Admission to this program requires a Master's Degree in ministry.

ECUA sometimes uses an educational model in our postgraduate programs that is common in nontraditional education, although it is also found also in traditional institutions, known as directive studies . Directive studies merely means that the assigned instructor will look at the doctoral candidate ' s transcript to evaluate areas of weakness in their academic and professional (ministerial) background. The instructor will then assign courses, projects, papers, etc. to round out the candidate's base of knowledge.

A dissertation will be required for graduation.