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Master of Arts in Biblical Studies

Anchor Christian U

Master of Arts in Biblical Studies

Salt your professional capacity with essential biblical engagement skills. Go wide AND deep with a curated skill-development mix that will immediately grow your biblical capacity and multiply your ministry impact in any context or role.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the MA Biblical Studies program, students will engage and leverage the Word effectively within any professional ministry or lay leadership environment as demonstrated by the following competencies:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of a biblical hermeneutic approach that engages the Scriptures as the authoritative power for life and practice.

  2. Apply foundational exegetical skills to the examination of Scripture resulting in a clear understanding of what the text says, what it means, and its implications for life.

  3. Articulate the contextual message of the whole of Scripture and the relation of each part to the whole.

  4. Interpret a narrative text in context with its historical and cultural settings so as to enable dynamic and legitimate application in diverse cultural settings.

  5. Exegete a prescriptive text in its historical and cultural context in a manner that enables dynamic and legitimate understanding of its implications for today.

  6. Respond to questions and challenges that arise out of constantly changing cultures by applying a broad understanding of the Bible, synthesis of its various teachings, and principles of application.

  7. Communicate Scriptures formally or informally through preaching, teaching, discussion, or in writing, with a view to helping others hear, consider, and respond to its teachings and their implications.

Program credits: 30

Credential: Master of Arts

Catalog year: 2026-27

Program requirements