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Departments
Bible Exposition

The objective of the Bible exposition department is to provide training in interpretation and exposition. This is accomplished by developing skill in doing inductive Bible study, in applying principles of interpretation to the Biblical text, and in relating Bible content to the problems of life.

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Biblical Counseling

Central Seminary ’s counseling program is designed to give the student solid biblical information along with practical counseling skills. Together these will allow you to adequately and effectively help people with their problems.

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Historical Theology

At Central Seminary, we want our graduates to understand why we affirm particular doctrines and why we reject particular alternatives. We also want our students to comprehend the bundles of ideas that stand behind the labels. What is a fundamentalist? What is a Baptist? What is a Christian? Are we Protestants? Are we evangelicals? These are questions that require historical answers.

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Missions & Evangelism

The purpose of the department of missions and evangelism is to have a strategic role in the effort of the seminary to train servant leaders for the local and worldwide ministries of independent Baptist churches.

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New Testament

The purpose of the New Testament department is to equip students to exegete accurately the Greek New Testament so they can expound and apply it effectively in their ministries.

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Old Testament

The purpose of the Old Testament department is to provide the student with a foundational knowledge of the Old Testament Scriptures on the graduate or postgraduate level.

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Practical Theology

The purpose of the practical theology department is to prepare the student to be able to translate the knowledge acquired from other academic disciplines of the seminary into effective ministry to people.

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Systematic Theology

The function of systematic theology is to order or to organize what we know about God's person, plan and works. All Christians are systematic theologians, whether they realize it or not. Central aims to equip its graduates to do their work of systematic theology competently. Our goal is not merely to tell them what to believe, but to teach them how to think theologically.

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