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AZBCS offers Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religious Studies. This degree is obtained by having completed 60 (AA) or 108 (BA) credit hours of college study in the program without transfer credits. This course of study is considered the pastorate or ministry leadership program. This degree can lead towards ordination with General Conference of the Evangelical Baptist Church.
A call to ministry is the understanding and acceptance of one's purpose in God's plan. It is the coming together of a ministry need and the gifts of a person to meet the need. The experience of being called is a powerful and awesome experience. The Religious Study degree prepares individuals for ministry leadership, in a less costly, less time-consuming fashion, and in a way that honors and supports the contexts from which leaders come and to which they are called. Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field” (Matthew 9:37-38). The harvest is more plentiful than we can imagine.
Arizona Bible College and Seminary has been charged with the mission to recruit, guide and train students who aspire to the pastoral ministry through their pre-seminary and seminary training. This degree will lead to ordination and it is our desire to prepare those called for new challenges and new careers serving in ministry.
Our goal is to accomplish three things in the life of our students in training:
1. Have knowledge of the Word of God.
2. The purpose is to make us “perfect”. This means to complete, sufficient, completely qualified, thoroughly equipped. God’s Word gives us the necessary inspiration to be capable in performing every good work.
3. Tools to accomplish the task. Finally, it is our purpose that we give each student the tools, both spiritually and practically, that he or she needs to accomplish His call on their lives.
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Admission Requirements:
AZBCS provides equal opportunities to all regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, sex or physical handicap. Prospective students are encouraged to visit the AZBCS online campus to investigate the college firsthand.
Spiritual experience:
Every applicant applying for entrance into the college must be able to give a written testimony of their Christian walk (due in after the first week of class). The applicant should also attend regularly a local church and prior to making application he/she must also be in full agreement with the Nicene Creed.
Ministerial Experience:
The applicant’s active participation in ministry, past or present, whether on a local level as a layman or on a ministerial level. Only those who feel a definite call from God into ministerial service and qualify according to the ordination board, will be ordained.
Educational Background:
As an undergraduate-degree level program, the applicant must meet at least one of the following criteria in order to apply for admission:
1. High school diploma
2. General Equivalency diploma (GED)
3. Transcripts of post-secondary education
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The program requires no previous theological training and will reward the students with a greater appreciation of theology and its impact on the world around them.
Studies will cover key figures, places, events and themes of the Old Testament and New Testament. Additional coursework will include systematic theology, church history, world religions, ministry leadership, Christian counseling, homiletics, ethics, and more.
By earning an AA degree, students will be better prepared for roles in ministry, church and para-church organizations. After completing the degree students will be able to: demonstrate a foundational understanding of key figures, places, events, and themes of the Old Testament and New Testament; explain basic principles of Christian theology from a practical viewpoint; identify areas of spiritual growth and weakness as they relate to ministry and articulate foundational elements of a Christian world view.
And finally, be able to preach the Word and teach biblical principals through effective communication and homiletics.
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The first year your studies will cover key figures, places, events and themes of the Old Testament and New Testament. Additional coursework will include systematic theology, church history, world religions, ministry leadership, Christian counseling, homiletics, ethics, and more.
The second year you will be learning how to be a pastoral counselor. You will learn how to care for for your fellow man by using biblical and clinical counseling. You will learn how to do marital counseling, addiction recovery therapy, childhood abuse counseling, grief counseling and much more.
By earning a BA degree, students will become strong and solid church leaders. They will be able to not only assist in religious matters of the congregation but also with emotional and psychological issues. They will become very well rounded as ministers or pastors and can handle a multitude of situations.
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