For applicants with a Master of Divinity or its equivalent.

Priority application deadline: May 1st (for Fall) and November 1st (for Spring).

• Applicants must submit three references, one from a pastor or ministry leader and two from previous professors. These references should testify to the applicant’s Christian character and academic ability.
• Applicants must submit a 1-2 page rationale for ThM study. 
• Applicants must hold a MDiv or graduate theological degree with equivalent theological background from an accredited institution. All applicants must have a minimum of six credit hours of New Testament Greek and six credit hours of Biblical Hebrew. An applicant who meets all admission requirements except for one of the biblical languages can be admitted with the understanding that this deficiency must be removed by the end of the first year of study. Securing the necessary program of study, paying any necessary fees, and transferring credit for the completed language course to Gateway will be the applicant’s responsibility.
• Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average no lower than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. 
• Applicants must submit a research paper that demonstrates their research and writing capabilities.
• Applicants who do not have English as their native language are required to take an English proficiency exam. Acceptable exams include the TOEFL iBT and IELTS. Applicants who take the TOEFL iBT must score at least a 90. Applicants who choose to take the IELTS must score at least a 7. Applicants from non-English-based programs—for example, bilingual programs—must produce sufficient TOEFL/IELTS scores. Applicants who graduated with an undergraduate or graduate degree from an ATS-accredited English-language-based institution and who completed all coursework in English will have this testing requirement waived.