Do the work of Christ’s work while it is day, but get better at it after dusk.

You are already committed to a vocational assignment, obligations to family, or even pastoral ministry that preclude your being able to navigate a schedule of daytime classes 9 to 5. But that doesn’t mean that you aren’t able to drink from the fountain of Bethlehem’s Bible-saturated, academically rigorous, “Education in Serious Joy.”

Perhaps you started a college education once, then life happened and you weren’t able to complete your degree. Here’s your opportunity to finish that degree, not only with newfound purpose, but with the flexibility to accommodate your work and family commitments.

Or maybe you are already well-degreed, even well-credentialed and content in your vocational field of choice, but lack the equipment to be more influential among “the priesthood of all believers.” This is your chance to gain mastery, from masterful professors, humbly submitted to the master of all.

Bethlehem Evening Degree students grow as a disciple of Christ while studying our Sovereign God and Sacred Book in an in-person degree program that accommodates the demands of work and family.

Christian Hedonism Students become Godenthralled men and women who gladly embrace the truth that God is most glorified in them when they are most satisfied in Him by mining the treasures of the Bible and considering the wisdom of the Christian tradition.

Intentionally Small Students learn in a tight-knit community of students, teachers, pastors, and church members who share a deep personal interest in both the students’ academic performance and spiritual growth.

Church-Based Students study in the context of a globally-minded church in the midst of a multi-ethnic urban center with significant opportunities for equipping and ministry.

In-Person, Not Online

Students enjoy the best of in-person instruction with the convenience of on-line education, without being online. One in-person class session a week is married to a manageable program of reading and reflection, all leading to a degree that will be well-earned, respected, and by God’s grace serve to yield abundant fruitfulness.

Debt-Free

A committed community of generous contributors demonstrate their confidence in our education by ensuring that every resident student receives a Serious Joy Scholarship that enables them to be equipped for a more intentional, personal Christian ministry without the burden of student loan debt.