Executive Master of Business Administration

Grow as a Christian Business Leader

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Locations Offered
Online, with 2 face‑to‑face residencies a year
Time to Completion
Two years with transfer options available
Cost Per Credit
$788 per credit hour
plus technology and grad program fees.
Credit hours required
36

Extend the influence of Christ into the business world

This degree equips you with the essential skills to launch or scale a business, seamlessly integrating your Christian faith and principles into the global marketplace. We foster the next generation of entrepreneurial Christian business leaders at Jakes Divinity School. In the online Executive MBA program, you’ll learn practical, evidence-based solutions to organizational issues while learning how to bear witness and be Christ-like in business. In our program, you will:

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  • Next Available Start Date: Fall 2024
  • Application Deadline: July 15

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Find success anchored in Biblical values

The online Executive MBA program is designed to help the next generation of entrepreneurial Christian business leaders advance their careers and their ministry. You’ll learn from business leaders and influencers who are also theologians, pastors, and scholars.

Open a door to a world of opportunity

Any MBA program can help you advance your career, but few can help you align your career with God’s vision for you. Develop the skills needed to be an agent of change in the global marketplace by growing in your spiritual formation, creative innovation, and business acumen. Graduates of the online EMBA program can hold jobs like:

Financial Manager

$139,790

Median Annual Salary

Advertising, Promotion, or Marketing Manager

$138,730

Median Annual Salary

Executive Leader

$100,090

Median Annual Salary

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2023

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Taught by Spirit-filled scholars in small classes

With an average of 15 or fewer students in your courses, you’ll get the academic and spiritual support you need to excel in this Executive MBA program taught by passionate Jakes Divinity faculty who are focused intently on your success.

Online Executive MBA Courses

Program Curriculum
  • BUSA 5311 | The Two Gifts: Entrepreneurial Leadership & A Spiritual Calling
  • BUSA 5312 | Visioning, Planning, & Budgeting
  • BUSA 5321 | Communicating Ethics and Values
  • BUSA 5322 | Money: Raising Capital & Finance
  • BUSA 5323 | Teams: Developing, Managing, and Leading
  • BUSA 5331 | The Global Marketplace: Study Abroad
  • BUSA 6341 | 2020 Case Study: Crisis and Change Management in a Global Pandemic, Hurricane, Political Upheaval, etc…
  • BUSA 6342 | Data: Research & Analysis
  • BUSA 6351 | Accounting, Auditing, & Evaluation
  • BUSA 6352 | Capstone: Dream Big Using Entrepreneurial Thought & Action
  • BUSA 6353 | Next: Growth, Succession, & Failure
  • BUSA 6361 | Business Law, Contracts, and Negotiating
  • BUSA 6362 | Tech Business

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Get personal support from your peers

Beyond the faculty support, you’ll have peer-to-peer academic and moral encouragement from JDS Ambassadors. These current students will be there for you from before you even start your Executive MBA program up until the end of your courses. You can even apply to become an Ambassador to help future JDS students.

Benefit from face-to-face opportunities

Twice a year, you will have opportunities to learn from top ministry and industry leaders at our face-to-face student advances. Build the extra skills and biblical foundation you need to complete your Executive MBA.

Guided by Bishop T.D. Jakes

Draw inspiration and encouragement from JDS founder and chancellor Bishop T.D. Jakes through virtual master class sessions and focused small-group discussions. Bishop Jakes’s vision will guide you on your spiritual journey by following his biblical-theological insights coupled with wisdom gained from a multifaceted career.

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Hear from one of our students

At Jakes Divinity School, I’ve found more than just an institution of higher learning; I’ve discovered a place where my faith and educational aspirations intersect seamlessly. Choosing to pursue my degree here has been a conscious step towards fulfilling God’s discerned purpose for my life.

- Candace C. Moore, Current EMBA Student