Global Ministries University offers four Specialized Ministry Certificates:
Graduate Mini-Certificate
Requirements: Two courses* and a project or paper
Tuition: $1,550**
Eligibility: Bachelor Degree
*The courses are for credit and are transferable to our other graduate programs
Professional Mini-Certificate
Requirements: Two courses* and a project or paper Tuition: $1,150**
Eligibility: High School Diploma *Courses are not for credit and are not transferable to our other graduate programs.
Graduate Certificate
Requirements: Consists of four courses* and a project or paper.
Tuition: $3,250**
Eligibility Bachelor Degree
*Courses are for credit and are transferable to our other graduate programs
Professional Certificate
Requirements: Consists of four courses* and a project or paper.
Tuition: $2,550
Eligibility High School Diploma
*Courses are not for credit and are not transferable to our other graduate programs
**plus a $25 application fee
Certificate In Environmental Justice
Global Ministries University’s certificate program in Creation Spirituality and Environmental Justice is based on Laudato Si. Students who complete the CSEJ Certificate program will be awarded a credit of $1275 to use toward the tuition of a Master or Doctorate Degree Program.
Become A Celebrant
Find out how you can become a GMU-sponsored celebrant through the Certificate of Celebrancy program.
Community Chaplaincy
Global Ministries University’s Community Chaplaincy Certificate Program is designed for any individual who desires to be an agent of healing in their local community. Community-based chaplaincy allows caring citizens to offer the gift of their skillful presence, authentic companionship and deep compassion to the places of need, hurt, loneliness and discord in their community.
If you are interested in serving as a volunteer chaplain, this training and education program is designed specifically for you. After completing this six-month program, you will have the basic knowledge, skills, and experience to work confidently, effectively and ethically in care-giving situations where spiritual and emotional well-being is central to the task of healing. Most often these situations arise in the presence of illness, aging and dying. But they also arise in many other settings such as community programs dedicated to social service and activism.
Global Ministries University offers additional training in Community Chaplaincy, including Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Units and interfaith spiritual care.