Heritage Partner Churches
Benefits and resources
We live in a time of great need, challenge, and opportunity. It is a time that needs pastors and church leaders who can teach, lead and serve theologically. Preparing individuals to lead and serve with biblical insight, compassion, and skill calls for a partnership between churches, bible colleges and seminaries.
Churches excel in providing pastoral students with leadership opportunities, relational skills, and ministry experience. Churches (especially pastors and elders) are in the prime position to recognize those in their congregations with pastoral gifting and a ministry calling.
Bible colleges and seminaries excel in providing pastoral students with biblical language skills, hermeneutical competency, theological depth and breadth, historical perspective and homiletical skills.
At Heritage College & Seminary, we value partner churches that stand with us in our identity, distinctives and place in the theological education world.
To forge and sustain a meaningful partnership in training servant leaders for ministry, together, we choose to embrace the following commitments:
Partner Church Committment from Heritage
- Provide theological training that combines academic excellence with ministry usefulness. Courses are available in multiple formats such as in-class, modular, multi-modal, and online.
- Partner Church Staff Discount -Heritage Theological Seminary is pleased to offer a one-year Heritage Partner Church Staff Discount to all Heritage Partner churches. If the paid ministry staff’s home church sponsors 10% of the student’s tuition cost, Heritage will contribute an additional 10% tuition discount to the student account. If the paid ministry staff’s home church does not sponsor the student’s tuition cost, Heritage will contribute a 5% tuition discount to the student account.*
- Student Church Matching Grant –The Student Church Matching Grant is for full-time certificate or degree students who are financially supported by their home church. If the student’s home church sponsors an amount up to $750 (non-partner church), Heritage will contribute up to $250 to a student account. If the students home church sponsors an amount up to $1500 (partner church), Heritage will contribute up to $500 to a student account. The church’s donation will be applied to the student’s account immediately, and the portion from Heritage will be applied to the student’s account in the following term.
- Free Course Audit – One free course audit per academic year for each paid staff member. Please submit this form to book.
- 50% off tickets to our two annual conferences – Heritage Preaching Lectures (early autumn) and Ministry Leadership Day (late winter).
- Free Use of our Library for pastoral study.
*Right now, we extend Partner Church status to all churches with eligible staff, whether or not they give directly to Heritage. That said, part of the partnership agreement is that churches would consider some form of financial support to Heritage—perhaps through a special offering or an allocation within the missions budget, etc. As we continue to review and strengthen the program, future updates may place greater emphasis on active financial partnership with Heritage.
Partner Church Committment from the Church
- Pray for future church leaders to arise from your congregation.
- Encourage students at your church to explore Heritage for biblical training and ministry equipping. Heritage will provide opportunities for engagement including videos, testimonies, engagement opportunities like student sampler events and promotional materials.
- Commit to financially supporting Heritage College & Seminary.
- Include Heritage in your regular church budget. Partner churches who give monthly provide ongoing sustainability to the school and it’s ministry.
- Consider Heritage for an annual love offering. We would love the opportunity to come and share about what God is doing in this ministry of equipping men and women for life and ministry.
Thank you for prayerfully considering becoming a church partner with Heritage. If you have any questions, please contact our community engagement department at donations@heritagecs.edu You can confirm your partnership by clicking the button below.