Cru
Ministry Partner Tuition Rate
If you are a full-time BGEA staff member, you qualify for a special 50% regular
tuition rate.
First Class Free
If you are a full-time Navigators staff member, you can take your first class with DTS free. That’s almost $2000 in tuition!
Credit Opportunities
Ministry Residency – Earn up to 12 hours
If you’re serving on staff with Cru at least 30 hours weekly, you may be eligible for DTS’s dynamic Ministry Residency program within the MACL, MACE, and ThM degree programs. DTS comes alongside you, integrating readings and competencies with your ministry, and you earn up to 12 hours credit.
Get Institute of Biblical Studies credit for DTS courses
Get DTS credit for IBS courses
*May fit into other degree programs.
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Distance and Online Options
Most DTS degree programs can be completed entirely online, allowing you to stay in your ministry while you study.
We also have campuses and regional locations across the United States with hybrid courses and other flexible study formats that give you in-person fellowship where you can form deep relationships.
Application Process
To begin the application process:
- Fill out the online application.
- On the “Final Items” page of the application, you’ll see a box for an Application Fee Waiver. In that box, please put this phrase: firstclassfree. Also, at the bottom of the same page there’s a box that says, “Who or what prompted you to apply to Dallas Theological Seminary?” Insert this note as an “answer” to that question: I am applying for the “First Class Free” offer. I am full-time Cru staff. Thank you for waiving the application fee!
If you have any questions, please let us know! You can reach us at admissions@dts.edu or 800-3-Dallas (800-332-5527).
Distance & Online Education
A world-class theological education that prepares you for a lifetime of ministry anywhere in the world.