Jeff Straub, Program Director

The Th.M. program requires the successful completion of 30 hours of work. These hours involve eight courses, qualifying exams, and thesis.

Three courses are designed to give to each student a broader scope of interdisciplinary biblical and theological studies. Every student is required to take the faculty integrative seminar in hermeneutics (XX 801). He also takes one course of his choosing in the discipline related to his own. Finally, each student takes one required course in his discipline.

Of the eight courses, one is designed to assist the student in research and writing.

The remaining four seminars give the student the opportunity to focus on his discipline. Two of these four electives must be taken in the student’s discipline.

The qualifying exams cover four topics:

• Cessationism
• Dispensationalism
• Baptist distinctives
• Biblical separation

As a last step in the Master of Theology program, the student will submit a thesis of approximately 75 pages.

Program-Specific Admissions Requirements