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Workplace Altar ’26

Your work is not separate from your worship.

Workplace Altar is a 12-week formation journey that equips believers to see their vocation as priesthood and build work through which the order of God can take root in the world.

Cohort Two12 WeeksStarts 12 Sept 2026Registration closes 6 Sept
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Format
Live on Zoom
Saturdays, 7:00 PM WAT · every session recorded
Dates
Starts 12 Sept 2026
Registration closes 6 September
Tuition
No fixed tuition
Every student contributes according to their present capacity
Commitment
Weekly classes & assignments
Completion earns a certificate & graduation
The Workplace Is Also an Altar

God does not only call people to pray, preach, or serve within the walls of a church.

He also calls people to build, teach, heal, design, create, organise, govern, cultivate, and solve problems.

i.

A doctor can extend healing.

ii.

A teacher can confront ignorance.

iii.

A lawyer can uphold justice.

iv.

An artist can shape imagination.

v.

A business can organise people and resources around a genuine human need.

Your vocation is one of the ways you serve creation and reveal the nature of God within your sphere.

Workplace Altar will help you understand what God has placed in your hands, develop it with excellence, and build in a way that reflects His values.

A Royal Priesthood

A priesthood that governs. A kingship that serves.

Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High: one man holding both the altar and the city. Scripture calls believers into that same pattern: a royal priesthood.

Workplace Altar trains you in both offices. Not ministry instead of enterprise, nor enterprise decorated with faith, but worship and governance as one work. You do not only spread the word. You establish kingdom order: systems that carry righteousness, businesses that organise resources justly, institutions that keep serving people after you are gone.

Priests carry presence. Kings establish order. You are called to both.
What You Will Learn

Four movements of formation

Over twelve weeks, WPA ’26 walks through calling, craft, conviction, and consequence.

01

Understand Your Vocation

Gain clarity about your calling, the burden connected to your work, and the people you are equipped to serve.

02

Develop the Work in Your Hands

Cultivate your skill, strengthen your offering, overcome distraction, and build capacity for growth and increase.

03

Build With Purpose and Integrity

Develop a healthy understanding of purpose, profit, leadership, and ethical stewardship.

04

Create Meaningful, Lasting Impact

Build cultures, systems, and organisations that carry the values of God and keep serving people beyond you.

What Past Students Have Said

Reflections from those who have taken the journey

Voices from previous cohorts of Workplace Altar.

A graduate in prayer at the Workplace Altar ’25 ceremony
4,000+
Heaven’s Gate Academy Alumni
600+
WPA Graduates
5
Continents
50+
Countries
More Than a Business Course

This is not simply about making more money.

Growth without purpose can multiply disorder.

Influence without character can become destructive.

Profit without stewardship can consume the very people it was meant to serve.

Workplace Altar is about becoming a faithful steward of your work. It will challenge you to examine not only what you are building, but why you are building it, who it serves, and what kind of culture it creates.

WPA ’26 brings together biblical formation, vocational clarity, practical wisdom, ethical reflection, and the discipline required to build work that is both excellent and meaningful.

Your Teacher

Led by El Shakar Ideh

El Shakar Ideh is the founder of Heaven’s Gate Academy, a prophetic teaching ministry committed to raising believers who are grounded in biblical doctrine and equipped to apply the Word of God in every aspect of life.

His ministry is centred on forming believers who understand their priestly identity before God and their responsibility within the world of men.

Workplace Altar is an expression of this vision, equipping believers to function as priests in the marketplace and establish the government of God through the work of their hands.

“You redefined what teaching is. Thank you for being a teacher, a father and a friend.”

A WPA ’25 Graduate
El Shakar Ideh teaching at a Heaven’s Gate Academy gathering, wearing the Academy’s ceremonial robe
Who WPA ’26 Is For

For believers who take their work seriously before God

A smiling woman entrepreneur standing in the sunlit doorway of her boutiqueEntrepreneurs
A doctor in a white coat walking confidently down a bright hospital corridorProfessionals
An artist seen from above, laughing among canvases and paint cans on her studio floorCreatives
A carpenter carving wood in his workshopSkilled Practitioners
An executive standing by tall office windows at dusk, city lights belowOrganisational Leaders
A man holding a journal on a rooftop at dawn, gazing at the horizonPeople Discerning Their Vocation

You do not need to have everything figured out. You only need to be willing to take seriously what God has placed in your hands.

By the End of the Programme

Formation, not just information

You may arrive with

  • uncertainty about your calling
  • scattered effort
  • a business without clear purpose
  • a burden you cannot yet express

You should leave with

  • a stronger philosophy of work
  • deeper commitment to mastery
  • a settled sense of why you build
  • a clearer vision for influence and legacy

The goal is not simply to help you become more successful. It is to help you become a faithful steward of the skill, opportunity, resources, people, and influence entrusted to you.

Certificate & Graduation

Completed, not merely attended

Workplace Altar is a formation journey with a finish line. Students are expected to attend the classes, complete the required coursework, and finish the programme successfully.

Those who finish receive a certificate of completion and are commissioned at a graduation ceremony, a tradition the Academy has now held twice, celebrating hundreds of graduates.

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A WPA ’25 graduate in his ceremony stole
A WPA ’25 graduate in her ceremony stole
A WPA ’25 graduate in his ceremony stole
A WPA ’25 graduate in her ceremony stole
A WPA ’25 graduate in his ceremony stole
A WPA ’25 graduate in her ceremony stole
A WPA ’25 graduate in her ceremony stole
A WPA ’25 graduate in her ceremony stole
A WPA ’25 graduate in her ceremony stole
A WPA ’25 graduate in his ceremony stole

Graduates of Workplace Altar ’25

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Our Contribution Model

Learning Should Be Accessible

At Heaven’s Gate Academy, we believe finances should never prevent a sincere student from learning. Workplace Altar therefore operates an open contribution model, with no fixed tuition fee.

Every student is expected to contribute according to their present capacity. This contribution confirms enrolment and helps sustain the programme. Those with greater capacity are encouraged to give generously, helping us keep learning accessible to others.

A contribution is required to confirm enrolment.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions Before You Join

Do I need to own a business to join? +

No. Workplace Altar is for entrepreneurs, professionals, creatives, skilled practitioners, organisational leaders, and anyone seeking greater clarity about their vocation. You may be running an established organisation, developing a career, learning a skill, nurturing an idea, or still discerning the work God has placed in your hands.

Is Workplace Altar only for people in full-time ministry? +

No. The programme is built around the conviction that believers can serve God through every legitimate sphere of work. Your workplace, profession, craft, or business can become a place of worship, service, stewardship, and influence.

Is this strictly a business course? +

No. Workplace Altar includes principles that are relevant to business, but it is broader than conventional business development. The programme explores calling, work, skill, purpose, profit, excellence, influence, ethics, culture, leadership, and legacy.

How much does the course cost? Is it free? +

Workplace Altar has no fixed tuition fee, but it is not free. It operates an open contribution model: every student contributes according to their present financial capacity, and a contribution is required to confirm enrolment.

If you cannot afford a large contribution, you may still join. We do not want finances to prevent a sincere student from learning. Give honestly and responsibly according to what you can presently afford.

Will there be assignments? +

Yes. Students will receive reflective and practical exercises designed to help them apply the teachings to their own work, career, skill, or business.

Will the classes be recorded? +

Yes. Workplace Altar ’26 is a fully virtual programme. Classes hold live on Zoom on Saturdays at 7:00 PM (WAT), and every session is recorded, so students in any time zone can participate fully.

What is required to complete the programme? +

Students are expected to attend the classes, complete the required coursework, and finish the programme successfully. Upon completion, students receive a certificate and are commissioned at a graduation ceremony.

How will I know my enrolment has been confirmed? +

Your enrolment will be confirmed after your registration and contribution have been received. Further information about the programme, class access, and participation will then be sent to you.

Workplace Altar ’26 · Cohort Two

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