Academics
The only degree granted by the college is a bachelor's degree in Biblical studies. For this major students complete core coursework in Biblical studies and Systematic Theology. Each student is required to specify a second major in an area of ministry. These second majors are in Church Ministry, Youth Ministry, Children and Family Ministry, Music and Worship Ministry, World Missions, Urban Ministry, and Pastoral Ministry.
In 2006, ZBC launched a program called "Catalyst", in which students participate in "hands on" ministry at a local church. This program was to serve as a college-based alternative to the Master's Commission program founded by Lloyd Zigler. Six core churches participated in the program, which ended after the Spring 2011 Semester. ZBC also offers a one year certificate program.
In 2012, the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education decided to approve Northpoint Bible College to add a Masters Degree Program
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“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
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