Completion Requirements
Requirements for the Master of Arts
Graduation Requirements
- Complete at least 36 graduate semester credits in the approved degree plan
- Pass the Competency-Based Ministry Assessment for the degree
- Satisfy every graduate-core, specialization, elective, and comprehensive requirement group
- Integrate theological knowledge with assessed ministry experience under the published result-weighting policy
- Recognize demonstrated learning against every published degree-plan requirement
Culminating Experience
Demonstrate graduate theological understanding and ministry judgment through Competency-Based Ministry Assessment, recognizing advanced learning developed through prior study and service.
Credit Distribution
| Requirement Area | Credits | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate Core | 21 | 7 courses. Required advanced theory, methods, and professional competencies of the discipline. |
| Graduate Specialization | 9 | 3 courses. Focused graduate study in an approved concentration or practice area. |
| Graduate Elective | 3 | 1 course. Any master-level major course from any school that is not already part of this degree plan. |
| Competency-Based Ministry Assessment | 3 | 1 course. Integrated graduate theological knowledge and assessed ministry experience, recognizing demonstrated learning across the published degree plan. |
| Total Degree Credits | 36 | All requirements must be completed within the approved degree plan. |
Program Details
Program Length
Self-Paced
Self-Paced Learning
Total Credits
36 credit hours
Up to 18 Transfer Credits
Published Degree Plan
12 courses
Across 4 required curriculum groups
Format
Flexible Study
Assessment Format
Competency-Based Ministry Assessment
Selected Degree
Master
School
School of Theology and Ministry
Institutional Status
ICAS Accredited
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