Scholarships – Master of Ministry

A number of scholarships are available to students based on the following criteria:

40% scholarships

Category I - Full-Time Ministry

• Member in good standing within churches of Christ
• Working full-time in ministry within a local congregation of churches of Christ
• Taking any number of hours within the MMIN program

OR

Category II - Full-Time Student in Part-Time Ministry

• Member in good standing within churches of Christ
• Working a minimum of ten hours per week within a local congregation of churches of Christ as a volunteer or salaried worker.
• Taking a minimum of 9 hours/semester in the MMIN program

25% scholarships

Continuing Student Scholarship

• Member in good standing within churches of Christ
• Have completed 12 hours in the MMIN program with a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA.
• Working a minimum of six hours per week within a local congregation of churches of Christ as a volunteer or salaried worker.
• Taking any number of hours within the MMIN program.

Others

Other scholarship arrangements have been made for students who were among our original registrants in the Chicago cohort group. 

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Instructions for Graduate Scholarship Application—Please Read Carefully

• Category I: Please submit a letter from a church representative (on church letterhead) verifying your full-time employment. NOTE: If you begin work with a different congregation during the year, please provide a letter from the new congregation when your work with that congregation begins.
  • You must provide us with a scholarship application EACH semester for which you wish to receive the scholarship. NOTE carefully these deadlines:
    • Fall: August 1
    • Spring: January 1
    • Summer: May 1
• Category II:  Please submit a letter from a church representative (on church letterhead) EACH semester, verifying your participation of a minimum of 10 hours per week for the 15 week semester for which you are receiving the scholarship.
• Continuing Student:  Please submit a letter from a church representative (on church letterhead) EACH semester for which you are applying for the 25% scholarship, verifying your participation of a minimum of 6 hours per week for the 15 week semester for which you are receiving the scholarship.
• Chicago Cohort:  Please submit a letter each year from your home congregation stating that you are a participating, active member of the church.

ALL APPLICANTS:

1.   You must provide us with a scholarship application EACH semester for which you wish to receive the scholarship.  NOTE carefully these deadlines:
Fall:  August 1
Spring:  January 1
Summer:  May 1

You may use the online form below each semester, remembering to mail in documents mentioned above. If you prefer, you may print the applcation and mail it in.

I would like to apply for/renew the following scholarship:

Category I - I serve as a full-time minister.
Category II - I have entered into an agreement with a local congregation to serve a minimum of ten hours per week, 15 weeks each semester.
Continuing Student - I am continuing as a student in the MMIN program and meet the qualifications listed above.
Chicago Cohort

For semester Fall Spring Summer Year
Name
Phone
Harding ID number (H number)
Email
Number of hours for which you plan to enroll
Church name
Church address
Church City, State, Zip
Church phone number
Supervising Elder

REMEMBER to send necessary documents mentioned above to

Dr. Bill Richardson
Harding University College of Bible and Religion
Box 12236
Searcy, Arkansas 72149

Or Fax: (501) 279- 4281