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Certificate in Religious Studies
The Certificate in Religious Studies is comprised of twelve one-credit courses, which can be completed in approximately two years. Upon completion of the certificate program the student will be prepared with a well-rounded knowledge of several areas of Religious Studies including: Apologetics, Philosophy, Systematic Theology, Bible, Church History, Homiletics and Hermeneutics.
In order to earn credit toward the certificate in religious studies the student must earn a minimum of a 2.00 GPA in each course.
Required Courses
Church History:
Survey of Church History
The Reformation
Practical Ministry:
Expository Preaching
Biblical Hermeneutics
Christ-centered Worship
Philosophy:
History of Worldviews
Comparative Worldviews
Apologetics:
Basic Methodologies
Faith and Reason
Systematic Theology:
The Doctrine of the Church
The Doctrine of Salvation
Biblical Studies
The Epistle to the Romans