Graduation & Commencement
Celebrating the faithful completion of your studies at New Fire International Academy.
Commencement Activities
- • Processional and invocation
- • Conferral of degrees, diplomas, and certificates
- • Presentation of honorary doctorates
- • Commissioning prayer and final blessing
What Graduates Receive
- • Official diploma / certificate
- • Sealed academic transcript
- • Letter of commissioning from the Office of the Bishop
- • Alumni access to ongoing courses and conferences
- • Defend the Gospel Card Game — a graduation gift designed to keep you sharp in apologetics
Featured Graduation Gift
Defend the Gospel — Card Game
Presented to every graduate at the conclusion of commencement activities.
About the game
Defend the Gospel is a deck-based apologetics card game built around the doctrines, Scriptures, and historic creeds you studied at the Academy. Players take the role of Defenders standing in the gap, drawing from cards covering Old Testament prophecy, Greek and Hebrew word studies, church history, and pastoral counseling scenarios — each round sharpening your ability to give an answer for the hope that is in you (1 Peter 3:15).
Why it’s included
- • Reinforces curriculum from every NFIA division
- • Equips graduates for ministry conversations and small-group discipleship
- • Family-friendly — pass on what you’ve learned at home
- • Replayable training tool for ongoing apologetics practice
- • Signed and presented during the commencement gift ceremony
Presentation: Each graduate receives a boxed edition of Defend the Gospel as part of the closing ceremony, alongside the commissioning prayer. Additional decks are available for ministry teams and church small groups through the Academy office.