FOURTH YEAR

Starting and Maintaining Church Ministries

The ministry student will receive instruction in how to start and maintain basic ministries that are found in most Bible believing churches, and how to know when to develop these ministries if they are missing in the church.

Biblical Prayer 

The student will learn the importance of an effective prayer life, focusing on not only theological instruction, but devotional instruction as well. This is perhaps one of the most important classes that a student will ever take. 

Biblical Fasting

The student will learn the Biblical model for effective fasting.

Prophecy 1 and 2 (Eschatology)

The student will learn to spot the lines of prophecy that deal with Christ, the Church, and Israel, and how to differentiate between them for proper interpretation of scripture. The student study prophecies that have already been fulfilled and those that are awaiting future fulfilment. The student will also receive basic instruction in all things that deal with the “last days” or the “end times”, and will end the class with a brief overview of eternity for both the saved and the lost.

Biographical Study

Students will pick a biography from our CBBC Bookstore, read it and then follow the class guidelines to complete a written biographical summary of that individual and the impact of the study on them personally. This class is a self-study class.

Positions and Personnel in the Church

The ministry student will receive instruction in the Biblical positions that are found in the New Testament church, their role and importance, finding Biblically qualified people to fill the positions when they are needed, who to pay and when, and modern positions that are based on Biblical principles but not specifically listed in scripture. This class is essential for proper administration for anyone called to pastor.

Baptist History

This class explores the distinctives of the Baptist denomination, the origin of the Baptist denomination and its predecessors, the history of the Baptist church and its denominational branches, and important Baptist from the early days of the Baptist Church until present.

The Biblical Home

The student learns the Biblical principles for a godly marriage and home, what the Biblical roles of the husband and wife are, how to properly care for and raise children and how to protect your home against the attacks of Satan. This is a great class to help with pre-marital counseling and the counseling of married couples and children.

The Biblical Youth Ministry

This class instructs the ministry student in how to start and maintain a Biblical youth ministry, how to reach the youth of today without compromising the guidelines of scripture, ideas for effective instruction, qualifications for an effective and Biblical youth leader or teacher, accountability, how to implement bus routes and how to protect both the teacher and students.

Missions and Missionaries

This class gives the history of mission work from the time of the New Testament Church until present, guidelines for supporting missions and missionaries as a local church, the qualifications of Biblical missionaries, when to stop supporting a mission or missionary and important missionaries throughout history and their work.