Benefits and Discounts for ACMA Members

Are you a children’s ministry leader serving in a church but without any formal children’s ministry education? Are you looking to continue to broaden your ministry knowledge and skills while expanding your children’s ministry network? If the answer to either of those questions is yes, then Children’s Ministries University Online (CMUO) is for you!

CMUO is proud to partner with the American Children’s Ministers’ Association (ACMA) to offer accredited, college-level children’s ministry training online. ACMA is the professional association for children’s ministers that seeks to raise the standard of children’s ministry across America by encouraging and assisting local children’s ministry leaders at the local level. If you are a children’s ministry leader, click here to learn more about becoming a member of ACMA today!

CMUO offers fully-accredited college-level children’s ministry education that can be completed entirely online! Children’s ministry leaders can progress through each course individually or with fellow workers at his or her own pace and can choose to either take a single course or progress through the required coursework to earn a one year certificate (30 credits) in children’s ministries through Valley Forge Christian College. Credits can be transferred to any other Bible college or seminary that accepts transfer credits.

All courses are user-friendly, utilizing the latest in self-paced online educational technology. Classes present a practical, no-nonsense approach to children’s ministry. Click here to take a look at the online children’s ministry courses available through CMUO.

Best of all… CMUO is affordable! Tuition is offered at a discount of over 80% compared to most traditional on-campus college courses.

ACMA Member Benefits and Discounts
The $25 application fee is waived for all ACMA members! Simply apply today to CMUO and note on your application that you are an ACMA member to have your application fee waived.

As additional discounts and benefits for ACMA members become available, they will be announced here.

So what are you waiting for? New courses begin monthly so you are free to start your studies when most convenient. Take the first step to becoming better equipped to serve the children of your church and community by applying today to CMUO.

Fits Any Schedule

Any time, day or night, you can access your class and participate via our online courseroom, as long as you have an Internet connection. Using the online courseroom is similar to useing email, your computer at work, or any basic software program.

Immediately Use What You Learn

“After only six units, I feel empowered to be a better teacher to the kids in my classes and to more effectively train the workers in my ministry. In addition, I have a renewed passion for children and children's ministry. I look forward to the rest of this class and to future classes.” - Amy H., Highlands Ranch, CO USA

Affordable and Flexible

Courses are fully-accredited and offered at a substantial tuition discount of over 80% compared to most traditional on-campus college courses. Financial aid for students is provided in the institutional scholarship that is reflected in the discounted tuition rate available to ALL CMUO students.