The Rochester extension site currently offers the Bachelor of Theology and Master of Arts in Exegesis and Theology programs. The programs are designed to equip men and women for Christian ministry in local and global contexts while remaining in their current vocations in the Rochester area. Classes meet once a week at Emmanuel Baptist Church. The programs follow the same format, objectives, and courses as the Minneapolis location.
Well-educated people are people who have the habits of mind and heart to go on learning what they need to learn to live in a Christ-exalting way for the rest of their lives.
— John Piper
Seeing and savoring the glory of God in the Word and the world is the true object of every waking moment and the source of every impulse to learn. A regenerated heart yearns to know more, and Bethlehem College & Seminary has shaped degree programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to feed the appetites of lifelong learners and equip them for fruitful ministry in the church and the world.
The Bachelor of Theology is designed to help working adults complete a once-started but unfinished undergraduate education by transferring as much previously earned academic credit as possible and then focusing remaining degree work on biblical theology and Christian discipleship.
| Year 1 | Credits |
| Fall | |
| Old Testament Introduction and Message | 3 |
| New Testament Introduction and Message | 3 |
| Research Writing | 2 |
| Beginning Greek 1 | 4 |
| Practical Theology 1 (Weekend Seminar) | 2 |
| Spring | |
| Biblical Theology | 3 |
| Principles of Biblical Interpretation | 3 |
| Communicating the Word of God | 2 |
| Beginning Greek 2 | 4 |
| Practical Theology 2 (Weekend Seminar) | 2 |
| Summer | |
| World Religions | 2 |
| Christian Worldview and Apologetics | 2 |
| Church History | 3 |
| Year 2 | Credits |
| Fall | |
| Systematic Theology 1 | 4 |
| Systematic Theology 2 | 4 |
| Intermediate Greek | 4 |
| Practical Theology 3 (Weekend Seminar) | 2 |
| Spring | |
| Systematic Theology 3 | 4 |
| Cross-Cultural Ministry | 2 |
| Biblical Ethics | 2 |
| Greek Exegesis | 4 |
| Practical Theology 4 (Weekend Seminar) | 2 |
| Year 1 | Credits |
| Fall | |
| Old Testament Introduction and Message | 3 |
| New Testament Introduction and Message | 3 |
| Research Writing | 2 |
| Beginning Greek 1 | 4 |
| Practical Theology 1 (Weekend Seminar) | 2 |
| Spring | |
| Biblical Theology | 3 |
| Principles of Biblical Interpretation | 3 |
| Communicating the Word of God | 2 |
| Beginning Greek 2 | 4 |
| Practical Theology 2 (Weekend Seminar) | 2 |
| Summer | |
| World Religions | 2 |
| Christian Worldview and Apologetics | 2 |
| Church History | 3 |
| Year 2 | Credits |
| Fall | |
| Systematic Theology 1 | 4 |
| Systematic Theology 2 | 4 |
| Intermediate Greek | 4 |
| Practical Theology 3 (Weekend Seminar) | 2 |
| Spring | |
| Systematic Theology 3 | 4 |
| Cross-Cultural Ministry | 2 |
| Biblical Ethics | 2 |
| Greek Exegesis | 4 |
| Practical Theology 4 (Weekend Seminar) | 2 |
The Master of Arts in Exegesis and Theology is a 42-credit, two year, one night a week graduate program for working adults, men and women, who are interested in gaining biblical Greek language skills and a better understanding of God-centered Reformed theology. This program is not designed to build the foundations for pastoral ministry (i.e. preaching and counseling classes), but rather to encourage effective workplace ministry, flourishing family life, and more theologically minded pastors, ministry staffs, and missionaries.
| Year 1 | Credits |
| Fall | |
| Beginning Greek 1 | 3 |
| Systematic Theology 1: God, Scripture, and Man | 3 |
| Old Testament Theology | 3 |
| Spring | |
| Beginning Greek 2 | 3 |
| Systematic Theology 2: Christ, the Spirit, and Salvation | 3 |
| New Testament Theology | 3 |
| Year 2 | Credits |
| Summer | |
| Foundations of Biblical Exegesis | 3 |
| Intermediate Greek | 3 |
| Fall | |
| Greek Exegesis: Narrative | 3 |
| Systematic Theology 3: The Church and Last Things | 3 |
| Historical Theology | 3 |
| Spring | |
| Greek Exegesis: Epistle | 3 |
| Studies in Biblical Theology | 3 |
| Issues in Biblical Ethics | 3 |
| Year 1 | Credits |
| Fall | |
| Beginning Greek 1 | 3 |
| Systematic Theology 1: God, Scripture, and Man | 3 |
| Old Testament Theology | 3 |
| Spring | |
| Beginning Greek 2 | 3 |
| Systematic Theology 2: Christ, the Spirit, and Salvation | 3 |
| New Testament Theology | 3 |
| Year 2 | Credits |
| Summer | |
| Foundations of Biblical Exegesis | 3 |
| Intermediate Greek | 3 |
| Fall | |
| Greek Exegesis: Narrative | 3 |
| Systematic Theology 3: The Church and Last Things | 3 |
| Historical Theology | 3 |
| Spring | |
| Greek Exegesis: Epistle | 3 |
| Studies in Biblical Theology | 3 |
| Issues in Biblical Ethics | 3 |
In keeping with our aim to build a faculty with strong academic credentials, a love for teaching, a passion for God’s Word and his glory, and pastoral hearts, we are building a high-caliber group of professors to teach at our Rochester location.
Rochester Site Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Theology and Global Studies Rocky has served in a variety of ministry roles that include the pastorate, missions, and academia. He joined the Bethlehem College & Seminary faculty in the Spring of 2021,