Residency Highlights
What can residents expect?
- 50% of tuition costs paid by NMC
- A competitive hourly rate of $20/hour with an average of 25-30 hours/week
- Master of Arts in Christian Leadership (MACL) degree, 66 credit hours in 2 years
What are the residency requirements for each student?
- Bachelor’s Degree Completion
- Acceptance by DTS
- Able to work days, evenings, special events, Sundays, Christmas, and Easter
- No conflicting time commitments (i.e., another job, etc.)
What are the resident expectations?
- Personal & daily walk with the Lord
- Regularly attend service
- Conduct oneself in a professional and timely manner
- Pursue holiness in all relationships
- Flexibility in changes
- Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5 in the program
- Complete all seminary assignments with excellence and promptness
- Work 25-30 hours/week in the assigned ministry area, covering pastoral/leadership duties
- Invest 15-20 hours/week in DTS classes
- Maintain social life media pages in a God-honoring way
What are the resident’s responsibilities & expenses?
- Secure housing
- All living expenses (including healthcare)
- All DTS books and fees
- 50% of tuition costs (DTS scholarship applications encouraged as needed)
- Coursework management
What are the next steps & timeline?
- Complete the NMC residency application (opens February 1, 2025).
- Complete the DTS application (open now).
- Complete the interviewing process at NMC.
- Offer letters sent by April 15, 2025.
- Required start date of July 21, 2025.
- Program from July 2025-August 2027

Your
Next Steps & Application
We'd love to help you however we can; feel free to contact us with any program questions. Email Rebecca Ross at rross@northmetro.org.

More About DTS
The MACL program at Dallas Theological Seminary is designed to help men and women learn who God has uniquely gifted them to lead in whatever ministry setting they are called to serve.
DTS also partners with other churches nationwide to offer unique ministry leadership training opportunities.
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