The Unique Nature of IWS

The Only Institute of its Kind

• We are the only institute in North America exclusively designed for graduate studies in worship.

• A student can earn a graduate degree in church music in any number of schools. However, students who desire an education in the biblical, historical, theological and cultural disciplines of worship will find that only at the Institute for Worship Studies where every course is focused on worship content.

We Model the Future of Education

• We own no buildings, yet have a great user-friendly campus.

• We have no full-time faculty, yet students study with the very best assembled faculty of worship scholars in the world.

We Learn in Community

• In the one-week intensives, we eat together, study together, worship together, and experience community based on honest and mutually supportive relationships.

• We incorporate a wide range of ages from 23 to 82 with the median age at nearly 50.

• We are Asian, Indian, African-American, Native American, Hispanic and Caucasian.

• We are men and women together in ministry.

We Continue to Learn Online

We keep in contact with professors and each other through discussion board conversations on the Web site and email communications.