The Bachelor of Religious Education (BRE) is a three-year professional degree designed to prepare students for various forms of Christian ministry. Students who take the BRE degree can focus on General Ministries, Pastoral Ministry, or Youth Ministry. This is an excellent degree for those already in ministry or for those planning to become involved in ministry.

A special post-diploma program is offered for graduates of two- or three-year community college diploma programs. It allows the student to complete the Bachelor of Religious Education in General Ministries in two years of study at Tyndale.

For those who are over 25 years of age and who have at least one year of college or university credit, an adult degree-completion program is also offered. This cohort-based program meets weekly for four hours on one night and provides the highly-motivated learner the opportunity to complete most of the requirements for a BRE in General Ministries in approximately two years.

Students taking this degree may choose from three foci:

• General Ministries,
• Pastoral Studies, or
• Youth Ministry.

Graduates of the Tyndale Bachelor of Religious Education degree program will:

• Be competent in the interpretation and application of Scripture;
• Be able to articulate doctrinal distinctives for themselves and others;
• Be familiar with the issues related to various aspects of ministry
• Develop a biblically-based philosophy of ministry;
• Have a passion for the church and a determination of giftedness to serve;
• Have a deep desire to study and teach God’s Word to others;
• Have clearly developed skills in areas of interest;
• Be able to contextualize and apply biblical material to contemporary issues;
• Be competent in hermeneutics of the Bible.