The Cameroon extension site currently offers the Master of Divinity program and is part of a coordinated initiative of the school, Jubilee Community Church, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Treasuring Christ Together Church Planting Network, and hundreds of contributors and prayer partners to plant a French-speaking church in Cameroon’s capital city, Yaoundé, maintain an extension of Bethlehem College & Seminary, and provide, by God’s grace, a launching site for regional church-planting and outreach to unengaged people groups.
Think of it as in-the-church training for biblical elder-level leadership in pastoral ministry, missionary service, or future theological scholarship. In this program, a small cohort of men shares a four-year journey of rigorous biblical language and theological studies, real-life experiences in church leadership and congregational care, as well as a host of cross-cultural ministry opportunities all in the context of a church plant in the heart of Cameroon.
During the last four decades God has supplied scores of pulpits, ministries, missionary endeavors, and seminaries with God-enthralled Bethlehem men who discovered—while serving alongside pastors here during the course of academic studies—that God is most glorified in them when they are most satisfied in him. Since 2009, pastoral apprenticeship has been the foundational practicum in Bethlehem College & Seminary’s Master of Divinity degree program.
Seminarians work alongside Dr. Tamfu as he plants Eglise Baptiste Bethléem in Yaoundé, holds workshops, and serves in the community. Service to the pastor and the congregation are at the center of this apprenticeship, but deep mentor relationships inevitably emerge as a fruit of such up-close collaboration.
The Master of Divinity is the foundational four-year program for those called to vocational ministry as pastors, missionaries, or other full-time Christian workers at the elder level. The program’s emphasis is intense, whole-Bible exegesis in the original languages with a special focus on the unfolding of God’s sovereign plan throughout all of redemptive history.
| Year 1 | Credits |
| Beginning Greek I | 4 |
| Old Testament Background & Message I | 3 |
| Principles of Biblical Interpretation I | 2 |
| Theology of Worship | 3 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Topics in Practical Theology I | 1 |
| Beginning Greek II | 4 |
| Old Testament Background & Message II | 3 |
| Principles of Biblical Interpretation II | 2 |
| Missions and the Local Church | 3 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Missions Practicum | 1 |
| Year 2 | Credits |
| Intermediate Greek | |
| Beginning Hebrew I | 4 |
| New Testament Background & Message | 3 |
| Counseling & the Local Church I | 3 |
| Preaching as Worship I | 2 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Topics in Practical Theology II | 1 |
| Greek Exegesis | 4 |
| Counseling & the Local Church II | 2 |
| Preaching as Worship II | 2 |
| Beginning Hebrew II | 4 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Year 3 | Credits |
| Church History I | 3 |
| Intermediate Hebrew | 4 |
| Intro to the Thought of Jonathan Edwards | 2 |
| Counseling & the Local Church III | 2 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Systematic Theology I | 3 |
| Church History II | 3 |
| Biblical Eldership | 2 |
| Hebrew Exegesis | 4 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Year 4 | Credits |
| Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament | 2 |
| Systematic Theology II | 3 |
| Biblical Ethics | 2 |
| Pastoral Internship I | 2 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Biblical Theology: The History of Redemption | 4 |
| Systematic Theology III | 3 |
| Pastoral Internship II | 2 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Year 1 | Credits |
| Beginning Greek I | 4 |
| Old Testament Background & Message I | 3 |
| Principles of Biblical Interpretation I | 2 |
| Theology of Worship | 3 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Topics in Practical Theology I | 1 |
| Beginning Greek II | 4 |
| Old Testament Background & Message II | 3 |
| Principles of Biblical Interpretation II | 2 |
| Missions and the Local Church | 3 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Missions Practicum | 1 |
| Year 2 | Credits |
| Intermediate Greek | |
| Beginning Hebrew I | 4 |
| New Testament Background & Message | 3 |
| Counseling & the Local Church I | 3 |
| Preaching as Worship I | 2 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Topics in Practical Theology II | 1 |
| Greek Exegesis | 4 |
| Counseling & the Local Church II | 2 |
| Preaching as Worship II | 2 |
| Beginning Hebrew II | 4 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Year 3 | Credits |
| Church History I | 3 |
| Intermediate Hebrew | 4 |
| Intro to the Thought of Jonathan Edwards | 2 |
| Counseling & the Local Church III | 2 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Systematic Theology I | 3 |
| Church History II | 3 |
| Biblical Eldership | 2 |
| Hebrew Exegesis | 4 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Year 4 | Credits |
| Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament | 2 |
| Systematic Theology II | 3 |
| Biblical Ethics | 2 |
| Pastoral Internship I | 2 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Biblical Theology: The History of Redemption | 4 |
| Systematic Theology III | 3 |
| Pastoral Internship II | 2 |
| Mentored Ministry | 0 |
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 have assembled a high-caliber group of professors to teach at our Yaoundé site.
Adjunct Instructor of Theology Jones Ndzi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University of Dschang (2001), a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from the Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary (2007), a Master of Theology in