Practical Ministry to Confirm Your Calling

Through practical training and real-world ministry experience, the Minister-in-Residence (MIR) program of Scottsdale Bible Church prepares the next generation for full-time Christian ministry while completing a formal seminary education.

This program seeks to affirm a call to ministry and develop gifts and abilities toward more effective ministry. Dallas Theological Seminary strategically partners with Scottsdale Bible Church (SBC) to offer academic credit to SBC's Ministers-in-Residence (MIR) toward the achievement of an advanced degree.

Distance & Online Education

A world-class theological education that prepares you for a lifetime of ministry anywhere in the world.

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Ministry Partnerships

  • Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)

  • Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA)

  • Cru

  • Downline

  • Evangelical Free Church of America

  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)

  • Kanakuk

  • Movement Day

  • Navigators

  • Ratio Christi

  • Rural Home Missionary Association (RHMA)

  • Word of Life

  • Young Life

    • Church Partnerships

  • All Christ Church

  • Champion Forest

  • Christ Chapel Leadership Residency

  • Doxology Bible Church

  • Fellowship Bible Leadership Residency

  • Grace Bible Church

  • Ministry Residency

  • Passion City Church

  • Scottsdale Bible Church

  • The Chapel

  • The Village Church

  • Watermark Community Church