Launching Soon
Prepare for ministry without being buried by debt.
AGORA School of Missions and Leadership is forming a residential pathway where students pursue accredited biblical education, serve in urban ministry from week one, and grow into leaders with the character to carry the call.
Why AGORA
A different kind of college experience for a different kind of calling.
Most ministry students wait years to step into meaningful field experience. Many graduate with debt that makes urban, foreign, church-planting, and bi-vocational ministry harder to pursue. AGORA is being built to change that equation.
Students will learn through Bridges Christian College & Seminary coursework while serving through AGORA’s existing ministries in the high-need Westside neighborhoods AGORA has loved since 1988.
The AGORA Model
Accredited education. Real ministry. Deep formation.
Knowledge
Biblical Studies coursework with an Urban Missions concentration through Bridges Christian College & Seminary.
Experience
Weekly ministry rotations through Hope Pantry, AGORA Kids, Revolution Youth, Education LIVE, and Street Camps.
Character
Cohort discipleship, mentoring, prayer rhythms, shared life, and leadership evaluation woven into every week.
Affordable
Low-cost tuition, Pell-eligible pathways, support raising, and residential design aimed at debt-free preparation.
Serve. Share. Grow.
The classroom and the neighborhood belong together.
This is not a simulation. Students step into real ministry rhythms with children, teenagers, families, mission teams, and community needs. They grow in the same place AGORA has been building trust for decades.
What Students Are Preparing For
Graduates leave with more than a transcript.
Accredited biblical education
Academic formation through a Biblical Studies degree pathway with urban missions focus.
Documented ministry practice
Supervised service, reflection, evaluations, and practical leadership artifacts.
Credential-ready coursework
Coursework designed to support Assemblies of God ministerial credential pathways.
Freedom to go
A financial model aimed at graduating leaders without student loan debt holding them back.
Who Should Pay Attention
For students who feel called, not comfortable.
Westside leaders
Students ready to become leaders in the community that shaped them.
Missional students
Christians seeking urban mission, discipleship, and a serious residential cohort.
Future ministers
Missionaries, pastors, church planters, nonprofit leaders, and bi-vocational ministers.
First Cohort Interest
Want details when applications and visits open?
Join the interest list for launch updates, cohort information, visit opportunities, and next steps for students, parents, pastors, and partner churches.