Greater St. Louis Bible Training Centers

Study Program Overview

 The Berean School of the Bible (a division of the Assemblies of God Global University), offers many courses of study for the independent student and for the small class environment.  These courses meet the education requirements for credentials in most Assemblies of God districts however credentials are issued through the local district and their governing board makes the decision concerning minimum requirements.

 In addition to credentialing courses there are study programs for specialized ministry in areas such as Youth, Children, Senior Adult, and Music as well as Sunday School Certification courses and over twenty additional general interest courses.

 A number of courses require additional activities or written papers beyond the closed book final examination.  With courses of this nature the examination accounts for eighty percent of the final grade and the additional work represents the other twenty percent.

 If a student is involved in a course of study leading to Certified Minister credentials, Ministerial License credentials, or Ordination credentials the student must participate in the “Mentoring” process.  This process calls for the student to select a person whom they trust for advice in spiritual matters and who is willing to spend a minimum of two hours during each course guiding and counseling the student.  In addition to the Mentoring Program a minimum of sixteen classroom hours is required for each course.  Students may audit courses and be released from the Mentoring process, the minimum sixteen-hour per class requirement, and are not required to take the final examination.  The downfall to this approach is that the student may at a later date decide to pursue credentials and will not have fulfilled the minimum requirements.

 The current course list is available upon request.

For more information contact: Dick Black