Accreditation

Children’s Ministries University Online is the online, 30-credit degree program in children’s ministries offered by Valley Forge Christian College. As CMUO courses are simply online versions of the tradition face-to-face courses offered by VFCC on-campus, the credits earned are accredited VFCC credits. Therefore, a CMUO student is a VFCC student, earning courses at VFCC without traveling to campus. These course credits can be transferred to any institution that accepts transfer credits from VFCC.

Valley Forge Christian College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.

The college holds affiliate membership with the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, an international higher education association of intentionally Christian colleges and universities.

The Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania authorizes Valley Forge Christian College to grant master of arts, bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bachelor of music, and bachelor of religious education degrees as well as the associate of arts and associate of science degrees. 

The college is endorsed by the Commission of Higher Education of the Assemblies of God as a branch campus of the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary and is approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Association of Theological Schools to grant the Master of Arts in Christian Ministries degreee.

VFCC is listed in the Education Directory of Colleges and Universities published by the U.S. Department of Education and also is listed in Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education, published by the American Council on Education.

VFCC operates under the supervision of a Board of Trustees representing the six geographical districts of the Assemblies of God in the Northeast area of the United States and as well as the Spanish Eastern District and the New York Korean District. The college is endorsed by the Commission on Christian Higher Education of the Assemblies of God as the regional college for the Northeast. 

Accreditation and approval documents are available for review with the approval of the office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs.