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Regent College

Regent College — Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies

A flexible graduate diploma in Vancouver where you choose half your own courses and take as long as you need. Its founding concern is theology for people who will stay in ordinary work, so the reading keeps returning to vocation, craft, and the shape of a working week.

ProvisionalCertificates & diplomasInterdenominational
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Why this is listed

Almost every graduate programme here assumes you are heading for ordination. Regent was built for the carpenter and the software engineer, and it takes lay theological education seriously enough to make it hard. Credits roll into its master’s degrees if the appetite grows.

How to start

  1. Open regent-college.edu (opens an external site) and read what Regent College says about itself before you read anything else.
  2. Confirm the cost and level fit: paid, graduate, over years.
  3. Note the tradition — Interdenominational. It will shape what you are taught, and that is worth knowing going in.
  4. Put the first session in your calendar now. The gap between reading about study and doing it is a calendar entry.

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Put it into practice

Places doing this work that you could join. From New Grain; the picks change each day.

  • Skilled serviceVerified

    Design a hospital you will never run

    Engineering Ministries International

    Architects, engineers, and surveyors join a one- to two-week trip to survey a site and produce a real construction design package for a hospital, school, or water system, then finish the drawings at home. Salaried eMi project managers carry the work between volunteer trips so nothing stalls.

    Time
    Weeks
    Where
    Global
    Area
    Skilled service

    Last verified September 8, 2026

  • Local church needsVerified

    Join a SOWER project crew

    SOWER Ministry

    Retired and semi-retired couples with RVs park for three-week projects at Christian camps, schools, children's homes, and mission offices, doing carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting, and grounds work. Around 170 ministries in the US and Canada host crews.

    Time
    Weeks
    Where
    United States
    Area
    Local church needs

    Last verified September 8, 2026

  • Benevolence & reliefVerified

    Sew mission quilts and pack kits

    Lutheran World Relief

    Congregational sewing groups make quilts to a set pattern and assemble personal care, school, and baby kits, then ship them to LWR for distribution overseas and, more recently, inside the United States. The published annual guide gives exact materials, sizes, and shipping instructions.

    Time
    Weekly rhythm
    Where
    Global
    Area
    Benevolence & relief

    Last verified September 8, 2026