College of Bible & Religion

Programs

Dean: Monte Cox, Ph.D

Professors:

Thomas C. Alexander, Ph.D.
Joe Brumfield, Ed.D.
Eddie Cloer, D.Min.
Ross Cochran, Ph.D.
Adrian Hickmon, Ph.D.
Mike Ireland, D.Min.
Dale W. Manor, Ph.D.
Lewis L. Moore, Ph.D.
     Chair of Marriage and Family Therapy
Edward P. Myers, D.Min., Ph.D.
Kenneth V. Neller, Ph.D.
Paul Pollard, Ph.D.
Sherry Pollard, Ed.D.
Vann Rackley, Ph.D.
William Richardson, D.Min.
     Director of Center for Advanced Ministry Training
Daniel B. Stockstill, Ph.D.
     Associate Dean
Flavil Yeakley, Ph.D.

Associate Professors:

Jerry Bowling, Ph.D.
     Director of Youth and Family Education Lab
Monte Cox, Ph.D.
     Dean
G. Scot Crenshaw, Ph.D.
Shawn Z. Daggett, Th.D.
     Director of Center for World Missions
Philip Thompson, D.Min.
Randy Willingham, D.Min.
     Director of Center for Spiritual Leadership
Kevin J. Youngblood, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors:

Scott E. Adair, M.Div.
Andrew Baker, M.A.
James S. Bury, M.R.E.
R. Allen Diles, Th.D.
*Nathan Guy, M.Phil.
Danny Mathews, Ph.D.
Bruce McLarty, M.Th.
     Vice President of Spiritual Life
Justin Moore, Ph.D.
Keith D. Stanglin, Ph.D.
Phillip Devin Swindle, M.Div.
Timothy P. Westbrook, M.Div.

Instructors

Mac S. Sandlin, M.Div.

Missionaries in Residence:

Mark Berryman, M.Ed. (Africa)
Marvin Crowson, B.A. (Domestic)
O’Neal Tankersley, B.A. (International)

Assisting from Other Colleges:

Michael Claxton, Ph.D.
Cliff Ganus III, D.M.A.
Paul Haynie, Ph.D.
Jerry Myhan, M.S.N.

The College of Bible and Religion at Harding University seeks to lead all students to know, live and share God’s Word and to understand, love and serve God’s world through and beyond their chosen vocation.

Bible major transfer policies: Students who transfer from other colleges or universities and who major in Bible are required to take 10 upper-level hours in Bible at Harding. Six of these must be in the Old and New Testament divisions and the remaining four distributed according to the recommendation of the dean.

Schools of preaching: Students wishing to transfer from schools of preaching and/or graduates from two- year schools of preaching who enter Harding may apply for up to 40 hours of credit in Bible, biblical languages and missions courses. The process for validating the transferred credit follows University policies found in the Course Policies  section.

Bible and Religion Core*

All first majors in the College of Bible and Religion share a uniform core of classes that serve as foundational to all future ministry pursuits. The purpose of the core is to equip all majors with basic tools and knowledge for ministry. The College of Bible and Religion core consists of:

*The core does not apply to Leadership and Ministry Second Majors or BMIN.

Special Notes for Majors in the College of Bible and Religion

1. Hours in Bible required as part of the Liberal Arts component of the degree are included in the respective majors in the College of Bible and Religion.
2. Majors are strongly encouraged to take BMIS 386  as part of the global literacy requirements of the Liberal Arts component of the degree.
3. Majors are encouraged to take courses in the College of Bible and Religion with variable credit for 2 hours so that more courses may be taken unless required otherwise by the program of study.
4. Greek courses may satisfy the equivalent textual study in the BNEW division:
   GRK 272  for BNEW 311 
   GRK 370  for BNEW 312 
   GRK 371  for BNEW 313 
   GRK 374  for BNEW 314 
   GRK 376  for BNEW 316 
5. In unusual cases requiring the consent of the dean, Hebrew may be substituted for the Greek requirement.
6. Unless an additional Bible major is sought, only 12 hours above the minimum for the major can be applied toward the 128 hours for graduation, though students may elect to take more than these 12 hours.
7. Majors are strongly encouraged to take another BHIS course from the selection in the core. The addition of this second course is a recommendation for one of the elective courses in the student’s program.

Center for Advanced Ministry Training (CAMT)

The Center for Advanced Ministry (CAMT) training offers an accelerated program within the College of Bible and Religion that provides ministry training for nontraditional students (age 24 and older), leading to a Bachelor of Ministry degree .

The CAMT baccalaureate program is a two-year to three-year cohort experience depending on the student’s prior university-level preparation. Students must meet all admission requirements to Harding and CAMT. They must pass all courses in the BMIN curriculum and the specified Liberal Arts courses at the required standards outlined below. The student must also meet all of Harding’s graduation requirements. Students take one or two classes each semester that are exclusive to students in the program. Students participate in a daily chapel program together and are paired with mentors in local congregations for a practical ministry apprentice program.

Provisional admission is granted to students who have little or no prior university-level coursework. Full acceptance is granted after students have completed a minimum of 30 credit hours (either in-residence hours earned at Harding and/or transfer hours), 22 credit hours of which must be general education courses from the liberal arts program , including 6 hours of English Composition.

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