Master of Ministry

Submit official college and university transcripts. Many institutions subscribe to the convenient transcript-request service at National Student Clearinghouse, or you may also contact your institution directly. Have your transcripts sent to the Graduate and Professional Studies office (gradtranscripts@southern.edu).

If you earned your prerequisite degree at Southern, you do not need to complete this step.

Submit two recommendation forms (completed by work supervisors or professors). One of these recommendations is to be from your employing conference, if employed by the Seventh-day Adventist Denomination. This should be done as part of the online application process.

Submit a denominational service record (usually available from your SDA employer), if applicable, OR the Record of Service form. Download form

Candidates are to submit a written "Statement of Purpose" through Application Status Page following the guidelines provided by the School of Religion.

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The MA in Religion and MMin degrees don't offer enough year-round, in-person classes to qualify international students for an F1 student visa.

All non-U.S. transcripts must be submitted through one of the following approved credential evaluation agencies:

• SpanTran: use this link to send to Southern
• Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc (ECE): www.ece.org
• World Education Services: www.wes.org

Evaluations are to be sent directly to Southern Graduate Studies, by the service. All evaluation reports are considered to be advisory. Southern reserves the right to make final equivalency decisions.