Apply for admission

Fifteen questions. Seven-day review. A written response either way.

The MBS application is designed to be completable in one sitting by a working pastor. Everything you write stays confidential to the admissions faculty. If you are accepted, your responses become the ground for your mentor's first conversation with you.

First name

Family name

Your MBS student login will use this address.

Phone (with country code)

Optional. Only used if we need to reach you about your application.

Program

Which program are you applying for?

Your church context

Name of your church or ministry

If you have not launched yet, put your working name.

Your role

Church context

Approximate weekly attendance

Country

How many years have you been in ministry?

Why you are applying

What is the operational or organizational challenge you most want MBS to help you address in the next 12 months?

Confidential to admissions and, if accepted, your assigned mentor.

If you have taken the Ministry Growth Assessment, what was your composite score?

Optional. Leaving this blank has no effect on your application. Take the assessment now.

Tuition & support

Please consider me for the bursary programme.

Bursaries are for pastors of small or under-resourced churches. We will follow up with two brief questions if you tick this.

My church board will be paying my tuition. Please invoice the church.

Consent

I have read and agree to the Terms of Study and the Privacy Policy.

MBS may contact me about my application by email (and by phone if I have given a number).

Most applications are reviewed within seven days. You will receive a written response either way.

What happens after you submit

Acknowledgement. You will receive an emailed acknowledgement within one working day.
Admissions review. A faculty member reviews your application. Most are decided in seven days.
Written response. If accepted, you will receive an offer with your tuition options, mentor allocation, and enrollment link. If not, you will receive a written explanation and, where fitting, a redirection to a better-fitting program.
Enrollment. Complete tuition payment or set up the monthly plan. Access is opened within one working day.
First mentor conversation. Scheduled inside your first fortnight.