How to set up a Harvestime institute in your church
Starting a Harvestime school in your church
Churches, Bible colleges and Christian organisations can teach the Harvestime courses to their own people. There are two ways to do this.
The informal way. You teach the courses, mark the exams and give your own certificates, which only your church recognises. Harvestime International Network supplies the forms and paper exams through its Immediate Institute resource at harvestime.org/start-an-institute. There is no partnership fee for this.
The formal way. You teach the courses in the same way, but your students sit their exams on this website. Their certificates and their Diploma (or Associate Degree) in Biblical Ministries are then issued by Harvestime International Institute, which operates under the Religious Exemption in the State of California.
Partnership fee (paid once)
| Where your school is | One-time fee |
|---|---|
| High-income countries (e.g. USA, Canada, UK and Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Gulf states) | US$100 |
| Middle-income countries (most of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and the Pacific) | US$40 |
| Low-income countries (see below) | US$25 |
We follow the World Bank's income groups. For 2026–2027 the low-income countries are Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, North Korea, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Uganda and Yemen. If you are not sure which fee applies, email us before paying.
Steps
- Fill in the Partner registration form (on the home page).
- Pay the one-time fee by PayPal to harvestimeinstitute@protonmail.com. If PayPal does not work in your country, email us.
- Send us the name of your contact person, and a list of your students' names and email addresses (at least six per class).
- Your students enrol themselves (US$5) and sit each exam online when they are ready (US$7, or US$4.50 in the French course).
The full details are in the Handbook for Students and Organisational Partners on the home page.
Questions? Email harvestimeinstitute@protonmail.com or WhatsApp +1 310-748-9274.