TEB Seminary
Welcome to TEB SEMINARY. If this is your first visit, or if you are now seriously contemplating earning a degree (undergraduate or graduate), thank you for considering us and visiting our web site.
The process of college enrollment can seem like a daunting task, but we strive to make that process as easy as possible. This web site is constructed to provide the clearest understanding of our organization, policies, requirements, courses, and degree programs. Many of your questions can be answered within this site.
TEBS is on a trimester schedule (quarters), but with semester credit hours. Because of the length of time the student is in class, it is equivalent to semester credit hours. This helps students to earn degrees a little faster. Most schools are on two sixteen-week semesters, wherein TEBS has three Eight-week trimesters (permitting students to complete more credit hours each year and complete programs faster). TEBS also offers an accelerated Summer session offering the same credit hours. TEBS trimesters are in the Fall, Winter, and Spring. The Fall term begins at the end of September; the Winter term commences at the beginning of December; and the Spring term starts in March. The Summer term always begins in June.
Are you interested in starting your studies at TEBS right away? If so, there is no need to wait. All TEBS programs can be completed through TEBS Distance Learning Program. The Distance Learning Program is not tied to the semester system for on-campus students; therefore, you may begin your studies as soon as the admission and registration processes are completed. Other advantages of the Distance Learning Program are the courses can be completed faster due to your own schedule and pace, and you can take advantage of the Life Experience credit program . So if you hope to attend TEBS, but think you have to wait for a new semester to start, dont be mislead. The Distance Learning Program is independent of the TEBS on-campus semester system. Contact the Admissions Department for more information and assistance on the Distance Learning Program.
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Statement of Doctrine
The following basic doctrines contained in the Holy Scripture are adopted:
1. The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the inspired Word of God, authoritative, inerrant, and God breathed (II Timothy 3:16, 17; II Peter 1:20, 21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12, 13).
2. The Godhead
We believe in one triune God existing in three PersonsFather, Son and Holy Spiriteternal in being, identical in nature, equal in power and glory and having the same attributes and perfections (Deuteronomy 6:4; II Corinthians 13:14).
3. The Total Depravity of Man
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God but that in Adams sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, became alienated from God, and is totally unable to retrieve his lost condition (Genesis 1:26, 27; Romans 3:22, 23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:12).
4. The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing to be God, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man; that He accomplished our redemption through His spiritual death on the Cross as a substitutionary sacrifice; that our redemption is made sure to us by His literal physical resurrection from the dead (John 1:1, 2, 14; Luke 1:35; Romans 3:24, 25; 4:25; I Peter 1:3-5); that the Lord Jesus Christ is now in heaven, exalted at the right hand of God, where, as the High Priest for His people, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; I John 2:1, 2).
5. The Personality and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Person who convicts the world of sin, indwells all believers in the present age, baptizes them into the Body of Christ, seals them unto the day of redemption, and that it is the duty of every believer to be filled with the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 12:12-14; Ephesians 1:13, 14; 5:18).
We believe that the Holy Spirit administers spiritual gifts to the church. The Holy Spirit glorifies neither Himself nor His gifts by ostentatious displays, but He does glorify Christ by implementing His work of redeeming the lost and building up believers in the most holy faith (John 16:13-14; Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 2 Corinthians 3:18).
We believe, in this respect, that God the Holy Spirit is sovereign in the bestowing of all His gifts for the perfecting of the saints today and that speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles in the beginning days of the church were for the purpose of pointing to and authenticating the apostles as revealers of divine truth, and were never intended to be characteristic of the lives of believers (1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 13:8-10; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Ephesians 4:7-12; Hebrews 2:1-4).
6. Salvation
We believe that salvation in every dispensation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose efficacious death on the Cross provided mans reconciliation to God (Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; John 1:12).
7. The Eternal Security of Believers
We believe that all believers are kept secure forever (Romans 8:1, 38, 39; John 10:27-30; I Corinthians 1:4-8).
8. The Church
We believe that the Church, which is now the Body and shall be the Bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again persons of this age irrespective of their affiliation with Christian organizations (Ephesians 1:22, 23; 5:25-27; I Corinthians 12:12-14).
9. The Personality of Satan
We believe in the personality of Satan who is the open and declared enemy of God and man (Job 1:6, 7; Matthew 4:2-11; Isaiah 14:12-17).
10. The Blessed Hope
We believe that the next great event in the fulfillment of prophecy will be the coming of the Lord Jesus in the air to receive to Himself the dead in Christ and believers who are alive at His coming, otherwise known as the Rapture and Translation of the Church (I Corinthians 15:51-57; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14).
11. The Tribulation
We believe that the Rapture of the Church will be followed by the fulfillment of Israels seventieth week, the latter half of which is the time of Jacobs trouble, the great Tribulation (Daniel 9:27; Jeremiah 30:7; Matthew 24:15-21; Revelation 6-19).
12. The Second Coming of Christ
We believe that the great Tribulation will be climaxed by the (premillennial) return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth to set up His kingdom (Zechariah 14:4-11; Matthew 24:15-25; II Thessalonians 1:7-10; Revelation 20:6).
13. The Eternal State
We believe that the soul and human spirit of those who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation do at death immediately pass into His presence, and there remain in the conscious bliss until the resurrection of the body at His coming, when soul, human spirit, and body reunited shall be associated with Him forever in the glory; but the souls of unbelievers remain after death in conscious misery until the final judgment of the Great White Throne at the close of the Millennium, when soul and body reunited shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power (Luke 16:19-26; 23:43; II Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6, 7; Revelation 20:11-15)
14. The Responsibility of Believers
To grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the end that his life is consistent with the Lords plan, thus bringing both blessing to the believer and honor to the Lord (II Peter 3:18).
15. Church Ordinances
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ instituted the Lords Supper to be observed until His return (Matthew 28:19, 20: I Corinthians 11:23-26).
16. Sovereignty
We believe that God, existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is sovereign and exercises supreme and absolute rule over all creation as a part of and consistent with the essence and attributes of Deity (I Chronicles 29:11,12; Daniel 4:35; Psalms 24:1; Ephesians 1:11; I Timothy 6:15).
17. Spirituality
We believe that spirituality is an absolute condition in the life of a believer in this dispensation wherein he is filled or controlled by the Holy Spirit, walking in love and fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe that spirituality is distinct from maturity, that a believer becomes carnal through any act of mental, verbal, or overt sin, and that spirituality (fellowship with Christ) is restored solely by personal confession of that sin to God the Father (John 15:7,8; II Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 5:18; Romans 6:11-13; I John 1:5, 9; 2:2; I Corinthians 11:30, 31).
18. Spiritual Gifts
We believe that God The Holy Spirit in grace and apart from human merit sovereignty bestows spiritual gifts to believers in this dispensation.
