IGE's educational programs are conducted under the auspices of its Center for Global Education (CGE). CGE prepares current and emerging leaders to engage global affairs in ways that promote sustainable environments for religious freedom. IGE believes that sustainable religious freedom depends not just on legal rights but also public responsibilities. This is a balance that governments and religious communities alike must understand; public policy leaders need to be educated about religious rights, while religious believers need to be educated about how to exercise those rights responsibly.

CGE programs aim to provide leaders with the intellectual and practical framework needed for engaging other cultures, countries, and religions. Such leaders develop a keen understanding not only how religion contributes to global problems, but how religious liberty is part of their solution. CGE sponsors programs both for general audiences and programs tailored to specific religious audiences. Currently CGE programs include its annual Global Leadership Forum, a website for Christian global education (www.globalchristian.org), undergraduate internships, and graduate fellowships. Forthcoming programs will include a Masters of Science in Global Engagement degree program, offered in partnership with the Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University.