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No. Kingdom Global Fellowship is the umbrella fellowship, and a person may belong to KGF without being ordained.

Ordination into the Melchizedek Priesthood is a separate path that members may pursue. Training, ordination and events are not required to be a member in good standing.

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AMI stands for Authentic Membership Identification. It is the six-digit number every KGF member holds, linked to the fellowship's official records and used for official KGF business.

It is issued as soon as your application is received, when your membership begins.

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As soon as your application is received. Your AMI number is issued and your full membership is active straight away.

The orientation and a membership conversation with your District Overseer follow as part of due process. They do not hold up your membership.

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Where KGF is still establishing itself in a country, members gather in a cluster rather than a formal district. A cluster works the same way day to day — meetings, training and fellowship all continue.

Once a cluster reaches 35 verified members, it formally becomes a district with its own District Overseer and governance.

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Use Find a District. Districts and clusters are listed by jurisdiction and region, and each one shows whether it is commissioned or still forming.

If there is no district near you yet, apply for membership and tell us where you are, or contact the Global Office. A district is formally commissioned when it reaches 35 verified members.

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Yes. A church, ministry or fellowship can apply to be received into fellowship with Kingdom Global Fellowship through Affiliate a Church or Ministry. It takes about ten minutes.

Once approved, it appears under Churches & Ministries.

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The application lists every country. If there is no district in your area yet, you are still received at once, with your AMI number and full membership: you have universal membership of Kingdom Global Fellowship, and you will be placed in a district as soon as one is created in your area.

You will be told in the member portal and by email when you are placed. Your AMI number does not change.

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Complete the online membership application. It has five guided steps — about you, referral, placement, commitments and a final review — and takes about ten minutes. Your answers are saved as you go, so you can stop and come back.

You will be asked for a clear, recent head-and-shoulders photograph (JPEG, PNG or WebP, at least 400 pixels on each side).

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Your application is accepted straight away. Your AMI number is issued, your full membership is active, and we email you your AMI, your reference and a link to set your own password for the member portal. Applying is free, so there is nothing to pay.

The five steps of the journey remain as due process: your application, portal access and full membership are complete at once; the orientation (the orientation video and the membership policies) is in the member portal for you to complete; and your District Overseer will arrange your membership conversation.

If there is no district in your area yet, you have universal membership of Kingdom Global Fellowship, and you will be placed in a district as soon as one is created in your area.

You can see your progress at any time in the member portal, or on the Check Your Application page.

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No. Applying to Kingdom Global Fellowship is free, and membership carries no monthly dues and no annual membership fee.

What does carry a cost — credentials, ordination, Institute courses and paid event tickets — is set for each country in its own currency, and you are shown your country's figure before anything is payable. See Costs & Payments.

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A complete application is accepted as soon as it is received, and your AMI number is issued at once. Applying is free.

The orientation and a membership conversation with your District Overseer follow as part of due process.

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Use Check Your Application. Enter the reference you were given and the email address you applied with — both are needed, because the reference on its own does not open an application.

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In step two of the application, choose "Yes, I was referred" and enter their AMI number. If you found KGF yourself, say so — it will not affect your application.

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Yes. Applying to Kingdom Global Fellowship is free, and there are no monthly dues and no annual membership fee.

The fellowship's income comes from credentials, ordination, classes of The Melchizedek Priesthood Institute, paid event tickets and the shop — and from voluntary giving. See Costs & Payments.

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Each credential has its own fee, set for each country in that country's own currency; some carry no fee. The figure for your country is shown before you apply.

Applying raises an invoice in the member portal. The review of your application begins once it is paid — online by card or mobile money, or at the office where an officer records it. Where your country permits it, ordination can be paid in instalments.

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Some do. A credential may require you to have completed particular courses of The Melchizedek Priesthood Institute before you apply. The credential's page in the member portal lists them, with a link to enrol, and you can apply once each one is completed.

Courses that carry a fee are priced in your local currency. See the Course Catalogue.

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No. Membership of Kingdom Global Fellowship is free: there are no monthly dues and no annual membership fee.

You pay only for what you choose — a credential, ordination, an Institute course or a paid event — and each is invoiced to you in your country's own currency. See Costs & Payments.

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Fees for credentials, ordination and Institute courses are divided between the four levels of the fellowship — the District, Regional, National and Global offices — each of which carries real responsibility for its members. The division is set by KGF governance in the fellowship's approved fee schedule and applied consistently to every payment.

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In the member portal, under Payments and Invoices. It shows every invoice and charge — credentials, ordination, courses and events — every payment received, and which charges each payment settled, with a receipt for every payment the treasury has confirmed. You can also settle what is owing by card or mobile money there.

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Yes. On the Payments screen of the member portal, choose to pay part and enter what you can manage. It is put against your oldest charge first, and anything left stays owing. Where your country permits it, ordination can also be paid in instalments.

Payments are made by card or mobile money. A receipt appears once the payment is confirmed.

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Ordination is a one-time, lifelong event: the ordinand is formally ordained as a Melchizedek Priest.

Consecration is the formal commissioning into a specific ministry office — such as Deacon or Deaconess, Elder, Evangelist, Teacher, Pastor, Prophet, Apostle or Bishop — and may happen more than once as a minister's calling or office changes.

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• Complete the Priesthood Ministerial Certificate through the District Conference, in partnership with MTTC.
• Receive priesthood credentials at the District Conference Session.
• Begin Melchizedek Ordination Certification.
• Complete the six-month waiting period.
• Be ordained at the District Conference, then attend the National Holy Convocation for induction.

See the ordination pathway.

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Ordination takes place at a District Conference and is conducted by the Regional Bishop. The Global Presiding Bishop retains ultimate sanctioning authority and may preside when present.

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Yes, where a country permits it. The ordination process carries its own cost, set for each country in its own currency, and payment plans are available where the country allows them.

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The Melchizedek Theological Training Center is KGF's principal theological training partner. It provides structured education for priesthood formation, ministerial certification, ordination preparation and continuing development.

Its introductory Certificate of Melchizedek Studies is designed as a 12-week programme. Courses are priced per course, in your local currency. See Training & Development.

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Browse the Course Catalogue to see the courses and programmes of study. Members enrol from Training in the member portal, where each stage opens only when the one before it is finished.

Courses that carry a fee are priced in your local currency. Enrolling adds the charge to your account, and you settle it from the Payments screen.

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Every training certificate carries the holder's AMI number and a QR code. Scan the code, or enter the AMI on the Verify Credentials page.

The register lists the Institute courses that member has completed and the date each was completed. A training certificate records completion of a course; it is not by itself a credential, an ordination or an appointment to any office.

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By the holder's AMI number — the six-digit membership number, and the only number Kingdom Global Fellowship publishes. Anybody can enter it on the Verify Credentials page, or scan the QR code printed on a credential, a membership card or a training certificate, to be told by the fellowship's register whether that member is in good standing and which credentials they hold today.

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For the AMI number entered: the member's name as it stands on the register, their rank, whether they are in good standing, and each credential they hold — what it is, its level, who issued it, the jurisdiction, the dates, and whether it is valid, expired, suspended or revoked — together with any Institute courses they have completed. It does not publish contact details, membership records, or the reasons behind any decision.

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Your name, rank and country only. District, ministry and contact details are not published in Find a Member.

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In the member portal, open your credentials and ask for what you need:

• Renewal — the credential is expiring or has expired.
• Replacement — the certificate is lost or damaged.

The Credential Authority decides the request, and you are told in the portal and by email. A replacement is issued in place of the old credential, and the register records the old one as withdrawn, so a lost certificate cannot be presented as current.

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Every member has a digital membership card in the member portal. It is read from the register each time you open it, so if your district or standing changes, the card changes with it. You can print it, save it as a PDF, or add it to your phone's home screen.

The QR code on the card opens the public check for your AMI number. It shows only your name as it stands on the register, your rank, whether you are a member in good standing at that moment, and your credentials and completed courses. Your district, contact details and payments are never shown.

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Your card carries your AMI number, and its QR code opens the live public register, so it never shows more than the Verify Credentials page does, and always shows your standing as it is today. You can print a new card from the card page in the member portal. If you believe somebody is presenting your card as their own, contact the Global Office.

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Districts hold monthly meetings. There are Regional Leadership Conferences, Regional and National Connectional Meetings for leaders, and the National Holy Convocation, where newly ordained priests complete their induction. Upcoming public gatherings are listed on Conferences & Events.

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Conferences and convocations may carry a registration fee, set by the office hosting them.

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Open the gathering from Conferences & Events and choose your tickets.

• Free gatherings are booked straight away, and your tickets arrive by email.
• Paid gatherings are paid online by card or mobile money where that is available. Otherwise your places are reserved, you pay at the office quoting your reference, and an officer confirms your booking and your tickets.
• Members-only gatherings are registered in the member portal. The amount, if any, is added to what you owe, and your ticket is kept with your documents.

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Your ticket. Show its QR code on your phone, or print it.

A booking made on the website has its own page holding your tickets. Anybody with that link can see them, so share it only with your party. Members' tickets are kept in the member portal.

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Members: open the event in the member portal and choose "I can no longer come". If you have not paid yet, the charge is cancelled with your place. If you have, speak to the treasurer.

For a booking made on the website, contact the Global Office and quote your booking reference.

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Through the Give page. If you have a question about a gift, contact the Global Office.

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Yes. On the Give page, choose Monthly. Every receipt for a monthly gift contains a private link to manage it: open it and choose cancel, and nothing further will be taken. Members can also cancel from My Giving in the member portal.

To change the amount, cancel and start a new monthly gift.

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Yes. Every gift receives a receipt number, and a receipt is emailed to you once your gift has been received. The email contains a link to a printable copy you can keep for your records.

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Yes. You can give by bank transfer, mobile money or in person at the office. Record your gift on the Give page as a pledge and you will be shown how, or contact the Global Office.

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No. A gift is voluntary. It does not pay for a credential, ordination, a course or an event, and it does not count towards anything you owe. Gifts are accounted for by the Global Office separately from fees.

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There is no password to choose on the application form. When your application is received we email you your AMI number and a link to set your own password. If yours has not arrived, use "I have forgotten my password" on the sign-in page — it works the same way.

Nobody at KGF will ever know your password or ask you for it.

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See your membership — your AMI, rank, district and standing — your invoices, payments and receipts, every credential you hold (each one printable, with a QR code to the public check of your AMI), the progress of your application while you are applying, and keep your own contact details current.

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Use Help & Support in the member portal — it is open to applicants as well as members. Choose a topic (membership and application, payments and invoices, credentials, training, events, portal and sign-in, or something else) and write your message.

You can attach a PDF, or a photograph or screenshot (JPEG, PNG or WebP), up to 10 MB. Only you and the officers handling your request can open it. Each request shows whether it has been received, is awaiting a reply, has been answered or is closed, and replies arrive in the same place.

If you cannot sign in, contact the Global Office.

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Use the link at the foot of any of our emails, or change your choices in the member portal under My Profile.

Receipts, replies to your own requests, and messages about your membership or account are always sent — they are not newsletters.

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Use Ask about your data. You can ask for a copy of the personal data Kingdom Global Fellowship holds about you, or ask us to correct it, erase it, or limit how it is used. Every request is recorded and answered by the Global Office, which first confirms that the request comes from the person the data is about. We aim to complete every request within thirty days.

Some records must be kept even after an erasure request, such as the amount and date of a payment or gift. Where that applies, your name and contact details are removed from them.

Members can also download a copy of what the fellowship keeps about them from the member portal, as a single file.

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Yes. In the member portal, untick "List me in the members directory" in your preferences. The members directory is seen only by signed-in members, and shows name, rank, district, nation and AMI number — never your email, phone or address.

The fellowship's own officers can still see your record, and anyone checking one of your credentials on the public verification page still can.

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