Overview

Spiritual Formation and Soul Care at Biola University is shaped around promoting growth in the believer’s inner life of faith and prayer with God in the context of a shared community and developed knowledge-base in the Word, spiritual formation and soul care.

Key facts:

It focuses specifically on ways to deepen one’s knowledge and openness to God and His work as well as understanding of one’s self and others in order to grow toward conformity of character and inner life in the image of Christ. In turn, it trains leaders in soul care to be spiritual mentors, directors and teachers who will assist others in their journey of growth in Christ and His body. In order to accomplish this, the program has a substantial emphasis on understanding the dynamics of the Indwelling Holy Spirit as they interface human personality and relational dynamics.

These integrative endeavors are enhanced by the Institute’s diverse university-wide faculty which draws particularly upon Rosemead School of Psychology and Talbot School of Theology, bringing a wide range of expertise and experience to bear upon the process of human spiritual growth and soul care.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Hermeneutics and the Word in Spiritual Formation

Christian Spirituality and Prayer

History and Theory of Christian Soul Care and Direction

Spiritual Formation and Soul Care

Research

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00

More details

Online/Hybrid

Fall — April 1
Spring — October 1

Language

English

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Credits

56 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

La Mirada, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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Other requirements

General requirements

A $65 non-refundable application fee is due when you submit your application. Paying this fee will populate the supplemental application items.
Applicants must submit an official transcript from their previous academic institution.
One pastoral reference
One character reference (someone in a leadership role in your life)
One reference form relating to your personal spiritual formation from the same pastor or character reference above
One Christian testimony
One essay demonstrating understanding of spiritual formation and goal of graduate study
One personal essay addressing how studying spiritual formation will impact your life
One biography of your personal spiritual development

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

12672 USD / year

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Out-of-State

12672 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

12672 USD / year

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Living costs

La Mirada

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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