Program Purpose
Programs
The Rock: Certificate of Christian Foundations
This program is designed to provide students with foundational knowledge, attitudes, and practices for living faithfully and creatively with God in the world.
Diploma of Christian Studies
This diploma is designed for students seeking to develop lives of meaning, purpose, and faith.
Bachelor of Christian Ministries
This program is designed to prepare individuals for pastoral and educational leadership in Christian communities, as well as providing the basis for continuing higher education.
Bachelor of Theology
This program is designed to prepare individuals for pastoral leadership in the local church, or for graduate study at seminary.
Bachelor of Sacred Literature
This highly flexible degree program is designed to equip a student to serve the church and promote the gospel. It is designed in the classical English Bible reader tradition, for those who wish to maximize learning in English Bible.
Bachelor of Christian Studies
The B.C.S., General Studies is designed for students who wishes to prepare for non-vocational ministry. It allows students to complete a Bible College degree by spending two years at Alberta Bible College and transferring in up to two years (64 hours) of credit from another recognized institution.
Types of Learning
Bible: Content centers on individual books of the Bible, on groupings of biblical books, on surveys of the Old and New Testaments, on hermeneutics (the art and science of biblical interpretation), and on biblical exegesis.
Bible/Theology: content centers on individual books of the Bible, on groupings of biblical books, on surveys of the Old and New Testaments, on hermeneutics (the art and science of biblical interpretation), and on biblical exegesis.
"Theology" literally means "the study of God." Focused on the study of the history/development of major Christian beliefs and doctrines.
Content centered on the development of interpersonal and people-helping skills
Courses that round out a student's education, and include courses in the arts, sciences, social sciences, biblical languages, history and philosophy.
History: The study of people, events, and ideas of the past. Christian history in particular studies the progressive ages of the church, and the development of movements, ideas and doctrines through those ages.
Language: Refers to the study of the biblical languages (Hebrew and Aramaic in the Hebrew Bible, and Greek in the New Testament). Currently, ABC only offers courses in elementary Greek.
Content focus on development of interpersonal and leadership skills
Broadly speaking, "ministry" refers to any work or vocation in the context of Christian service to others. More narrowly, "ministry" often refers to paid professional service in a Christian context.
Refers to organizations which are registered as not-for-profit organizations with the Government of Canada and within Provincial or Territorial jurisdictions. Under Canadian law, a non-profit organization is different from a registered charitable organization.
NT: Content centers on one or more of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament
OT: Content centers on one or more of the thirty-nine books of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
Intended to develop professional and vocational skills in the areas of counselling, leadership, and pastoral ministry.
Psychology is a social science that involves study of the mind. Psychology courses at ABC include developmental psychology and psychology of the family. ABC's counselling specialization courses also fit into this category.
Focus on the study of the history/development of major Christian beliefs and doctrines."Theology" literally means "the study of God."
Social Sciences form a subset of General Education courses at ABC, and includes ABC's psychology and sociology courses.