Atlanta Bible College

home | email | site map

Atlanta Bible College
Box 100,000
Morrow, GA 30260

404-362-0052
800-347-4261
404-362-9307 (fax)

ministry

The Outreach and Missions Committee is composed of students with an interest in spreading God's Word. The committee meets regularly to pray for missionaries and to plan various projects. These projects are funded by student donations and fund-raising drives. The committee, through supporting student missionary activities such as church planting and short-term foreign trips, generates a live interest in missions within the student body. The committee is advised by a faculty member.

The essence of the Christian faith lies in relating divine truths to human realities. In Christian Ministry, the student is confronted with reality and is brought into vital relationships with people. The practical aspect of the program is preparing the student for Christian ministry, with the underlying principle of learning by expression.

Here, classroom instruction will become functional, integrating academic content and practical experience for the personal development of the student in areas of Christian service. All ABC students are required to take Christian Ministry (See Supervised Ministry, M101 etc.), one semester per year. Each full-time four-year student must successfully complete four semester units of Christian Ministry to graduate. Each two-year student must successfully complete two semester units of Christian Ministry. Each one-year student must successfully complete one semester unit of Christian Ministry. Ministry is available in the local churches and the community. Community students may have different requirements based on previous and present ministry experience.

Students planning to become pastors in the Church of God General Conference serve seven to nine months in internship. The internship is administered by the Bible college and is supervised by a cooperating pastor in a Church of God congregation. The typical procedure is for one to spend a school year as an intern pastor immediately following graduation. Other plans may be developed based upon the student's academic standing, summer experiences, and/or special needs.