OnLineSeminary.org is a great site to find online seminary courses.
About OnLineSeminary.org
OnlineSeminary is the complete listing of seminary courses offered by the ULC Seminary. This is a more easily searchable list with information about each course, a sample of a lesson, and a link to take you directly to where you can order the courses. There is also an active forum to engage in discussion. The Universal Life Church is a unique organization because we allow people to become ordained first and get training later, although it's not required to be ordained to take our classes. Because of this unusual set-up, it seems only natural that our Seminary Program would have to be unusual as well.
What we've created is a two-tiered system. Normally, people go through seminary, then upon completion of the required program, they graduate and become ordained ministers. Since our church is set up differently, our seminary needs to be set up differently as well. The ULC Seminary's position is that we believe in sharing information and providing as much training as possible. We also recognize that not everyone has the ready funds to take classes, but still has a thirst for knowledge.
To respond to this need, we invite people to sign up for the program for free. By filling out the application, you will be added to the database and will in effect be creating your initial transcript. Once accepted, you will receive uplifting and educational emails every two weeks. These emails will have course samples, opportunities for receiving seminary credits at no cost to yourself and many other either uplifting or educational things. This part of the program is absolutely free and is a gift from the Seminary to create a stronger sense of community and belonging and to help provide some spiritual nourishment to those who thirst for it. Signing up for the program means that you get the communication, but does not carry any degrees or credits on is own. Those by-weekly emails are just an extra. We added them in part because people would say, "I signed up. Now what?" By getting the regular communication, it's almost like having a guidance counselor to help you pick classes and see where your interests lie. You also get some extra info that others don't have access to, just for signing up. Membership does have its privileges.
