Financial Aid

• Student who ARE NOT receiving the Partnership Program scholarship will receive a scholarship of $400 per 3-credit-tuition-based course.
  • The scholarship will be available for all semesters (fall, spring, summer, January, and May) within a given year.
• Students who ARE receiving the Partnership Program scholarship will receive 20% of the funding towards their annual funding goals.
  • Scenarios:
    • Part-Time Partnership Student: $1,280 per year ($640 in the fall and spring semesters)
    • Half-Time Partnership Student: $1,920 per year ($960 in the fall and spring semesters)
    • Full-Time Partnership Student: $3,200 given per year ($1,600 in the fall and spring semesters)
• Can be combined with other scholarships and grants.

Qualifications

• Must be an incoming student or a returning student who is intending to study at the Hamilton campus.
• Open to part-time and full-time students. Must be enrolled in at least one 3-credit tuition-based class per semester.
• Available to all degree programs, except D.Min.

Requirements

• Each member of the fellowship will be asked to fulfill the terms of the Discipleship Experience Covenant (to be signed only upon acceptance).
• Responsibilities:
  • Coordinate with your Formation Pathway Leader available times for regular meetings.
  • Meet with your Formation Pathway for a total of 10-12 hours per semester.
  • Fulfill all the expectations for your specific Formation Pathway
  • Participate in our Discipleship Experience Events:
    • The Great Co-Mission Discipleship Forum
    • Year-End Ice Cream Celebration
  • Complete the mid-year and year-end surveys.

Recommendations

• In your first year, read Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together. A Christian classic, Life Together offers a unique and robust vision of what it means to grow as a disciple of Christ while living together in seminary community.

Application Process

1. Establish your top 4 choices for Formation Pathways.

Check out our Formation Pathways page to explore our many offerings for Formation Pathways. Establish your top 4 choices for Formation Pathways.

PRIORITY FOR FACULTY FORMATION PATHWAYS: Please be aware that first priority for placement in a Faculty Formation Pathway will be given to those who have not yet participated in a Faculty Formation Pathway. If you have already participated in a Faculty Formation Pathway in the past, you are welcome to put other Faculty Formation Pathways in your top 4 choices, but you must list either the Reflective Pathway or one of the Disciple-Making Pathways within your top 4 choices, in case we are not able to place you in a Faculty Formation Pathway. As space permits, you are welcome to participate in more than one Pathway, as long as you are able to commit to all of the expectations for each of your Pathways.

2. Fill out an application form.

Click here to fill out the Discipleship Experience Application form. Indicate your top 4 choices for Formation Pathways on this form.

Deadline is Sunday, September 7th.

3. If you are accepted, you will be placed in your Formation Pathway.

If you are accepted, you will receive an official letter of acceptance by email following the beginning of the fall semester, which will inform you of your acceptance into the program and placement in a Formation Pathway.

5. Sign the Discipleship Experience Covenant.

Once accepted and paired, sign the Discipleship Experience Covenant as your commitment to the various requirements of each fellow.