ICAS-Accredited Degree Program
Bachelor of Arts in Worship Leadership
B.A. credential
Explore how music, Scripture, prayer, and thoughtful leadership can draw a congregation into meaningful Christian worship.
Bachelor of Arts in Worship Leadership: Your Grant Price
Applications are free. Eligible applicants receive their admission and Grant decision before any one-time program fee is requested.
Published tuition
$9,900.00
$569.00 Registry & Assessment Fee
$69
Bachelor'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 B.A. in Worship Leadership covers the theology and history behind what a service is doing. A service teaches a theology through its shape, not only through its sermon. This ICAS-accredited Kingdom of Life University program covers the biblical and historical material, the relation of word, prayer, song and table, service planning as a coherent act, congregational song people can actually sing, and worship traditions well outside the one you grew up in.
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 Bachelor of Arts in Worship Leadership 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
- Worship Leadership - Bachelor Competency-Based Ministry Assessment
- Credential
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Worship Leadership
- 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
Build biblical and theological foundations for faithful Christian life, witness, and service
State a theology of worship that governs planning decisions
Lead in a way that forms participants rather than an audience
Plan services whose shape carries theological meaning
Choose repertoire a congregation can genuinely sing
Learning Outcomes
Skills and competencies you will develop
Interpret Scripture responsibly and apply Christian theology with wisdom in church and community contexts
Plan a service whose structure reflects a stated theology of worship
Assess a congregation's repertoire for singability and theological range
Lead a gathering that increases congregational participation
Design a seasonal plan across the Christian year
Career Opportunities
Where this degree can take you
Worship pastor
Sacred music director
Liturgical planner
Worship ministry educator
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.
Biblical Interpretation
Scripture in the service: reading, preaching, and the older practice of a liturgy largely composed of the text itself.
Old Testament Theology
Temple, psalm and festival as the Old Testament's worship material, and the continuities the church claimed and abandoned.
New Testament Theology
The New Testament's gathered assembly, the Lord's Supper, and the surprisingly little it prescribes about how to do any of it.
Christian Doctrine
The doctrine a service enacts, since the order of elements makes theological claims whether or not the planner intended them.
Biblical Theology of Worship
Worship in the biblical material, covering temple, synagogue, and the New Testament assembly, and the theological claims about what happens when the church gathers.
History of Christian Worship
How Christians have worshipped, covering early liturgy, medieval development, Reformation revision, and the modern movements that shaped current practice.
Pastoral Worship Leadership
Leading worship pastorally, covering the leader's role, the congregation as participant, and the difference between leading and performing.
Sacred Music and Congregational Song
Congregational song, covering repertoire, singability, theological content, and the question of what a congregation can actually sing together.
Specialization Subjects
Six more that take the field into the places it actually gets used.
Liturgy and the Christian Year
Liturgy and the Christian year, covering structure, seasons, lectionary, and what an ordered calendar forms in a congregation over time.
Worship Planning
Planning services, covering shape, flow, the relation of word and table, and collaboration between preacher, musician, and technical team.
Technology and Worship
Technology in worship, covering amplification, projection, and streaming, and the ways each changes what the congregation does.
Global Worship Traditions
Worship traditions around the world, covering the range of practice and the questions raised by borrowing across cultures.
Spiritual Formation and Christian Vocation
The worship leader's own prayer, which is the first casualty of making worship a professional responsibility.
Integrative Theology and Ministry
A service or season planned so every element serves one theological claim, led and then evaluated against stated criteria.
Admission Requirements
What you need to apply
- High school diploma or recognized equivalent from an accredited or approved institution
- Official secondary-school and any prior college transcripts
- Demonstrated readiness for college-level reading, writing, and theological study
- English-language proficiency documentation when prior education was not completed in English
Degree Completion Requirements
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts
Graduation Requirements
- Complete at least 120 semester credits in the approved degree plan
- Pass the Competency-Based Ministry Assessment for the degree
- Satisfy every general-education, theological-foundation, major-core, specialization, and elective 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 integrated biblical, theological, and ministry competence through Competency-Based Ministry Assessment, combining theological knowledge with assessed ministry experience.
Credit Distribution
| Requirement Area | Credits | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| General Education | 30 | 10 courses. University-wide preparation in written and oral communication, quantitative reasoning, natural and social science, humanities, and information literacy. |
| School Foundation | 18 | 6 courses. Shared disciplinary foundation for every program in the School of Theology and Ministry. |
| Major Core | 32 | 8 courses. Required disciplinary foundations and professional competencies of the major. |
| Major Specialization | 16 | 4 courses. Focused study aligned with the learner's academic and career goals. |
| Open Electives | 16 | 4 courses. Any bachelor-level major course from any school that is not already part of this degree plan. |
| Competency-Based Ministry Assessment | 8 | 1 course. Integrated theological knowledge and assessed ministry experience, recognizing demonstrated learning across the published degree plan. |
| Total Degree Credits | 120 | All requirements must be completed within the approved degree plan. |
Program Details
Program Length
Self-Paced
Self-Paced Learning
Total Credits
120 credit hours
Up to 90 Transfer Credits
Published Degree Plan
33 courses
Across 6 required curriculum groups
Format
Flexible Study
Assessment Format
Competency-Based Ministry Assessment
Selected Degree
Bachelor
School
School of Theology and Ministry
Institutional Status
ICAS Accredited
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