Bachelor's of Pastoral Arts

About the Course

The pastoral ministries concentration is designed to train men preparing for the pastorate. Students are taught first and foremost a love and respect for the Bible and how to rightly divide the Word of Truth.

Academic teaching is integrated with spiritual application. Principles taught in the classroom are reinforced by practical application in the chapel through weekly Christian service activities such as youth work, visitation, hospital and prison ministries, and personal soul-winning. The student who successfully completes this program will demonstrate the ability to:

• Utilize the scriptures to provide a firm foundation for the teaching of spiritual truths from the pulpit.

• Present the Scriptures as the inerrant, infallible, and authoritative Word of God.

• Utilize spiritual truths in the pastoral leadership and in pastoral relationships.

• Through his everyday walk, show his own maturity and understanding of himself in relation to Almighty God as a redeemed sinner who has become a son with a servant’s heart.