Baccalaureate Program

Our baccalaureate degree programs at WHBC require a minimum of thirty-six semester hours of four semester curriculum. The Bachelor of Arts in Ministry Degree (B.A. Min) is designed to achieve the following educational objectives. Graduates should be able to do the following:

Apply ministerial counseling to individual and small group ministries.
Formulate a philosophy of ministry that is consistent with the Biblical Worldview and applicable to a practical project.
Define the historical and theological foundations of ministry.
Illustrate the relation of business and church practices to ministry.
Develop leadership skills, ministerial practices, and Christian character that reflect an understanding of principles of sermon
preparation and discipleship.

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Ministry

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Ministry program prepares students to serve in a variety of ministries in the church and the world. Management and administration of churches and church related organization

Course Descriptions:
1. Fourfold Gospel
This groundbreaking approach to the study of the fourfold gospel offers a challenging alternative to prevailing assumptions about the creation of the gospels and their portraits of Jesus. How and why does it matter that we have these four gospels? Why were they placed alongside one another as four parallel yet diverse retellings of the same story? This explains that the four gospels were chosen to give a portrait of Jesus. He explores the significance of the fourfold gospel’s plural form for those who constructed it and for later Christian communities, showing that in its plurality it bears definitive witness to what God has done in Jesus Christ. This focuses on reading the gospels as a group rather than in isolation and explains that the fourfold gospel is greater than, and other than, the sum of its individual parts. Interweaving historical, exegetical, and theological perspectives.

2. Tabernacle and Jesus Christ
This study will be added to a vast amount of written material on this subject that has kept keen Bible students amazed for centuries. Basically every aspect of this incredible design points to Christ in one form of another. He is central. This study will be a general introduction loosely based around the following questions:
· Who was the originator of the tabernacle plan?
· What were the reasons for its construction and what did God
desire to teach us?
· What materials was it constructed from and what do they symbolically represent?
· What did the three areas of the tabernacle represent concerning Jesus, salvation and the different dispensations?

There are some key ‘truths’ contained within the tabernacle. These truths are interwoven into its size, its materials and the objects it contains. It is a divine mystery. The fundamental core teaching of the tabernacle is Jesus Christ. First and foremost the tabernacle is a picture and type of that which takes the place of preeminence in the Bible – and that is the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He is the true fulfilment of this structure.

3. Financial Breakthrough
Christianity is more than just going to church on Sunday and joining a ministry. It is a lifestyle that has to be evident, including the way we manage our bank account. The Bible plays a significant role on how we can be financially stable and eventually be worry-free about drowning in debt. It is important to not just know what the Bible has to say about our finances, but applying the principles to achieving financial freedom. The biblical principles would help us secure financial breakthrough and help us live life to the fullest.

4. The Pentateuch
This course builds the books of the Bible in the perspective of God’s redemptive history. We will set up on the basis of the first five books or the Pentateuch and put on the roof at the church which is the body of Christ where a pastoral mission field of a pastor. We will find out the central theme of each book, its unity, and canonical status. Emphasis is also placed upon the unifying motif of the Pentateuch, the creation account, the flood, the origin of the nation of Israel, its religious institution, and the unfolding of its history. As the foundation of the Old Testament canon, the Pentateuch provides the blueprint for the Old Testament and furnishes a significant lens through which Scripture as a whole is to be interpreted. Given its prominence, the Pentateuch has likewise received the brunt of higher critical attacks seeking to undermine the accuracy and authority of the Bible. This course seeks to affirm the authenticity, authority, and theological message of the Pentateuch through the investigative methods of special and general introduction, biblical theology, and analysis of literary structure.

5. Kingdom Leadership
This subject is designed to help develop the leadership qualities God’s children need to live out their lives to their fullest potential. It is dedicated to helping them impact the world around them for the Kingdom of their Lord. This course will help to give, and fine-tune, the skills you need to live a life full of the “Good Works” your Father in Heaven has prepared for you to do, so that one day you can stand before your Lord and hear Him say, “Well done!” Each of the lessons contains powerful questions at the end to help you reflect on where you currently are and where you want to go. The questions will serve as a great contact point for God to reveal new truths to you about yourself and His plan for your life. Throughout the course there will be studies on the many great Kingdom Leaders of the past, and a few of modern times. The insight we gain from these great Kingdom Leaders can add tremendous value to our own individual leadership abilities if we
will dare to learn the lessons they have to share.

6. Biblical Parenting
Parenting deals with skills that a parent uses to manage the behavior of the child. The parenting style characterizes of what a child becomes in future life. Everything that a parent does to a child has a bearing of the behavior of the child. Training a child is a command that God gave to each parent. Parents are teachers that God has assigned to children (Prov. 22:6: Duet. 4:6-9; Eph. 6:1-4). Much of the Christian parenting instructions were written for the husband and wife. Children are a blessing from the Lord, but raising them is not easy! Biblical parenting is not about the latest and greatest parenting techniques. It is about the gospel. So, what does gospel-centered parenting look like on a day-to-day basis? What vision does Scripture provide for our homes? What does it means to raise our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord? Over the course, we will look at these topics and many more including age appropriate discipline, technology, sexuality, raising teens, and resources for teaching the Bible at home.

7. Church Growth
This class on church growth will focus on developing healthy, growing churches and planting new ones. This is not about a list of programs to be implemented, but a serious study of the questions:
– Why do some churches healthy and growing and others are not?
– Are there reproducible principles which church leaders can or should prayerfully attempt to follow in a variety of congregations? This is an in-depth study of the factors that promote or hinder church growth, followed by a strong emphasis on

developing specific growth strategies for the local church. The course provides ministers with the basic principles and tools promoted by church growth theorists. It examines the theology and history of the church growth movement, as well as the principles and methods it teaches. The intensive is designed to help pastors diagnose the present health of churches and to prescribe the right remedies for growth.

8. Church Planting
Deals with church planting in general and in different social contexts and emphasizes the church planter, the strategies, and the product. Analyzes models of successful church planting as well as the problems associated with the contextualization of church forms in pioneer work. The purpose of this course is to enable the student to do the following:
· Learn the importance of testing and research to find the best place and way to start church.
· Understand the need to begin early and train a replacement for the church planter.
· Study the dynamics of delegation, mentoring and release of ministry for those being trained for ministry.
· Learn the dynamics of public relations for effective church planting.
· Study the implications of apostolic ministry, intercession, and church planting.

9. Church Education
A study of the educational process of the local
church, with attention to aims, principles, leadership, organization, and agencies of a biblical ministry for all age groups. Whether it’s in your nursery, children’s department, youth department, or adult ministry, this course will help your church to lead people to Christ and guide them to be more like Him.

10. Pastoral Care
This course facilitates the understanding and acquiring of basic pastoral care skills for the Christian ministry. Attention will be given to the learning of active listening skills as well as to the practical involvement of students in doing pastoral
care in a ministry setting. The combination of classroom interaction, the pastoral care experiences and the interaction with a mentoring pastor or supervisor will enable students to grow in the integration of the theological and behavioral aspects of pastoral care. Upon completion of this course, the student should:
– Engage in theological reflection on experiences of giving and receiving pastoral care.
– Empathetically and skillfully dialogue with people and demonstrate redemptive presence regardless of external circumstances.
– Develop an approach that is systematic and practical to pastoral care considering all of the other demands within a ministry context.
– Understand the basic skills for providing pastoral care to people in need.
– Articulate a biblical theology of pastoral care.
– Appreciate and utilize the spiritual resources available in Jesus Christ for embodying pastoral care.

11. Understanding Islam

This course focuses on narratives shared between the Bible and the Quran and how major Muslim and Christian scholars have approached the relationship between the texts across the ages. Students will learn the difference between author – and reader – oriented approaches, influence theory and intertextuality, and how different presuppositions can impact how the texts and their relationship are read. Students will also have the opportunity to engage in scripture-based interfaith dial

12. Book of Romans
An analysis and exposition of Romans, with careful attention given to authorship, setting, structure, theme, purpose, contents, as well as theological, chronological and interpretive difficulties of this book. Relevant practical issues are also evaluated. Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:
– State clearly the purpose of Romans.
– Know the literary structure and argument of Romans, and think their way through the book chapter by chapter.
– Explain the themes, emphases and unique features of Romans.
– Discuss with proficiency the outstanding literary, historical, geographical, chronological, theological and interpretive problems of Romans.
– Show the relationship of Romans to other parts of the Scripture.

13. Keys to Victorious Ministry
This course will look on how God promised victory to everyone who comes to faith in Christ. But the key to having a victorious life is our identification with Christ. When Christ died, we also died and were buried with Him through baptism. But just as Christ was raised from the dead, we will also be raised to life (Romans 6:3 5; Galatians 2:20). The key to a victorious Christian life is to be in total union with God, letting Him be the Lord of our lives.

14. Understanding the Kingdom of God and its Components
The class will be an in depth study of the knowledge of the Kingdom of God as it is revealed in the bible. There will be emphasis placed on how believers should live in power and authority as kings in the Kingdom of God. The student should have an understanding who the Holy Spirit is and how is He going to help them live an overcoming victorious life. They will learn how to walk by faith. They will have and understanding of the fruit of the Spirit and God’s Grace. They will be able to exp how they are going to do to demonstrate that love in their Kingdom life style before God and the world. This course will focus on God being the King, the King that is meant to obey His Word, the Constitution and how we His children will live in accordance with His will, intention and purpose.

15. Biblical Principles for Strengthening the Family
This course has been created in response to the need for better parenting and stronger families. It contains gospel teachings and parenting skills to help fathers and mothers successfully rear their children. As parents learn and prayerfully apply the gospel teachings and skills, forming a partnership with God in the raising of His children, He will bless and help them in their efforts.

16. Mission Possible
Every person is called to a Mission and prayer is key to understanding the strategy necessary to accomplish the intended goal. The Spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions and the nearer we get to Him the more intensely missionary we must become. The church exist by missions just as fire exists by burning. When there is no mission, there is no church, and when there is neither church nor mission, there is no faith.

17. Biblical Perspective on Marriage
Christian marriage is the union between a man and a woman, instituted and ordained by God as the lifelong relationship between one man as husband, and one woman as wife. Marriages take work, commitment, and love, but they also need respect to be truly happy and successful. A marriage based on love and respect doesn’t just happen. Both spouses have to do their part. This course will teach the students some important keys to work on each day to make their marriage successful.

18. Christian Ethics
This course explores the ethical foundations of the Christian faith, the variety of motifs informing Christian ethical tradition, and the impact of such motifs upon the direction and character of Christian ethical decision-making in the contemporary society.

19. Christian Education
This course examines the function and standing of Christians in society and in the local church in this century. It provides practical experiences in developing an overview of the biblical, theological, historical, and philosophical foundations, as well as the basic objectives of Christian Education. The course is an in-depth examination of the objectives of Christian Education, from a historical, contemporary and philosophical perspective. Consideration will also be given to a comparative analysis of Christian versus secular education and the corresponding social implications.

Curriculum:
1. Fourfold Gospel
2. Tabernacle and Jesus Christ
3. Financial Breakthrough
4. The Pentateuch
5. Kingdom Leadership
6. Biblical Parenting
7. Church Growth
8. Church Planting
9. Church Education
10. Pastoral Care
11. Understanding Islam
12. Book of Romans
13. Keys to Victorious Ministry
14. Understanding the Kingdom of God and its Components
15. Biblical Principles for Strengthening the Family
16. Mission Possible
17. Biblical Perspective on Marriage
18. Christian Ethics
19. Christian Education