Welcome to the Universal Ministries School of Theology. Through the School we are able to issue degree titles of a Religious nature. We do not at this time offer titles of the physical science variety. As a religious School all titles are honorary, yet carry the same rights as physical science titles in the usage of honorifics.

Until recently, the School of Theology issued only degrees for life's experiences. However, the Board has now developed various study courses. Whether a minister or laity, you may at this time receive the degrees befitting your talents, or abilities in the fields of your choosing. Through the Earned Degree courses you may expand your knowledge and excel through sharing that you did indeed earn your knowledge.

As the School opens new courses of studies, they will be offered to everyone of all financial or social standing throughout the world. As each section of the course is completed the student will receive a diploma specifically in their field. These fields will not be offered simply for life's experiences. They will require comprehensive study by the serious student to receive a diploma.

The purpose of the School of Theology is to help develop the skills needed by the clergy in sharing their faith in a concise manner. These same courses will help the laity in coming closer to advancement within their faith also.

As the student enters a field of study they will find new ways to share their earned knowledge with each step along the way. As the student completes a study course they will find helping others much simpler than previous knowledge allowed. As a School of Religious Theology, we are not considered accredited by any government agency. In the United States, the Constitution separates the Church from the State. No School or University that offers studies of religious philosophy can really claim to be more correct than any other School of religion since they are established by man, and not the God you or I seek. Legal accreditation in law is only offered within the fields of physical science and does not apply to religious studies. The U.S. Dept. of Education does not accredit any religious studies. Schools that claim accreditation do so through private agency and have no real value above any other legal degree.

What does this mean to you? A Doctorate issued by the University of Illinois to a person within a specific field allows that person to be addressed as Doctor. A Doctorate of a religious nature allows its recipient to also be addressed as Doctor. In the average person's mind they are one and the same. They hold the same rights of acknowledgment.

The difference between an earned degree, and an honorary degree is fairly clear. The earned degree is one a person has studied for to receive. An honorary degree is granted for life's experience within a specific field. Just because a person has not learned to mime a professor's teachings does not mean that someone may not receive recognition for their abilities. The Doctorate was from the start, a title of the church long before the academic world chose to claim it as the pinnacle of learning.