Bahari School of Medicine
Bahari School of Ministry
Preparing Leaders for a Shared Global Future
About Bahari School of Ministry
The Bahari School of Ministry (BSOM) is an online university launching in February 2026, offering certificate and degree programs rooted in African oceanic wisdom.
Designed for those serving urban port cities and coastal diasporic communities, BSOM combines spiritual formation, cultural engagement, and digital innovation.
With affordable, flexible learning and no student loans required, BSOM empowers students to lead in humanitarian and community-focused roles.
Professional Certificates
BSOM offers professional certificate programs that deliver immediate, applicable knowledge and skills. These certificates support advancement in current positions, open doors to new opportunities, and are fully stackable toward degree completion.
Why Choose BSOM?
Oceanic Wisdom
Programs rooted in African oceanic traditions and coastal diasporic culture
Digital Innovation
Cutting-edge learning combined with spiritual formation and cultural engagement
No Student Loans
Affordable, accessible education without the burden of student debt
LIFTING AS WE
CLIMB
Advance your education with heritage, clarity and purpose by enrolling today!
Our Vision
We envision a world where academic excellence, cultural understanding, and AI skills are integrated, preparing graduates as knowledgeable professionals equipped to lead, adapt, and make a meaningful impact in their communities and beyond.
Academic Excellence and Personal Development
Our approach centers on developing the whole individual by cultivating critical thinking, cultural awareness, ethical responsibility, and academic rigor, while fostering a strong commitment to service, leadership, and lifelong learning.
TRANSFORMATIVE PROGRAMS
Our programs encompass a wide array of disciplines, including ministry, counseling, education, leadership, fine arts, media communications, and technology. At Bahari School of Ministry, we affirm that every field holds the potential for meaningful service and the practical application of ministry.
Our Purpose
At Bahari, programs center on African and diasporic arts, culture, and historical interpretation—infused with visionary, responsible AI use. Students learn with digital tools not just as tech skills, but as a means to facilitate the preservation of stories, visualize global diasporic patterns, create community resources, and support cultural engagement.
Our graduates emerge equipped to:
- Teach and research with cultural fluency and ethical digital literacy
- Serve and lead in heritage rich urban port cities
- Heal and organize through practices embedded in ancestral arts, cultural and public health
- Advance justice and care in environmental and human systems shaped by the ocean's edge
In a world facing climate crises, mass migration, and racial inequity, urban port cities are both frontlines and hubs of renewal. But far too few educational institutions prepare people to answer this call from within.
Bahari School of Ministry exists to fill this void—to reclaim coastlines as sites of spiritual and cultural abundance, not only vulnerability; to equip leaders rooted in ocean memory, AI enhanced tools, cultural wisdom, and community trust.
This is BSOM's mission: to form servant leaders who embody ancestral memory, can deploy digital tools ethically, and live faithfully in the complexity and creativity of coastal African diasporic life.
Bahari
means ocean in Swahili
It represents more than geography—it reflects a lineage of movement, memory, and meaning.
At BSOM, ministry means service. We prepare students to lead in humanitarian and community contexts, guided by ancestral knowledge, technological fluency, and a deep sense of place.
Whether you're called to community healing, cultural preservation, education, or leadership, BSOM offers you a virtual port for transformation and service—centered on the urgent needs and creative potential of urban port cities and coastal diasporic communities.
Our Campus
Never closes
learn and connect
from anywhere in the world
Study from anywhere and stay connected to a community that spans the world. The Bahari School of Ministry supports lifelong learning by offering online programs that strengthen spiritual growth, deepen cultural understanding, and prepare learners for service. Whether you are beginning your studies, expanding your skills, or seeking new pathways for spiritual development, the Bahari School of Ministry provides opportunities that inspire purpose and cultivate your calling.
Future Learners: YOUR Path Toward
Distinction Starts Today
Doctoral
Degrees
Pursue the highest level of academic achievement through our doctoral programs.
Begin HereCertificate Programs
Develop your calling and professional skills through our continuing education programs.
Begin Here
Future Learners: Your Path Toward
Distinction Starts Today
Undergraduate Pathways
Begin building your academic foundation through engaging and meaningful undergraduate studies.
Graduate Pathways
Elevate your learning through our online graduate programs designed for advanced study and professional growth.
Doctoral Pathways
Reach the highest level of scholarship through our doctoral programs.
Bahari School of Ministry Goes Beyond Metaphor
From Lived Spaces to Global Impact
Our school was not born in ivory towers—it emerged in lived spaces: the sea breezes carrying hymns across Lagos's docks, drums echoing through Havana's alleys, midwives' whispers in Charleston, revival tents in Port-au-Prince.
Necessity, calling, and love for ocean shaped people forged Bahari's vision, which orients our academic pathways. The African diaspora moved along maritime currents, trade, forced migration, and cultural calling.
Today, Bahari students follow that map—not to retrace pain, but to rebuild wisdom. Our educational philosophy is built on three intersecting commitments:
Our Three Intersecting Commitments
