Focus on your formational journey of faithful citizenship in God’s kingdom and engage in theological reflection on your vocation.

With an emphasis on helping you discern your vocational goals and/or develop vocational excellence, this program is designed for maximum flexibility. This program will prepare you to flourish in your chosen vocation and to engage in further study at the master’s or doctoral level.

Through our unique blended degree track, you can complete a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Divinity in only five years or a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in as little as four years. Or through our degree completion track, you can utilize previous coursework and prior learning to complete your Bachelor of Arts in as little as one year as you prepare for master’s-level study.

Program Overview

While engaged in this program, you will walk with a mentor team through the following:

Contextual Projects

Throughout the program, you have the opportunity to work with your mentor team to design learning experiences that are entirely shaped by what you are doing (or will do) in your current or desired vocational context. Are you planting a church? Building a youth ministry program? Developing curriculum? Then use that in your program! Are you managing finances? Writing code? Building homes? Developing software? Leading teams? Then use that in your program! If an experience or project is connected to what it means to flourish in your vocation, then use it to make progress in your program!

Customized Learning Experiences

Learning experiences in Kairos are built around an invitation for you to explore some aspect of your vocation, Christian thought and practice, or the human experience. You have the opportunity to progress through these learning experiences in the way that is most helpful to you in your context and vocation. You also have the opportunity to work with faculty members to create entirely new or customized learning experiences that help you develop vocational excellence and expertise. Learn more about customized learning here.

Unique Area of Focus

If you are interested in focusing on a particular area of study to meet your specific vocational or developmental needs, you can work with your mentor team or a Kairos partner to customize or concentrate in any area of interest. This means you can dive deep into missional theology, systems design and thinking, pastoral care, Clinical Pastoral Education, biblical languages, spiritual formation and direction, chaplaincy, finances, strategic leadership, and much more. The choice is yours!

Core Modules

With a focus on formation, biblical study, vocational discernment, and theological reflection, these modules help you connect everything to the work God is doing in the world. Each core module is facilitated by a member of the Network Faculty and features a weekly live session with fellow students.

Gatherings and Small Group Reflection (Case Studies)

Many students count the small group reflection sessions as a highlight of their time in Kairos. As a key part of the Kairos journey, these sessions are required for most programs. They include peer-to-peer dialogue around real-life situations. 

Course of Study

Maximize your journey through the program as you engage in courses and learning experiences that will help you discern your goals and develop vocational excellence. Here’s a sample course of study showing how you can progress through the various tiers within the program.