Admissions Guidelines

Rockbridge Seminary is a degree-granting institution of higher learning offering graduate-level study. Applicants to either the Master of Ministry Leadership degree program or the Master of Divinity degree program must be actively serving in a local church ministry role (either as a lay ministry volunteer or as a paid staff member). You need a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and a church endorsement for admission.

A limited number of applicants are approved for the Diploma in Ministry Studies program. Applicants must be at least 22 years of age and must be actively serving in a local church ministry role (either as a lay ministry volunteer or as a paid staff member). You need a high school diploma or its equivalent and a church endorsement for admission.

1. Complete the online application
2. Request that your college and/or university transcripts be sent directly to Rockbridge Seminary (diploma applicants may mail or fax a copy of your high school diploma)
3. Request that your church leadership complete and submit the Church Endorsement Form
4. If approved, Rockbridge Seminary will send a Learner Enrollment Agreement to you for signature (the Learner Enrollment Agreement is required by the Missouri Department of Higher Education to disclose all the rights of a new student and is gladly provided by Rockbridge Seminary)
5. When Rockbridge Seminary receives the signed Learner Enrollment Agreement, you are considered a Rockbridge Seminary student and may register for the Touchstone Course, “Developing the Focused Life.”

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Download a pdf of the Master’s Degree Program Admission Requirements

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Download a pdf of the Master’s Degree Program Admission Requirements.

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The Seminary is committed to basing judgments concerning the employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities, and affirmatively seeks to attract to its staff qualified persons of diverse backgrounds. Within the context of its theological convictions and mission, Rockbridge Seminary does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, disability, age or national or ethnic origin, in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.