Department of Theology

“CCU’S DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING SCHOLARS OF CHRISTIAN FAITH, WHO ARE DEVOTED TO THE TRUTH OF SCRIPTURE FOR THE SAKE OF SERVING GOD’S KINGDOM IN THIS WORLD.”

The Department of Theology encompasses the disciplines of biblical, theological, and historical studies, as well as philosophy and biblical languages. Certificates are also available on both the undergraduate and graduate level. Get a solid, biblically based education from our university, providing commitment to conservative evangelical theology to the classroom. Students’ academic education will be enriched by their wealth of professional competence as they serve as mentors and models. In the classroom, professors provide biblical understanding, theological insight, ministry preparedness, and clinical expertise in an atmosphere of caring accountability. Professors also spend one-on- one time helping students identify their strengths and weaknesses, develop spiritually, and actualize their calling by discovering and developing their spiritual gifts for vocational ministry. Take advantage of the unique opportunities we provide that enable you to combine rigorous theological study with the hands-on practical training you’ll need as you pursue a career in the academy, the church, or parachurch ministry leadership.

Students in the Department of Theology are prepared to:

Demonstrate academic proficiency: Achieving solid knowledge base in the respective areas of theological study

Exhibit vocational and spiritual maturity: Integrating faith and learning

Demonstrate critical competency: Thinking, researching, speaking, and writing with critical engagementskills

Show cultural sensitivity: Understanding and engaging diverse contexts and perspectives

Practice service responsibility: Serving God and others in the church, community, and world