Establish a School of Ministry in your church, with your church or ministry's identity.
Train your people for real, hands-on ministry.

It's Your Community, Your Congregation, and Your Task to Raise Up Leaders!  Smith Christian University Educational Fellowship is a ministry designed to assist in the task of "equipping the saints for the work of the ministry, for building up the Body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12)".

We are here to help you equip the equipper to equip the saints of God. We have established an International Educational Fellowship of Training Centers in local churches and ministries, and we are working with pastors and other national and international leaders to develop quality ministry education for their congregations and constituencies. 

Video Testimonial from Destiny School of Ministry (SCU Extension College)

No longer must your men and women be sent away to be trained for ministry.

By establishing a Smith Christian University Extension College in your local community as an educational outreach program, you can have your own "School of Ministry" utilizing SCU's programs and curriculum as your primary resource. When you become an Affiliate or Extension College, students in your program become official distance education students of the world renown Smith Christian University.

Students study under your local supervision, studying the dynamic curriculum developed by the SCU International Faculty. The Affiliate and Extension College has proven to be an invaluable tool for men and women who desire to be trained and thus develop the skills to serve the vision and mission of the local ministry.

• Our role is to assist you, the local church in preparing leaders for service in their church and community. We believe that the church needs flexible delivery systems such as SCU Extension Colleges to accomplish the Great Commission: to teach all nations (Matthew 18).
   
• We were founded for the purpose of developing and making available a dynamic educational and training system of high academic excellence, international in scope, and able to be contextualized to meet the specific needs of your individual church and ministries. 
   
• We offer local churches and ministries like yours a "turn-key" operation for the establishment of a high-quality in-house School of Ministry operated under local leadership, with the assistance of SCU's educational experts. We provide you with a comprehensive four year curriculum consisting of over one hundred courses to train men and women for effective service under your authority and professional mentorship.

• Your SCU Extended Affiliate College makes it possible for Christian leaders and workers to fulfill their goals of completing their education and/or receiving academic credit, all without leaving their community, family, job, or local church! This can be accomplished right from your College under the tutelage and mentorship of your leadership; leaders who best know and have a keen pastoral interest in their spiritual development. No longer does the local church need to send its young people and developing leaders off to a faraway academic institution with curricula far removed from practical ministry and the "Vision of the House".
   
• Our educational fellowship of colleges and universities have degree granting authority in the United States, recognition in various nations including the Bahamas and Nigeria, and government accreditation in Australia. SCU's programs are increasing in recognition worldwide.

Start a School of Ministry Today!
(Smith Christian University Educational Fellowship)

Our University can assist you in making your Education Vision a reality.

• SCU offers churches the opportunity to offer courses that are approved and directly transferable to an accredited university, SCU.
   
• SCU approves your Teaching Faculty, Courses and Facility, under the protocol and guidelines set-forth by the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor and Board of Directors. If you are currently offering classes, your current coursework may qualify to be upgraded to university level for immediate transferability. 
  
  
• The SCU Affiliate Center Program program will enhance your current ministry on many levels; including your ability to educate and edify your congregation, and local area, as well as other Pastors and Christian Leaders.  The SCU Affiliate Center program allows your ministry to remain autonomous, yet connected to an established university.   SCU has been in operation for many years and our staff is knowledgeable in what it takes to operate a truly successful education ministry.  

Complete the following form, ensuring that you have entered your correct contact info. Shortly after completing the form you will receive an email with links to download the Free Extension College/School of Ministry Welcome Packet. In addition, a SCU Educational Fellowship representative will contact you personally to discuss your needs.