Bethlehem College & Seminary

Associate of Arts

Students who complete 64 credits in Bethlehem's bachelor degree core (including fulfilling the State of Minnesota's general education requirements) may graduate with an Associate of Arts degree.

Divinity

The Master of Divinity is the foundational four-year program for those called to vocational ministry as pastors, missionaries, or other full-time Christian workers at the elder level. The program emphasizes God-centered theology, whole-Bible exegesis in the original languages, and robust pastoral apprenticeship in the local church.

Exegesis and Theology

The Master of Arts in Exegesis and Theology is a 42-credit, two-year, one night a week graduate program for working adults interested in gaining biblical Greek language skills and a better understanding of God-centered Reformed theology. The program encourages effective workplace ministry, flourishing family life, and more theologically minded pastors, ministry staff members, and missionaries.

Theological Studies

The Certificate in Theological Studies is designed to prepare students for ministry in the home, church, and world and to equip students with proficiency in theological studies as well as tools for understanding the Scriptures. It requires 30 credits from the BA-TS curriculum.

Theological Studies

The Bachelor of Arts in Theological Studies (BA-TS) is designed to prepare students for ministry in the home, church, and world. Offered only in the degree completion format for working adults, students meet for 4 hours, one night a week for 22 months, learning the skills and tools necessary for a lifetime of fruitful study of the Scriptures, including New Testament Greek.

Theology

Bethlehem College and Seminary offers the Th.M. degree to students who have completed an M.Div. (or equivalent) at an accredited institution, have secured a Bethlehem faculty member (or other approved professor) as a supervisor, and already know the general area of research they intend to pursue. The program includes a research seminar, thesis proposal, thesis, and topics in theology.

Theology and Biblical Studies

This graduate degree focuses on interpreting Scripture in its historical, literary, canonical, and redemptive-historical contexts. Students learn both Greek and Hebrew and apply their study of the biblical languages to the exegesis of select books in the Old and New Testaments, growing in their ability to synthesize and articulate theological truths.

Theology and Biblical Studies

Building upon the historical and theological framework established in the undergraduate core, the Theology and Biblical Studies major focuses more deeply on interpreting Scripture in its historical, literary, canonical, and redemptive-historical contexts. Students learn both Greek and Hebrew and apply their study of the biblical languages to the exegesis of select books in the Old and New Testaments.

Theology and Global Studies

This graduate degree invites students to examine the historical and contemporary issues affecting cross-cultural ministry. Students learn biblical Greek and apply the language to the exegesis of select books in the New Testament, and are given theological categories for assessing methodologies proposed by the social sciences for ministry in a biblically faithful manner.

Theology and Global Studies

A degree program designed for those perceiving a call to vocations in Christian missions service and leadership. The major invites students to examine the historical and contemporary issues affecting cross-cultural ministry endeavors and engages students in close examination of biblical texts, equipping them to study the Word accurately and to teach others from it.

Theology and Letters

This graduate degree focuses upon great works of Western Civilization with a view to equipping students to evaluate the seminal ideas in the history of thought in light of the self-disclosure of the Triune God. Students learn biblical Greek and apply the language to the exegesis of select books in the New Testament.

Theology and Letters

Building upon the historical and theological framework of the undergraduate core, the Theology and Letters major is designed to equip students to think clearly and accurately about the world in which they live. It focuses upon great works of Western Civilization with a view to equipping students to evaluate the seminal ideas in the history of thought in light of the self-disclosure of the Triune God.