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Your path to becoming a student

Apply. Complete the Admission Application for SDBU Certificate Programs.
Submit the $50 application fee. You will receive an invoice after submitting your application.
Plan your courses. After admission, contact SDBU to confirm course availability and complete registration.

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Fall 2026 course offerings

September 6 – December 20, 2026

The Fall term is underway. Contact SDBU about availability and your course plan before registering.

SDBU 201: Ministry Leadership in the Church

To help church leaders learn the role of a ministry leader in the local church and how to understand and use leadership in a congregational government. This creates healthy churches and leaders by helping them to understand and clarify what the role of church leader looks like and how a healthy church leader functions. To help church leaders become better stewards of time and effort through biblical productivity. This creates healthy churches and leaders by helping them use their time and talents more effectively so that the ministry of the church is ordered and flourishes.

SDBU 210: Biblical Interpretation

This course introduces the student to the tools and methods necessary for an inductive study of the Bible. The student’s coursework will culminate with the writing of an exegetical paper 10-12 pages in length on a selected passage from Ephesians.

SDBU 220: Old Testament Survey

An introduction to the literature and content of the Old Testament from the beginning of the biblical narratives to the intertestamental period. Attention will be given to the cultural, geographic, political and historical backgrounds necessary to understand the text in its proper context. An introduction to the archaeological and academic concerns around the OT texts will be given. The form of the OT texts (genre, etc.) will also be considered.

SDBU 250: Intro to Theology

This course introduces the discipline of Systematic Theology from an evangelical perspective and provides a survey of key topics in the discipline. The course is intended to help the student better understand and articulate their faith in the context of the Biblical witness and to appreciate how what we believe influences how we live.

SDBU 261: Intro to Missions

This course is a broad overview of missions looking at the biblical basis for missions, missions history, the current state of the world, mission strategy, and culture. The course focus is to actively engage students in missions activity in their current context and broaden thinking around how individuals and churches in North America can become involved with missions to the unreached.

Explore the certificate pathways

Lay Leadership Certificate | Ministry Leadership Certificate | Pastoral Leadership Certificate

Certificate participation requires sponsorship by a local SDB church. Programs currently serve Seventh Day Baptists in the United States and Canada.