Study where you are
Learning Communities
Seminary-level theological education right where you are
Study the whole range of courses—from biblical languages to church history—in your local area or online
Flexible, accessible, and affordable
Learn in community facilitated by a mentor
Earn a Graduate Diploma or Masters in Theology alongside your ministry or other work
What can I study in a Learning Community?
Graduate Diploma in Theology (GDip)
Meet in person or online once a week over 2 years.
Masters in Theology (MTh)
Meet in person or online for week-long intensives over 1–3 years, with an extra year for your dissertation.
Find a Learning Community near you
Union in the UK:
Westminster Chapel - MTh (3)
London LCM - GDip (4)
London LCPA - MTh (5)
Liverpool - GDip (6)
Cambridge - GDip (7)
Porthcawl - GDip (10)
Winchester - GDip (11)
Belfast - MTh (15)
Leeds - GDip
Dorset Coast - GDip
Union in the US and Canada:
Calgary - GDip & MTh (16)
Tulsa - GDip & MTh (20)
Oklahoma City - GDip (21)
Ontario - GDip (22)
North Texas - GDip (23)
Houston - GDip (24)
Los Angeles - GDip (25)
Union Internationally:
Rome - GDip & MTh (27)
Athens - MTh (28)
Poznań - GDip & MTh (31)
Madagascar - GDip
How do Learning Communities work?
Study where you are
Our Learning Communities are intended to create an environment for growth: spiritual, theological, and practical. They mean that you can study theology, prepare for ministry, and be formed as a leader without leaving your existing ministry or work. Meeting in-person or online, you’ll watch lectures, enjoy group work and discussion, and be assessed by coursework and exams.
Multiply your ministry
In a Union Learning Community, your formation as a believer, your theological studies, and your service in the local church are held together and fuel one another. This means that, for many students and their churches, Learning Communities have multiplied ministry immediately – enabling church plants, raising leaders in-context, and encouraging partnerships between local churches.
Apply your learning in the local church
Learning Community students can study for the Graduate Diploma in Theology (GDip), designed for those with an existing degree in any subject, or the Masters in Theology (MTh), designed for those with an existing degree in theology.
Delivery information
Students gather together either in person or via Zoom for video lectures, extensive discussion and peer-to-peer learning. All the teaching and assessment is provided by UST faculty. For more details about the content and time commitments, visit the GDip and MTh programme pages.
Each Learning Community is facilitated by a Lead Mentor. This is usually an experienced pastor/theologian who provides mentoring support to students, supplementing the primary delivery of teaching by video, and facilitates activities and discussion with resources supplied through our Union Cloud platform.
The content, assessment and overall time commitment is the same for in-person and online Learning Communities, although the learning style is different. Some groups study the programme over 2 years and some over 3 years. You will need to contact your local Lead Mentor for details of the delivery plan - find their details by clicking on the Learning Community’s profile towards the top of this page.
The quality criteria that inform delivery of programmes at Union Campus apply equally to the Learning Communities, including adherence to the National Standards Framework and the employment of subject benchmarks and other relevant quality standards.
Would you like to set up a Learning Community in your church or local area?
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