Academics at TMBC
Serious biblical training with a living purpose
TMBC offers a cyclical four-year course of biblical study. Students may begin in the fall or spring, attend full-time or part-time, and combine live classes in Bryan or Magnolia with interactive Zoom participation when needed.
The shape of the curriculum
The curriculum moves from introductory subjects and wide-angle Bible surveys into narrower biblical sections, doctrine, leadership, missions, evangelism, whole-book studies, and slow, detailed exegesis.
Survey
Old and New Testament surveys provide a bird’s-eye view of Scripture and show how each book fits within the whole.
Zoom In
Courses on the Gospels, Prophets, historical books, Pauline and General Epistles, and other major sections allow closer study.
Deep Dive
Whole-book and passage studies slow down to examine context, grammar, original words, doctrine, and practical application.
Applied Bible Doctrine
Students learn how a passage affects life, how it fits within the full counsel of Scripture, and what its context, grammar, and original words reveal.
- Application: How does this truth affect the believer’s relationship with God, the Body of Christ, and the world?
- Bible Doctrine: How does the passage fit within the complete teaching of Scripture on that subject?
- Exegesis: What do the words, grammar, context, tense, mood, morphology, usage, and original language reveal?
Greek and Hebrew
TMBC offers dedicated Greek and Hebrew courses. Rather than spending years merely studying grammar, students are taught to use original-language tools carefully and practically in biblical interpretation, doctrine, and personal study.
Doctrine, leadership, and biblical psychology
Survey of Doctrine courses provide a structured study of major biblical themes. Biblical Psychology examines what Scripture teaches about man, including body, soul, spirit, mind, emotions, will, conscience, self-consciousness, spiritual growth, and pastoral application.
Leadership is studied through Scripture and the lives of people such as David, Ezra, Nehemiah, Moses, Paul, and other men and women of the Bible rather than merely through secular management principles.
Missions and practical training
Missions is not confined to one isolated class. It is woven throughout the course of study. Classes may include Introduction to Missions, Preparation for Team Life, Methods of Evangelism, Apologetics, Discipleship, mission history, church planting, practical ministry, and local and foreign missions.
Practical training may include local church participation, weekly evangelism or outreach, combined outreach events, Bible studies, campus ministry, mission trips, and ministry practicums.
Four-Year Curriculum
View the complete eight-semester curriculum and credit totals.