4. Courses and minimum knowledge
4.2. Minimum Knowledge and skills list
Graduation minimum knowledge and skills
All students are expected to master the knowledge for each subject mentioned below. Evidence that a student does not have mastery of these topics may be removed from HBI.
1. Understand, articulate and support scripturally the following doctrines:
- Trinity
- Christology - Christ
- Soteriology - Salvation
- Hamartiology = Sin
- Anthropology - Man
- Satan
- Eschatology
- Theology - God
- Bibliology - Word
- Ecclesiology - Church
- Angelology - Angels
- Pneumatology – Holy Spirit
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Evidence of the validity of the King James Version of the Bible
4.
Understand, articulate and support scripturally
the following doctrines
- Seven 7’s
- Feasts
- Sacrifices
- Resurrections
- Kingdom of God / Kingdom of Heaven
- Spiritual gifts
- Typology
- Bible Study techniques
- Law and Grace and Liberty
5. Have a basis of scriptural Biblical counseling for the following conditions
- Pre-marital counsel
- Marriage problems
- Child development
- Drug / alcohol dependency
- eSexual abuse
- Interpersonal relationships
- General Counseling skills
6. Understand needs in church planting
7. Understand the state of missions and God moving in the world today including:
- Basis for missions
- Area Studies
- Deputation
- Surrendering to missions
- Supporting missionaries
- Working with missionaries to accomplish their mission
- Identifying global objectives
- Working with governments
- Working with other missionaries
- Financing projects / personal budgets
- Family needs on the field and those at home
8. Pastoral procedures
- Church services
- Baptism
- Funerals
- Weddings
- Lords Supper
- Visitations
9. Children’s ministry
- Developing curriculum
- Developing teachers / workers
- Counseling children
- Working with uninvolved parents
- Working with blended families
- Elementary, youth, college differences and special needs
10. Worship and Praise
- Order of service
- Music as ministry
- Relevance and responsibility
- Technology in worship
- Ushers / greeters
11. Church administration
- Legal status
- Budgeting
- Staffing
- Taxes
- Payroll
- Volunteer staff
- Lay leadership
- Deacons
- Debt control
- Genesis
- Job
- Isaiah
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Joel
- Matthew – John
- Acts
- Romans
- Galatians through Colossians
- Pastoral Epistles
- Hebrews
- Johannine Epistles
- Revelation
a. 13. Leadership development based on the following books of the Bible
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
14. Life of Christ
15. Life of Paul
16. Expository Preaching – Homiletics
17. Bible Study Principles – Hermeneutics
18. Church history
- Affect on world history
- Affect on the preservation of scripture
- Affect on current events
- World Religion
- Cults
- Philosophy of Discipleship
- Seven Stages of Spiritual growth
- Evangelism / outreach