Mission of the Graduate School
The Sherman L. Arrington Graduate School of Religion advances the academic mission of Ignite University by providing rigorous, research-oriented, and ministry-integrated programs that prepare scholars, practitioners, and institutional leaders for transformational service in church, academy, and culture.
Graduate Admission Requirements
General requirements for admission into graduate programs at Ignite University
Bachelor's Degree
Completion of an accredited undergraduate degree with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
Statement of Purpose
A written statement describing your calling, goals, and how the program aligns with your ministry vision.
Letters of Recommendation
Two to three letters from academic or ministry supervisors who can speak to your readiness for graduate study.
Official Transcripts
Sealed official transcripts from all previously attended colleges and universities.
Ministry Experience (D.Min.)
A minimum of 5 years substantive ministry experience is required for the Doctor of Ministry program.
Interview (select programs)
Select programs may require a formal admissions interview with the graduate faculty.
Active Graduate Degree Programs
Organized by department — click any program to view full curriculum details
Department of Practical Ministries
Applied ministry leadership, advanced worship, prophetic, apostolic, and prayer practice.
Theology of worship combined with executive leadership and administrative mastery for those leading large-scale worship environments.
Comprehensive equipping in prophetic ministry including foundations, discernment, local church integration, team dynamics, and applied ministry.
Theological examination and practical application of the apostolic calling, culture, leadership frameworks, church planting, and expansion strategy.
Design and administration of 24/7 prayer models, intercessory networks, prayer room management, and strategic spiritual warfare frameworks.
Administrative and leadership frameworks for governing prayer ministry departments, strategic planning for prayer initiatives, and developing intercessory leadership pipelines.
Advanced doctoral research into worship theology, executive leadership theory, organizational transformation, and strategic innovation in worship ministry leadership.
Doctoral-level engagement with advanced prophetic theology, hermeneutics, prophetic culture formation, institutional leadership, and global prophetic movements.
Advanced doctoral study in apostolic theology, ecclesiology, network governance, accountability, apostolic mission, and global expansion strategy.
Doctoral research into corporate intercession theology, prayer systems innovation, global prayer movements, organizational theory, and advanced spiritual warfare frameworks.
Doctoral-level study in advanced prayer leadership theology, organizational development for prayer ministries, institutional formation, and strategic deployment of prayer at organizational scale.
Department of Leadership Studies
Formation of advanced leaders for ministry, institutional governance, and cultural engagement.
Rigorous theological and administrative equipping for commissioned apostles governing complex ministries, networks, and covenantal communities.
Theological study and practical administrative training for commissioned prophets managing prophetic ministries, departments, teams, and prophetic community cultures.
Integration of organizational theory with apostolic ecclesiology to design, govern, and sustain ministry institutions with strategic leadership competencies.
Biblical and theological foundation for cultural engagement, kingdom influence, church-marketplace integration, and strategic leadership for societal transformation.
Doctoral-level engagement with advanced apostolic theology, governance theory, administrative leadership, and global apostolic movements.
Advanced doctoral research in prophetic theology, governance theory, institutional strategy, and global prophetic movements for commissioned prophetic leaders.
Doctoral research into advanced organizational theory and apostolic ecclesiology, institutional design, leadership succession, and strategic adaptive governance.
Doctoral-level study in the theology of cultural mandate, church and societal transformation, advanced cultural change leadership, and global kingdom media influence.