We believe you should understand exactly what is being asked of you, and where it goes, before you commit to anything.
There are only two ordinary costs of membership, and they work differently from one another.
A single payment made when you join. It covers the work of processing your application through district, regional, and global review, and formally entering you into the fellowship.
You pay it once. It is not repeated.
An ongoing contribution that sustains the fellowship month by month. The amount is set according to your rank, so what is asked of a Minister in Training differs from what is asked of a Senior Minister.
You can set these to pay automatically, or pay each month yourself.
KGF serves members across several continents, where incomes and currencies differ enormously. A figure that is reasonable in one country can be impossible in another.
So both the enrollment fee and monthly dues are set separately for each country, in that country’s own currency, by the Global Office. You are shown the exact figures that apply to you during your application, before anything becomes payable.
This is also why you will not find a price list on this page. Publishing one figure would be wrong for almost everybody reading it.
During your application, once you have told us which country you serve in, we show you the enrollment fee and the monthly dues for your rank in your local currency.
Nothing is charged until your membership is approved.
Start Your ApplicationDues are not collected centrally and spent centrally. They are divided between the four levels of the fellowship, each of which carries real responsibility for its members.
Your local leadership — meetings, pastoral care, interviews, and the district events you attend.
Oversight across districts, regional conferences, and the development of new districts.
National governance, convocations, and representation of KGF in your country.
Doctrine, credentials, training standards, and the administration that holds the fellowship together.
The proportions sent to each office are set by KGF governance and applied consistently to every payment. Members can see how their own payments were allocated in the member portal.
Beyond membership itself, some paths carry their own costs. None of them is required to be a member in good standing.
Training through the Melchizedek Theological Training Center is priced per course, in your local currency.
The ordination process carries its own cost. Where a country permits it, this can be paid over several months rather than at once.
Conferences and convocations may carry a registration fee, set by the office hosting them.
If anything here is unclear, or the cost is a genuine obstacle for you, speak to us before deciding. We would rather have the conversation.