School of Religion

The School of Religion seeks to produce Christ-centered leaders with the values, knowledge, and skills required to fulfill the Great Commission. The Religion Major is designed to provide a thorough, biblically-based, cognitive, and spiritual foundation for effective ministry. Specializations are offered in order to prepare students for pastoral, youth, cross-cultural ministries, or for further graduate studies.

The school also provides non-majors with classes that expand their understanding of the Bible and Christian history: basic content of the Old and New Testaments; doctrines of evangelical Christianity; the basis for and significance of the Gospel as it relates to persons individually and corporately; and the Christian world view and its implications for one's lifestyle. The School of Religion provides its undergraduate majors with extra-curricular opportunities for learning and developing leadership skills in ministry.

The Pastoral Ministry Program follows a carefully designed plan which leads toward leadership development in ministry. Missions students are exposed to fields of cross-cultural ministry through the Center for Global Ministries. The Center for Youth Ministry provides a variety of field experience training for those specializing in youth ministry through the Church Ministries Department.