Missions and Church Planting Program

The Agape University School of Missions and Church Planting has upgraded the Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma Programs in Missions and Church Planting specialization to improve the teaching and learning quality and effectiveness with the aim of providing quality education and academic excellence that drive ministry and leadership excellence.

We look forward to upgrading Agape University School of Missions and Church Planting, offering undergraduate and graduate programs with missions studies and church planting specialization.

Program Introduction

The Missions and Church Planting Program is a two-year hybrid accelerated program focused on the biblical principles and practices for effective transformational missions to accelerate disciple making and church planting movements among unreached people in Myanmar.

In July 2023, Agape School of Missions and Church Planting successfully launched the 1st Batch of Missions and Church Planting Program in Mandalay, with a small group of church planters, and Agape Vision 2033 Mandalay Church Planting Initiative with Agape Church Planting.

In November 2023, Agape School of Missions and Church Planting introduced a hybrid accelerated option for its Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma in Missions and Church Planting programs.

The Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma in Missions and Church Planting Program is offered by the Agape University School of Missions and Church Planting in collaboration with Agape Church Planting.

Course Overview

The Missions and Church Planting Course is designed to equip, develop, and empower strategic church planters to glorify God by multiplying healthy disciples, churches, and leaders in every community in Myanmar.

National leaders who are called to serve in church planting will prepare themselves to effectively communicate the gospel, make disciples who make disciples, plant and lead healthy churches that multiply, equip God’s people to do His work and build up His church, and catalyze transformational development to create flourishing communities of fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ through multiplying healthy disciples, churches, and leaders everywhere.

Program Offers

• Diploma in Missions and Church Planting

• Postgraduate Diploma in Missions and Church Planting

The Diploma Program is designed for church planters with limited experience and no formal education or ministry training; on the other hand, the Postgraduate Diploma is ideal for church planters with years of ministry experience and an undergraduate or graduate degree or equivalent who want to prepare themselves for transformational missions and church planting.

Church Planting Internship Program

The Church Planting Internship Program will allow the students to gain experience in mission-oriented research, multicultural missions, disciple making, small group leadership, and church planting among unreached people groups in Myanmar.

Church Planting Interns will work in their new church plants in some parts of Myanmar for 2 – 3 months. The strategic church planters will work with a team of practice leaders and experienced practitioners to multiply disciples and establish new churches among unreached people groups.

During the Church Planting Internship, students will be required to do mission-oriented research, write an envisioning, and develop a Master Plan for Church Planting Movement, and submit it to the Faculty of School of Missions and Church Planting in the last week of the internship to be eligible for graduation.

In addition, the Master Plan will determine the selection of called, equipped, qualified, and strategic church planters to join the church planting team with Agape Church Planting.

Modular Courses

Course Duration

The duration of a diploma and postgraduate course is two years for full-time students, with an in-person cohort twice a year in Mandalay or Yangon, including midterm gospel outreach programs, church planting internships, and church-related ministry practicum.

Course Credit

In our hybrid accelerated program, each modular course from the Core Courses is consists of 2 credit hours. Each core course includes 12 virtual classes over two months occurring every other week (2 hours per session, for a total of 24 hours of direct instruction), along with over 8 hours of student work per week and a total of 66 hours of studying, homework, learning and practical ministry outside of the virtual classroom, requiring approximately 90 hours of total student engagement.

Residential/Modular Program

The school year for the residential/modular program is divided into three trimesters:

• 1st Trimester – June to August
• 2nd Trimester – September to November
• 3rd Trimester – December to February

Summer Modular Courses (March to May) are delivered through hybrid learning.

Criteria

Program	Requirements	Duration
Diploma	High School Level	2-year/full-time
Postgraduate Diploma	Bachelor’s or Master’s Level	2-year/full-time

Church Planting Training

The Church Planting Training Program is a fast-track disciple making and church planting training and development initiative designed to equip, develop, and empower strategic church planters who will make disciples and plant healthy churches that multiply healthy disciples, churches, and leaders in every community of Myanmar.

Our master plan for Agape Vision 2033 is to establish church planting training centers in strategic locations across Myanmar. In 2026, we will launch three training centers in the Yangon, Mandalay, and Sagaing regions. Our goal is to train and equip 300 strategic church planters across Myanmar by 2033.

Module Courses

• Disciple Making Masterclass
• Church Panting Masterclass
• Theology Masterclass
• Bible Study Masterclass
• Leadership Masterclass
• Church Planting Master Plan

Training Centers:

1. Yangon (Residential/Modular Program)
2. Mandalay (Residential/Modular Program)
3. Sagaing (Residential/Modular Program)

Admission

Applications for admission are now open for the July 2025 Intake.

We are accepting new applications for the Missions and Church Planting Program for the July 2025 Intake.

The next virtual cohort for the Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma programs in Missions and Church Planting will begin on 7 July 2025.

Apply Today! A limited number of Church Planting Scholarships are available!

For more information, please contact the Admissions Office at WhatsApp 09 252 899 155 or admissions@auedu.org

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Register Your Interest

Please use the form below to register your interest in the Missions and Church Planting Program. Once we receive your registration, we will provide you with further instructions to go through a healthy process of seeking the will of God to prepare yourself for transformational missions and church planting.