Use an email you check regularly
Your academy notices, access information, and password-reset instructions will be connected to the email address you use when creating the account.
New learners start here
Begin with one account and a clear pathway.
Your first step is to create an MBKLA Formation Academy account. Then review the three leadership pathways and select the one that most closely reflects your present responsibility. Your account creates your learner profile; it does not automatically enroll you in a course or confirm placement.
Your academy account
Protect your access from the beginning.
Keep your password in a secure place
Create a password known only to you and save it in a secure password manager or another protected place. MBKLA administrators cannot view, retrieve, or send you your password.
If you forget it, use Forgot Password on the academy sign-in page to create a new one.
Choose your pathway
Which responsibility best describes where you are now?
Your pathway is based on present responsibility and development needs—not title alone. Review each pathway before completing the inquiry.
Pastors & Ministry Leaders
For those carrying broad spiritual, congregational, or organizational responsibility.
Explore this pathway →Elders & Ministers
For trusted leaders serving between pastoral oversight and front-line ministry.
Explore this pathway →Emerging & Lay Leaders
For developing leaders growing from participation into responsible Kingdom service.
Explore this pathway →Is MBKLA right for you?
For leaders who want formation, not information alone.
MBKLA serves pastors, ministry leaders, elders, ministers, emerging leaders, lay leaders, and others entrusted with meaningful responsibility in ministry or community.
Our work is designed for people who want biblical understanding to shape character, judgment, relationships, stewardship, and leadership practice. Approved learning is delivered through MBKLA Formation Academy. MBKLA does not determine your calling or confer ministry authority. We help develop the capacity to lead responsibly within what God has entrusted to you.
How to begin
A clear process from account creation to personal guidance.
Create one academy account
Establish your learner profile in MBKLA Formation Academy. You will use this same account throughout your learning journey.
Review your pathway
Explore the three leadership pathways and identify the one that best reflects your present responsibility and development needs.
Submit your inquiry
Select your pathway in the New Learner Inquiry and tell us about your leadership context and goals.
Receive your next step
MBKLA personally reviews your inquiry and responds with guidance, questions, or an invitation to continue.
Your next step
Tell us which pathway you are considering.
After creating your account and reviewing the pathways, complete the inquiry form. You will be able to select a pathway and share your current role, ministry context, area of interest, and development goals. Honest context helps MBKLA determine whether we can serve you responsibly and what conversation should follow.
Please do not include confidential pastoral, legal, medical, abuse, safety, or emergency information. MBKLA personally acknowledges inquiries received Monday through Friday within one business day.
Select Your Pathway in the Inquiry Form ↗Creating an account or submitting an inquiry does not guarantee enrollment, acceptance, placement, or access to a particular course or pathway.