This course provides the student with biblical, historical, and theological foundations of Christian education. The student will be led to explore principles for an effective implementation of education programs in the local church.

This course will review the historical Background of the Gospels, the message of the four Gospels, and the Life and ministry of Christ.

The background information and the major themes of the 12 historical books of the Old Testament are reviewed in greater detail.

Basic models of church government which have developed over the course of church history are presents. The student will be exposed to the biblical, historical, and theological underpinning of each church governance tradition.

This course teaches students how to carefully read Scripture in the biblical context, and to dig deeper into the Word of God so they will be able to understand the Bible correctly and apply its meaning to their lives and ministries.