Before applying for credentials, please contact your school and provide a transcript to the AGK Credentials and Church Records Specialist for approval.

Dive deeper into educational requirements HERE.

To apply for credentials, please contact the office of the Executive Secretary by emailing Melanie Robison HERE. Your application will arrive via email, with a link to the DocuSign form. Prior to, or at completion, please include the required application fee of $100 (for all levels of credentials). You can pay your application fee HERE.

If you want to upgrade an existing credential, click HERE.

The online DocuSign process will require you to upload the following items before submitting your application.

1. Official Application

2. Transcripts

3. Photo

4. Background Check Disclosure Form

5. Notarized Information Authorization and Release Forms

6. A copy of Your Social Security card

7. A copy of your Driver’s License

8. CALL TO MINISTRY ASSESSMENT

9. PERSONAL MINISTRY INVENTORY

10. PERSONAL TESTIMONY

NOTE: The Call to Ministry Assessment, Personal Ministry Inventory, and Personal Testimony can be downloaded from above or sent to you via email. When complete please email a copy to Robin Rains HERE. Your DocuSign application will be sent through a separate email.

Each application must be accompanied by a background check disclosure form and release forms for both the applicant and their spouse (if applicable). The background check verifies Social Security information and examines credit and criminal history. The release forms (Applicant’s Release Form & Spouse’s Release Form) are included as a part of the DocuSign application.

The AGK office will follow up with the references you provide on your application. Please instruct your references to complete and sign the reference form we send them, then email it as a PDF to credentials@agkansas.com before the specified deadline.

Upon receipt of your credential upgrade application and any additional required items, we will review the information provided. You will be notified if further clarification is required. Following the review, you will receive an email regarding your interview.

The following chart indicates which exam(s) should be taken based on the credential level and type of application being submitted: EXAM CHART

Use the study guides below to prepare for your exam(s). Exams will be administered approximately two to four weeks before your interview date. Please refer to the study guides for information regarding the use of a Bible (text only-no study Bibles) and/or the Constitution and Bylaws during the exams. A copy of the General Council and AGK Ministry Network’s Constitution and Bylaws is available in the Study Aids section. You will be contacted to schedule your exam with a presbyter.

STUDY GUIDES

• STUDY GUIDE FOR BIBLE KNOWLEDGE EXAM

• STUDY GUIDE FOR DOCTRINE EXAM

• STUDY GUIDE FOR POLITY EXAM

STUDY AIDS

• GENERAL COUNCIL CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS

Interviews are conducted quarterly at the AGK Network Office. Scheduled dates for the current year are available to view HERE on the AGK official calendar.

Following your interview, the Network Board of Directors will make a recommendation to the General Council Credentials Committee regarding your application. Certified- and License-level credentials are effective upon General Council approval. Ordination-level credentials are conferred via the annual ordination service held in May as part of our AGK Network Council.

Credentials must be renewed annually by December 31. More info is available HERE.

Successful renewal is contingent upon meeting your financial obligations to both the General Council and the AGK Ministry Network. Those obligations are as follows:

To the General Council:

• Certified credential – $10 per month/$120 per year

• License credential – $20 per month/$240 per year

• Ordained credential – $25 per month/$300 per year

This offering may come out of the total tithe and can be given online (monthly or as an annual gift) at https://giving.ag.org/home or sent by mail to the General Council, 1445 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, MO 65802.

To the AGK (Kansas Ministry Network):

All tithe from ministry income and 25% of the tithe from non-ministry income (minus the General Council obligation shown above). These gifts may be given online HERE or sent by mail to the AGK Ministry Network, PO Box 349, Maize, KS 67101.