Scholarships
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This program is available to all licensed and ordained Missionary Church ministers who are presently serving full-time in a Missionary Church. Other Missionary Church students may apply provided funds are available.
Scholarship monies are based on $113 per credit hour taken per semester of the Bethel University Master of Ministry program. A copy of the Bethel University Student Monthly Statement should accompany each request. A copy of the previous semester’s grade report should accompany ongoing requests. Checks are payable to the student and Bethel University .
Applications should be sent to:
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Scholarships
Missionary Church, Inc.
P. O. Box 9127
Fort Wayne, IN 46899-9127Students not completing courses for which they have received scholarship money will not receive additional scholarships until those courses are completed.
Students failing to maintain satisfactory grades (at least a C grade or above) will not be considered for scholarships.
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In order to assist Missionary Church graduate ministerial students who are continuing their preparation for ministry in the Missionary Church in seminaries or other similar institutions, a modest annual apportionment is made to provide scholarship assistance. Students may apply to the Director of U.S. Ministries and must be approved by their district executive board and the denominational directors to enter the scholarship program.
Full-time students may qualify for assistance of up to $1,000 per academic year. Recipients are eligible for three years of benefits to total no more than $3,000.
Preference is given to full-time students who are enrolled in a Master of Divinity program and whose stated intention is to serve in pastoral or church planting ministry.
Scholarship applications for the fall semester must be received by August 1, and applications for the spring semester must be received by January 1. The directors will approve scholarships each semester. Scholarships will be paid after the registrar of the academic institution in which the recipient is enrolled has certified course enrollment.
Applicants should complete the Missionary Church doctrinal questionnaire as part of the application process.
Applications should be sent to:
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Scholarships
Missionary Church, Inc.
P. O. Box 9127
Fort Wayne IN 46899-9127 -
The purpose of the Kenneth E. Geiger Memorial Scholarship Fund is to promote and assist in the training of students of Christian ministry who demonstrate exceptional ability and commitment to excellence in ministry. Applicants must be in the last year of a masters level program at an approved seminary or in at least the first year of a doctoral level program. Preference will be given to applicants at the doctoral level who are graduates of approved seminaries or who have served the Missionary Church.
Dr. Kenneth E. Geiger was committed to excellence in his life of service in the Missionary Church. Upon graduation from college, he began a pastoral ministry that, after 13 years, led his peers to select him as their district superintendent. In 1956 he was elected general superintendent of the former United Missionary Church. In 1969 Dr. Geiger was elected the first president of the Missionary Church. He served in this position until he retired from full-time ministry in 1981.
On July 20, 1984, after 46 years of committed service to Christ and His Church, Dr. Kenneth E. Geiger was killed in an automobile accident while enroute to the Nigerian Conference of the United Missionary Church of Africa.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Kenneth E. Geiger Memorial Scholarship Fund is to promote and assist in the training of students for Christian ministry who demonstrate exceptional ability and commitment to excellence in ministry.
ELIGIBILITY
The criteria for eligibility for the Kenneth E. Geiger Memorial Scholarship shall include the following:
A member in good standing and be licensed or approved for license in the Missionary Church.
Be in the last year of a masters level program at an approved seminary or in at least the first year of a doctoral level program. Preference will be given to applicants at the doctoral level who are graduates of approved seminaries or who have served the Missionary Church.
Evidence of a commitment to Christian service.
Demonstrate academic excellence.
Possess good communication skills.
Evidence leadership potential.
The application materials will include letters of recommendation from the applicant’s pastor, district superintendent, institution in which he/she is enrolled and a lay person from the Missionary Church. Other materials to be submitted include transcripts, statement of call and plans for ministry and a written sermon. Scholarship awards will not be conditioned on evidence of financial need.
Applications should be sent to:
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Scholarships
Missionary Church, Inc.
P. O. Box 9127
Fort Wayne IN 46899-9127