Bible Bachelor of Arts

The BJU School of Religion’s Bible major equips you for a lifetime of faithful gospel ministry. First you’ll learn the importance of growing in Christ and having a strong personal relationship with God. You’ll learn why it’s essential to develop a deep and working knowledge of the Word of God, a compassionate spirit and an ability to teach others.

You’ll also learn how the requirements of 1 Timothy 3 should shape your philosophy of ministry and how the spirit of Ezra 7:10 should characterize your ministry in personal devotion to God, obedience and teaching others.

Customize with electives

You can customize your experience through Bible electives in pastoral studies, camp ministry, women’s ministry or youth ministry. You can also choose from a variety of other courses such as music, counseling or language, among many others.

Weekly Outreach Ministries

From sports evangelism to nursing home outreaches, children’s ministries to music ministries, prison outreaches to church ministries, more than 200 weekly outreaches give you opportunities for practical education within a ministry that fits your gifts and desires. Many of these ministries connect you with local believers in need of spiritual encouragement or short-term partnering to share the good news to those in need of Christ.

Missions Advance

Three times a week during each semester, you can attend Missions Advance. Here you will learn from special speakers about local and global missions, pray for fellow laborers in Christ and discover practical means of getting involved right now to prepare you for future service.

Local Church Involvement

There are more than 50 Bible-believing, Bible-preaching churches in the area surrounding BJU. These churches are great places to get involved in preaching, singing and ministering to others. Some churches even offer associate memberships for students who want to become more involved or have additional accountability. Whether you connect to a large church or a small church, there’s a place for you here.

Student Leadership Development

If you aspire to leadership, you can take advantage of the support offered in the Student Leadership Initiative. Several times during each semester, you will meet with fellow student leaders during panel discussions or guest speaker presentations to learn more about being a servant-leader.

Internships

You have some options to partner with local churches in ministry. The personalized instruction and one-on-one discipleship which they provide will prepare you to meet future challenges and give you insight into the inner workings of a church body.

Summer Mission Teams

A summer ministry opens your eyes to Jesus’ church around the globe and the needs people have. During this concentrated period of service in the field, you will experience the sweetness of communion with saints of other lands or other tongues and grow in your love for God’s people and for those who have not yet encountered hope through Jesus Christ.

J.S. Mack Library

You have a great number of resources available to you at BJU’s library, including thousands of articles, sermons and books, among other things. The Fundamentalism File has more than 115,000 items of information concerning the “history of religion in our time,” as described by Dr. Bob Jones Jr. Also included are our Children’s Ministry Resources—made up of thousands of helpful tools for your discipling of children—and our Sermon Index, which contains a record of more than 30,000 sermons.

Our outstanding faculty averages more than 20 years’ experience in preaching and other pastoral and evangelistic roles, and the majority of them hold terminal degrees. Their sound exegetical teaching complements their personal interactions with and mentorship of students as they encourage their students to develop as true disciples of Jesus.