Universal Life Church Seminary

Seems legit to me. Galatians says Paul was not sent from an agency of man but from God. I am currently taking some courses and am learning lots. By the standard of this institution I am getting ordained and am cutting through the legal and expensive roadblocks churches and their private seminaries have put in the way of sincere followers of Christ trying to pursue their calling as a minister.

Is Georgetown University a diploma mill when it bestows upon the Prime Minister of Afghanistan an HONORARY degree?  Is the University of Notre Dame a diploma mill for bestowing an HONORARY degree on President Obama?  ULC makes absolutely NO pretense that its degrees are HONORARY in nature ONLY.  A diploma mill typically misleads a person into believing their degrees are ACCREDITED...typically with little or no course work.

Hate to say it Universal life chuch was started by rev. Hensley back in the 60"s to save soldiers from the draft and IRS. A minister degree from them will let you become a minister, open a church and register in you clerks office to perform weddings, funerals and all the rights as a regular minister. I should know I was ordained in 1978. Yes, the real universal is for real and I have ordained many to go off teaching what they believe. They fought the court system, IRS many times and always won. Freedom of religion......

One more thing,... the International Accrediting Association is not recognized by the dept. of education or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation which is the standard. Just so you know all the facts.

The Universal Life Church does in fact say it is accredited by the International Accrediting Association which is also in fact run also by the same people at Universal Life Church. 

The "ULC Seminary" is a different organization who does NOT say they are accredited. 

Do your research folks. 

And NO Neither the Degrees from Universal Life Church or "Universal Life Seminary" are academic in nature and will NOT be useful for jobs etc. These are really only if you want to take the course and "enrich" yourself, if you can call it that. If you want to take them, then so be it. I am not critisizing you for doing so, but as another poster commented, this is NOT a real degree to be used in the academic sense.

"Go to a real seminary, and get a real degree- if you are serious."

This would be good advice for those who desire to do so.  However, it would seem that most who take courses from organizations such as the ULC do so for personal benefit more than anything.  Additionally, these organizations also offer courses on religious aspects that are not your typical Christian stuff.

Degree mill? No.  Degree mills pass themselves off as issuing academic degrees.  The ULC and the like clearly state that their degrees are honorary in nature, and not academic.

Real theology and pastoral training comes with hard work, dedication, suffering...and academics! You will leave here with the same educational background as you did when you were scammed into thinking it would mean something. 

Go to a real seminary, and get a real degree- if you are serious.

Look elsewhere.

Degree Mill? I really do not believe so. Its a great way to study what I believe to be high quality courses without someone trying to shove dogma down ones throat. People can find their own path with out needing to repeat ideas and viewpoints held as sacred within other universities and colleges. I have found having to lie to pass some courses by saying I believe in something I do not dishonest but a neccessary pattern to pass many course. The ULC Seminary is really great and I value it a lot. For me, that is the only honest accreditation that really matters.

DEGREE MILL!!!

The ULC is  not accredited by any governed sanctioned agency, nor does it intend to be. The courses they provide for thier ministers are training to help them in their ministry. The titles are honorary in nature, just like the D.D. my minister has from PTS, even though he only finished the 8th grade. Degree mill, not quite. They make no pretense about the degrees being anything but unaccredited religious degrees, which, by the way, are exempt from accredidation in 22 states.

If ULC Seminary was a Degree Mill, the State of California would not approve it.  While several of their programs do not require any extensive study (M.Div/D.Div), this is primarily because of the actual academic status of those degrees.  Specifically, both the M.Div and D.Div degrees could be considered issued "Jure Dignitatis" in respect for the position of being a minister.

ULC (not to be confused with the group calling itself ULC Monastery or "The Monastery"....not the original church by the way) seems to offer very reasonably priced programs. Degree mill? Well, some awards require no study and some do. From what I can see ULC opens doors for people (even if it is nothing more than developing one's own self confidence) that may otherwise be shut....due to financial or other social restrictions.

DEGREE MILL!!!!

The ULC seminary is unaccredited. If you are intested in the seminary, it is not necessary graduate from an accredited school. However, "credits" from ULC will not transfer. There are regionally and nationally accredited distance learning schools. Please research the chea website ( www.chea.org ) or call them for information on distance learning schools that offer degrees in the ministry. These accredited degrees will definitely be accepted if you decide to work outside of the ministry, enroll in other disciplines, and/or apply for teaching positions at colleges and universities. Yes, you may focus on wicca at an accredited university. Wicca has elements of chrisitanity and may be the focus of your thesis or dissertation.