Bachelor of Applied Theology

California Baptist University

Designed primarily for those called to pastoral ministry or church planting, the BAT program combines theological knowledge with practical ability. Students learn biblical Greek and Hebrew. Students also complete a two-year internship in a local church, gaining familiarity with 80 areas of ministry everything from preaching to media technology, from helping with funerals to discipling unbelievers.One of the strengths of the BAT program is its dual emphasis on theological knowledge with practical training. We are convinced that theological knowledge should be applied through the local church. BAT classes will be taken together in a small cohort-type class environment. The classes progress from year one through year four in order.BAT majors will demonstrate biblical literacy including historical, contextual, and literary parameters, and principles of biblical interpretation.BAT majors will know and integrate the historic doctrines of the Christian faith.BAT majors will appreciate the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the Christian faith.BAT majors will know the basic parameters of the Christian worldview.BAT majors will understand the implications of commitment to Jesus Christ through development of personal character, engagement of society and communal responsibility reflected in a lifestyle consistent with biblical principles.BAT majors will apply their education to the church, in both its local and global contexts, as servant leaders.

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