Get clarity on your calling and a pathway for your purpose
At Waymaker Institute you will learn from people with the tools and experience to equip you as you grow, mature, and find direction in your life. Express InterestOur ProgramsGet Equipped
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Feel like you’re lacking direction in your life?
Not sure which way to go
Feeling stuck, insecure, and worried about making the wrong move
Time wasted struggling to find your purpose
Pressure from family, friends, and culture to figure out your next step
Missing out on living your life’s calling
Not making the impact on others that you want to make
Choosing your best next step doesn’t have to be so hard
3 Growth Tracks Based On Your Goals
Practical Coaching In All Programs
A Healthy Culture and Confident Leaders to Develop You


We understand the pressures you’re facing in this stage of life
AND WE PLANNED FOR THAT!
At Waymaker Institute, you’ll find programs to meet you where you are, a process to stretch you, and healthy leaders to invest in developing you.
Backed by the local church. Trusted by Academia.
Waymaker Institute, Inc. partners with the following institutions to provide students in the Academic Program the opportunity to pursue an accredited undergraduate degree after completing the Academic Program.





Choose Your Growth Track

Academic Certificate Program
Awaken your calling while earning college credits through our state-recognized certificate program.
Internship Program
Seasonal leadership development in a ministry context. Experience working in the local church while being developed by our gifted leaders.


Residency Work Program
Get invaluable ministry experience while continuing your development through our two-year, full-time work program with Waymaker.Church.
become a waymaker today
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Identify Your Growth Track and Apply to Waymaker Institute
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Get the training you need to become a high-capacity, high-character leader
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Impact your community, lead in your church, and change the world
Take a test drive. Plan your visit.
Experience Waymaker Institute
Experience Waymaker Institute over the course of multiple days and see if it’s a fit for you.
You will participate in academic classes, meet professors, and shadow a student in ministry training.
Sign up to schedule your visit!

Get the direction you’ve been missing

identify your calling
Use the classroom, internships, and ministry experience to get clarity.

find your confidence
Apply what you’re learning through real life experiences.

impact others
Develop your spiritual gifts to shape your character and your influence.
What is Waymaker Institute?
Hear What Our Graduates Have To Say
Waymaker Institute has changed my view of ministry. It has prepared and equipped me to go after more within ministry than I would've ever thought possible.
The Waymaker Institute Internship has given me so many opportunities for growth and development unlike anywhere else. Being able to work with the Students Team has been life changing and has had such a huge impact on what I want to do for the rest of my life.
From the functions of a church staff to practicing spiritual disciplines, WMI has trained me in both knowledge and practice to deal with the harder parts of ministry that I had never learned in a classroom before. What started as my next step academically, has now become a milestone in my spiritual maturity.