- Certificate
- Hybrid
Spiritual Formation
Overview
Lead with Formational Purpose
Designed for pastors, spiritual directors, lay leaders, and ministry professionals, Gordon College’s Spiritual Formation certificate equips you to cultivate practices of spiritual growth in yourself and in the communities you serve.
This certificate invites students to ask: How do we create space for meaningful spiritual formation? Students will grow in their theological depth, spiritual attentiveness, and practices of formation. Through coursework and dialogue, this certificate equips leaders to more effectively care for the whole person—heart, mind, and soul—while strengthening their own formational wisdom and leadership capacity.
An obtainable certificate
With just 3 courses and 9 credits, our Spiritual Formation certificate is doable. It is also stackable! Following successful program application, the courses completed for this certificate may be applied to Gordon’s Master of Arts in Theology for Community Transformation.
| Degree | Certificate |
|---|---|
| Program Level | Certificate |
| School | School of Ministry, Theology and Biblical Studies |
| Program Format | Hybrid |
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Courses
Spiritual Formation Courses
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Faculty
Faculty
Nationally recognized, personally focused
Gordon faculty are committed Christians, exceptional scholars, and catalysts for transformation—both in their fields and in the lives of the students they teach.
Careers
Life after Gordon
What does this certificate help me do?
This certificate helps you think more deeply and faithfully about the communities you already serve. You will learn how to bring theological reflection into your leadership, teaching, ministry, and everyday work in ways that are practical, contextual, and rooted in Christian formation.
Through this certificate, you will strengthen your ability to support others in their journey of spiritual formation.
In your neighborhood and around the world...
be empowered to make a difference with tools that have effective impact.