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A whole church, whole life Bible college

A “WHOLE CHURCH” Bible college is a challenge to every church member to pursue a serious Bible education at his or her own pace. It is a challenge to continue to pursue a Bible education throughout his or her life.

We had a full-time Bible college for many years and graduated multiple classes of three-year students. The 2023 graduation was the final one. This year we are starting a whole church Bible college.

We believe this will be a better use of personnel and meet the needs of a wider group of people and build up the church to a stronger level. The “whole church” Bible college is designed to provide a Bible college education for all of God’s people. It can be a full-time program for those who have the time to devote to it. But it can work for those who can devote as little as a few hours a week. 

It expands on a Bible Institute that consists of one or two church classes a week. 

It consists of a combination of the following:

Church classes. e.g., one or more classes a week, such as evening classes or Sunday afternoon 

Pulpit ministry. Here we refer primarily to expository preaching through Bible books. Right now we are preaching through James by giving a strong introduction and focusing on some of the highlights. The students take the material taught in these services for credit, while the others learn as they do in normal church services. The church member who approaches an expository preaching series as a Bible course--taking notes, reviewing, and being tested--will get much more out of it than by merely listening.

Christian school and Home school. In our Christian school, some of the courses in the Bible college curriculum are administered in the higher grades, and the students can get credit for these toward the Bible college degree. The same is true for approved courses taught in home school programs.

Private study. Students can take courses on their own time, particularly the courses that have video classes.

It is a supervised program with a set curricula that the student moves through toward a degree. It works like this:

- Those who want to participate, register as students. The registration paper has the list of courses on the back, and as the student completes courses they are checked off. 

- The student is assigned a supervisor to guide him or her through the curricula. The supervisor advises about the order of courses, answers questions, helps the student stay on track, administers tests, registers the scores, and prepares course completion certificates. 

- As quickly as possible, the student takes the three introductory courses that are designed to help him take the Bible college courses more effectually. These are Introduction to Bible Geography, Effectual Bible Student, and Introduction to Time Management.

- The student takes the courses that are available in church classes and in the pulpit ministry. If he has already completed a course that is being taught in the church classes, he should take a different course privately so he can move along toward completion of the curricula. 

- The student takes additional courses privately as he or she has time. 

- Each year in our missions conference we have had a graduation service for the Bible college. Beginning in 2025, those who have completed courses that year will receive certificates for their work, and those who have completed an entire curricula will receive a degree. 

At the heart of our Bible college curricula is a comprehensive Bible survey called Mastering the English Bible, which takes the student from Genesis to Revelation and incorporates multi-media presentations featuring 7,500 slides with maps, archaeology photos, Bible pictures, reconstructive drawings of ancient sites, video clips, and other visual aids gleaned from museums and libraries plus on-site research in Israel, Greece, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, England, and Europe.

Our Bible college is also called “WHOLE LIFE” because it aims to provide serious Bible training for the whole life. The three Bible college degrees (Old Testament Theology, New Testament Theology, General Theology) is the beginning, not the end. We want to urge our members to take Bible courses to the end of their lives to supplement the church’s pulpit ministry and their own private Bible study. 

A whole church, whole life Bible college is based on the concept that the New Testament church IS a Bible college, and every member must be trained up as highly as possible as a whole life pursuit. The goal is “to present every man perfect in Christ Jesus” (Col. 1:28). The goal is to “come ... unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Eph. 4:13). To obey Christ’s command--“teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you” (Mt. 28:20)--requires teaching the whole Bible and the whole counsel of God to every believer that he might be equipped to be the priest (1 Pe. 2:5), ambassador (2 Co. 5:20), soldier (Eph. 5:10-18), minister of gifts (Ro. 12:3-8), teacher (Heb. 5:12-14), and builder of the church (1 Co. 3:9-15; Eph. 4:11-16) that God has called him to be (and if married, the father the spiritual head of the home and the mother the keeper of the home). 

In addition to the three-year Bible college curricula, our church offers many other Bible courses that the members can take. These are additional and advanced courses for those who have completed the Bible college.

When we talk about a whole church, whole life Bible college, we are not referring to doctrine without practice. We’re not talking about merely filling people’s minds with knowledge. We aren’t talking about “arm chair theology.” Proper Bible training is practical training for the Christian life and ministry. We are talking about “teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you” (Mt. 28:20). The emphasis is on “all things” and the emphasis is on “to observe,” which is obedience. The Greek tereo is “to guard, to keep, to obey.” 

Imagine what a church could be that is trained like this for multiple generations, assuming it doesn’t fail to keep the emphasis on the gospel, regeneration, Spirit filling, holiness, a pilgrim lifestyle, surrender to Christ, separation, and aggressive evangelism. 

Churches can use whatever curricula they want, of course. 

For those who are interested in the Way of Life Bible College curricula, each course has a textbook, a syllabus or course overview, review questions, sectional tests, a final test, and the test scoresheets. Many of the courses (as noted) also feature multi-media material (e.g., video classes, maps, PowerPoints). As of January 2025, there are 511 videos, with another 35 scheduled for the first half of 2025. There are also more than 180 PowerPoint series with about 30,000 slides. We are adding new video classes and PowerPoint series regularly. The videos (except Mastering the English Bible) and the PowerPoints are available for free. 

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Suggested Degree in Old Testament Theology

Bible Knowledge Test (to be taken by the student at the beginning of the training)

Introduction to Bible Geography (to be taken by the student at the beginning of the training)

Effectual Bible Student (to be taken by the student at the beginning of the training)

Introduction to Time Management (to be taken by the student at the beginning of the training)

Mastering the English Bible - Old Testament History (90 video classes, textbook 477 pages)

- Genesis to Chronicles, The Babylonian Captivity, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Between the Testaments

Mastering - Job and Psalms (24 video classes, textbook 130 pages)

Mastering - Proverbs Ecclesiastes (textbook 176 pages, about 30 sessions)

Mastering - Prophetic Books (37 video classes, textbook 239 pages) 

Suggested Degree in New Testament Theology

Mastering - Gospels (49 video classes, textbook 291 pages)

Mastering - Acts (42 video classes, textbook 182 pages) 

Mastering - Romans to Corinthians (textbook 304 pages, about 50 sessions)

Mastering - Galatians to Thessalonians (textbook 286 pages, about 47 sessions)

Mastering - Pastoral Epistles (textbook 279 pages, about 46 sessions)

Mastering - General Epistles (textbook 300 pages, about 50 sessions)

Mastering - Revelation (textbook 261 pages, about 40 sessions) 

Suggested Degree in General Theology

The Church: The Pillar and Ground of the Truth (12 video classes, textbook)

The Doctrine Which Ye Have Learned (textbook 503 pages, about 70 sessions)

Why We Hold to the King James Bible (2023 edition) (17 video classes, textbook 592 pages)

Biblical Holiness for the 21st Century (11 video classes, textbook 94 pages)

Understanding Bible Prophecy (25 video classes, textbook, and tests, new edition 2024)

Satanic Attack on Sacred Music (18 video classes, textbook)

Effectual Prayer in Perilous Times (6 video classes, textbook 123 pages) 

Highlights in Church History (28 video classes, PowerPoints, textbook 312 pages)

An Evangelistic Church for the 21st Century (11 video classes, textbook 164 pages)

Woman and Her Service to God (textbook 214 pages)

Suggested Advanced Degree in General Theology

Bible Times & Ancient Kingdoms (textbook 673 pages, PowerPoints) 

History of the Churches from a Baptist Perspective (textbook 2 volumes 950 pages, 11 PowerPoints series with 2,890 slides, about 100 sessions)

Feed the Flock: Expository Bible Preaching (15 video classes, textbook 181 pages)

The Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements (textbook 443 pages, 8 PowerPoints series with 1,400 slides, 8 sessions)

Jews in Fighter Jets: Israel Past, Present, Future (textbook 555 pages, 15 PowerPoints with 2,650 slides, about 70 sessions) 

Evangelicalism and the Great Apostasy (scheduled May 2025, 15 video classes, PowerPoints 480 slides, textbook)

The Pornographic Age and Victory in Christ (scheduled April 2025, 16 video classes, textbook 178 pages)

Hand of God in World History (scheduled for 2025) (textbook, PowerPoints)

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Courses
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