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397				color: rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0.7);
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406			.widget input[type="submit"]:hover,
407			.widget input[type="submit"]:focus,
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410				background-color: rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0.7);
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413			.widget blockquote {
414				border-color: rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0.7);
415			}
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431				border-color: rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0.1);
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448			}
449		}
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847	<li id="menu-item-15334" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15334"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/welcome-from-academics/">Welcome from Academics</a></li>
848	<li id="menu-item-15336" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15336"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/criswell-360/">Criswell 360°</a></li>
849	<li id="menu-item-15339" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15339"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/faculty/">Meet the Faculty</a></li>
850	<li id="menu-item-14890" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-14890"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/library/">Welcome to the Library</a>
851	<ul class="sub-menu">
852		<li id="menu-item-14883" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-14883"><a href="https://criswell.on.worldcat.org/discovery">Catalog Search</a></li>
853		<li id="menu-item-14881" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14881"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/library/databases/">Databases</a></li>
854	</ul>
855</li>
856	<li id="menu-item-15340" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-15340"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/">Academic Resources</a>
857	<ul class="sub-menu">
858		<li id="menu-item-12009" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12009"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/academic-calendar/">Academic Calendar</a></li>
859		<li id="menu-item-2741" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2741"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/academic-catalog/">Academic Catalog</a></li>
860		<li id="menu-item-2740" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2740"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-schedules/">Course Schedules</a></li>
861		<li id="menu-item-15350" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15350"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/services-and-support/">Services and Support</a></li>
862		<li id="menu-item-2730" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-2730"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/transcripts/">Transcripts</a>
863		<ul class="sub-menu">
864			<li id="menu-item-12011" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12011"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/verifications/">Educational Verifications</a></li>
865			<li id="menu-item-2737" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2737"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/transcripts/dallas-bible-collegewoodcrest-college/">Dallas Bible College/Woodcrest College</a></li>
866		</ul>
867</li>
868		<li id="menu-item-2733" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2733"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/registration/">Registration</a></li>
869		<li id="menu-item-2739" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-2739"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/student-forms/">Student Forms</a>
870		<ul class="sub-menu">
871			<li id="menu-item-2736" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2736"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/registrar/graduation/">Graduation</a></li>
872			<li id="menu-item-2738" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2738"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/va-education-benefits-information/">VA Education Benefits</a></li>
873			<li id="menu-item-2742" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-2742"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/ferpa/">FERPA</a>
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875				<li id="menu-item-2743" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2743"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/ferpa/directory-information/">Directory Information</a></li>
876				<li id="menu-item-2744" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2744"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/ferpa/p11/">Identifiable Information</a></li>
877			</ul>
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884	<li id="menu-item-15362" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15362"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/student-achievement-2/">Student Achievement</a></li>
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887<li id="menu-item-14889" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-14889"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/">Life at Criswell</a>
888<ul class="sub-menu">
889	<li id="menu-item-14928" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-14928"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/">Overview</a></li>
890	<li id="menu-item-315" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-315"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/spiritual-life/">Spiritual Life</a>
891	<ul class="sub-menu">
892		<li id="menu-item-14906" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-14906"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/spiritual-life/chapel-messages/">Chapel Messages</a></li>
893	</ul>
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895	<li id="menu-item-316" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-316"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/">Housing &#038; Location</a></li>
896	<li id="menu-item-2437" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-2437"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/student-services/">Student Services</a>
897	<ul class="sub-menu">
898		<li id="menu-item-10732" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-10732"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/student-life-2/it-support/">IT Support</a></li>
899		<li id="menu-item-14912" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14912"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/student-services/student-employment/">Student and Alumni Employment Opportunities</a></li>
900	</ul>
901</li>
902	<li id="menu-item-23951" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-23951"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/international-office/">International Office</a></li>
903	<li id="menu-item-23201" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-23201"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/campus-safety/">Campus Safety &#038; Parking</a></li>
904</ul>
905</li>
906<li id="menu-item-15462" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-page-ancestor current-menu-ancestor current-menu-parent current-page-parent current_page_parent current_page_ancestor menu-item-has-children menu-item-15462"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/">About</a>
907<ul class="sub-menu">
908	<li id="menu-item-14926" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-14926"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/">Overview</a></li>
909	<li id="menu-item-15463" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15463"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/accreditation/">Accreditation</a></li>
910	<li id="menu-item-15464" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15464"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/mission-values-goals/">Mission, Values, &#038; Goals</a></li>
911	<li id="menu-item-295" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-295"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/office-of-the-president/">Office of the President</a>
912	<ul class="sub-menu">
913		<li id="menu-item-2709" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2709"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-cabinet/">President’s Cabinet</a></li>
914		<li id="menu-item-2710" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2710"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/office-of-the-president/board-of-trustees/">2026 Board of Trustees</a></li>
915	</ul>
916</li>
917	<li id="menu-item-2708" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2708"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/history-and-heritage/">History &#038; Heritage</a></li>
918	<li id="menu-item-297" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-200 current_page_item menu-item-297"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/articles-of-faith/" aria-current="page"><span class="dojodigital_toggle_title">Articles of Faith</span></a></li>
919	<li id="menu-item-15517" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15517"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/media-publications/">Media &#038; Publications</a></li>
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924<ul class="sub-menu">
925	<li id="menu-item-14871" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-14871"><a href="/events">Events Calendar</a></li>
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929<li id="menu-item-16230" class="hidden-lg menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16230"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/my-criswell/">My Criswell</a></li>
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932					<h3>More Information</h3>
933					<ul id="" class="mobile-nav info-nav"><li id="menu-item-15800" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15800"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/">Why Criswell?</a></li>
934<li id="menu-item-15801" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15801"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/advancement/why-give/">Why Give?</a></li>
935<li id="menu-item-15802" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15802"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/">Financial Aid</a></li>
936<li id="menu-item-15803" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15803"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/apply/">Apply</a></li>
937<li id="menu-item-21232" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-21232"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/transcript
937s/">Request Transcript</a></li>
938<li id="menu-item-15805" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15805"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/">Registrar</a></li>
939<li id="menu-item-22892" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-22892"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/college-policies/">College Policies</a></li>
940<li id="menu-item-15806" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15806"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/library/">Welcome to the Library</a></li>
941<li id="menu-item-23780" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-23780"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/job-internship-board/">Job and Internship Board</a></li>
942<li id="menu-item-19832" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-19832"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/campus-response-to-covid-19/">CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE</a></li>
943 </ul>				</div>
944				<div class="span12">
945					<h3>Helpful Links</h3>
946					<ul id="" class="mobile-nav"><li id="menu-item-15796" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15796"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/student-accounts/pay-online/">Student Payments</a></li>
947<li id="menu-item-20304" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-20304"><a href="https://criswellcollege.checkoutpage.com/give-now">Give</a></li>
948<li id="menu-item-15808" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15808"><a href="https://wacriswell.com/">Criswell Sermon Library</a></li>
949<li id="menu-item-14751" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14751"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/current-employees/">Current Employees</a></li>
950<li id="menu-item-24861" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-24861"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/alumni/">Alumni</a></li>
951<li id="menu-item-15822" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15822"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/advancement/">Advancement</a></li>
952<li id="menu-item-15794" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15794"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/campus-safety/">Campus Safety</a></li>
953<li id="menu-item-23315" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-23315"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/student-services/accommodations/">Accommodations</a></li>
954<li id="menu-item-15795" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15795"><a href="https://m365.cloud.microsoft/apps?origindomain=Office&#038;client-request-id=93c36768-ddf1-4866-8bef-7779d0a7647b&#038;fromCode=CsrToSSR&#038;from=NoAccountOnStart">Microsoft Login</a></li>
955<li id="menu-item-14599" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14599"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/contact-us/">Contact Us</a></li>
956<li id="menu-item-15797" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15797"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/employment/">Employment</a></li>
957<li id="menu-item-24318" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-24318"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/commencement/">Commencement</a></li>
958<li id="menu-item-22392" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-22392"><a href="https://criswellcollege.myshopify.com/">Criswell College Merch</a></li>
959 </ul>					<ul class="social-icon">
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961</div>
962		</aside>					</ul>
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965		</div>
966	</nav>
967	<nav id="tray">
968		<span class="menu_close"><span>X</span> CLOSE</span>
969		<div class="container">
970			<div class="row-fluid">
971				<div class="span12">
972					<form role="search" method="get" class="form-menu" action="https://www.criswell.edu">
973						<input type="search" class="box-search" onblur="if (this.value=='') this.value=this.defaultValue" onclick="if (this.defaultValue==this.value) this.value=''"  value="Search" name="s" title="Search for:" >
974						<input type="submit" class="" value="Search">
975					</form>
976				</div>
977			</div>
978			<div class="row-fluid">
979				<div class="span6">
980					<h3>More Information</h3>
981					<ul id="" class="mobile-nav"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15800"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/">Why Criswell?</a></li>
982<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15801"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/advancement/why-give/">Why Give?</a></li>
983<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15802"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/">Financial Aid</a></li>
984<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15803"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/apply/">Apply</a></li>
985<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-21232"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/transcripts/">Request Transcript</a></li>
986<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15805"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/">Registrar</a></li>
987<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-22892"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/college-policies/">College Policies</a></li>
988<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15806"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/library/">Welcome to the Library</a></li>
989<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-23780"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/job-internship-board/">Job and Internship Board</a></li>
990<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-19832"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/campus-response-to-covid-19/">CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE</a></li>
991 </ul>				</div>
992				<div class="span6">
993					<h3>Helpful Links</h3>
994					<ul id="" class="mobile-nav"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15796"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/student-accounts/pay-online/">Student Payments</a></li>
995<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-20304"><a href="https://criswellcollege.checkoutpage.com/give-now">Give</a></li>
996<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15808"><a href="https://wacriswell.com/">Criswell Sermon Library</a></li>
997<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14751"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/current-employees/">Current Employees</a></li>
998<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-24861"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/alumni/">Alumni</a></li>
999<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15822"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/advancement/">Advancement</a></li>
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1003<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14599"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/contact-us/">Contact Us</a></li>
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1005<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-24318"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/commencement/">Commencement</a></li>
1006<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-22392"><a href="https://criswellcollege.myshopify.com/">Criswell College Merch</a></li>
1007 </ul>					<ul class="social-icon">
1008						<aside id="execphp-2" class="widget-even widget-2 widget widget_execphp">			<div class="execphpwidget"><li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/CriswellCollege"><i class="fa fa-facebook fa-2x"></i></a></li> <li class="tw"><a target ="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/CriswellCollege">X<i class="fa-brands fa-x-twitter"></i></a></li> <li class="ins"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.instagram.com/CriswellCollege"><i class="fa fa-instagram fa-2x"></i></a></li>
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1223			<p>We value Baptist history and traditions, but also recognize the importance and value of a denominationally diverse, evangelical student community. Because we believe that theology dictates practice, Criswell provides students with solid, deep, fair-minded theological training while maintaining an institutional commitment to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Baptist Faith and Message (2000) doctrinal statement. Several amendments (in italics) have been added to reflect the theological positions of our founder, Dr. W.A. Criswell, and those to which the C
1223ollege still holds.</p>
1224<h2>I. The Scriptures</h2>
1225<p>The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. <em>It is inerrant and infallible in its original manuscripts which are to be taken as verbally inspired. </em>Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.</p>
1226<p>&nbsp;</p>
1227<h2>II. God</h2>
1228<p>There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections. God is all powerful and all knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.</p>
1229<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong style="line-height: 1.6471;">God the Father</strong></p>
1230<p style="padding-left: 30px;">God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.</p>
1231<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong style="line-height: 1.6471;">God the Son</strong></p>
1232<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience and, in His substitutionary death on the cross, He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever present Lord.</p>
1233<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong style="line-height: 1.6471;">God the Holy Spirit</strong></p>
1234<p style="padding-left: 30px;">The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures. Through illumination, He enables men to understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Savior and effects regeneration. At the moment of regeneration, He baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church. He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ. He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.</p>
1235<p><strong> </strong></p>
1236<h2>III. Man</h2>
1237<p>Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. The gift of gender is thus a part of the goodness of God’s creation. In the beginning, man was innocent of sin and was endowed by his Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice, man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. Through the temptation of Satan, man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original innocence, whereby his posterity inherited a 
1237nature and an environment inclined toward sin. Therefore, as soon as they are capable of moral action, they become transgressors and are under condemnation. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God. The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.</p>
1238<p>&nbsp;</p>
1239<h2>IV. Salvation</h2>
1240<p>Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense, salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.</p>
1241<p>Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of God’s grace whereby believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus. It is a change of heart wrought by the Holy Spirit through conviction of sin, to which the sinner responds in repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Repentance and faith are inseparable experiences of grace. Repentance is a genuine turning from sin toward God. Faith is the acceptance of Jesus Christ and commitment of the entire personality to Him as Lord and Savior.</p>
1242<p>Justification is God’s gracious and full acquittal, upon principles of His righteousness, of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. Justification brings the believer unto a relationship of peace and favor with God.</p>
1243<p>Sanctification is the experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the believer is set apart to God’s purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral and spiritual maturity through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling him. Growth in grace should continue throughout the regenerate person’s life.</p>
1244<p>Glorification is the culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and abiding state of the redeemed.</p>
1245<p>&nbsp;</p>
1246<h2>V. God’s Purpose of Grace</h2>
1247<p>Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is consistent with the free agency of man, and comprehends all the means in connection with the end. It is the glorious display of God’s sovereign goodness, and is infinitely wise, holy, and unchangeable. It excludes boasting and promotes humility. All true believers endure to the end. Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never fall away from the state of grace, but shall persevere to the end. Believers may fall into sin through neglect and temptation, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces and comforts, and bring reproach on the cause of Christ and temporal judgments on themselves; yet they shall be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.</p>
1248<p>&nbsp;</p>
1249<h2>VI. The Church</h2>
1250<p>A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. Each congregation operates under the Lordship of Christ through democratic processes. In such a congregation, each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. Its scriptural officers are pastors and deacons. While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men, as qualified by Scripture. The New Testament speaks also of the church as the Body of Christ which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages, believers from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.</p>
1251<p>&nbsp;</p>
1252<h2>VII. Baptism and The Lord’s Supper</h2>
1253<p>Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.</p>
1254<p>&nbsp;</p>
1255<h2>VIII. The Lord’s Day</h2>
1256<p>The first day of the week is the Lord’s Day. It is a Christian institution for regular observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should include exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private. Activities on the Lord’s Day should be commensurate with the Christian’s conscience under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.</p>
1257<p>&nbsp;</p>
1258<h2>IX. The Kingdom</h2>
1259<p>The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the universe and His particular kingship over men who willfully acknowledge Him as King. Particularly the Kingdom is the realm of salvation into which men enter by trustful, childlike commitment to Jesus Christ. Christians ought to pray and to labor that the Kingdom may come and God’s will be done on earth. The full consummation of the Kingdom awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of this age.</p>
1260<p>&nbsp;</p>
1261<h2>X. Last Things</h2>
1262<p>God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; <em>the dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. After the judgments of God upon this sinful world in the Great Tribulation, Jesus our Lord will come with his saints to establish His millennial kingdom. 
1262</em>Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord.</p>
1263<p>&nbsp;</p>
1264<h2>XI. Evangelism and Missions</h2>
1265<p>It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man’s spirit by God’s Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary efforts on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life, and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness, under-girded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.</p>
1266<p>&nbsp;</p>
1267<h2>XII. Education</h2>
1268<p>Christianity is the faith of enlightenment and intelligence. In Jesus Christ abide all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. All sound learning is, therefore, a part of our Christian heritage. The new birth opens all human faculties and creates a thirst for knowledge. Moreover, the cause of education in the Kingdom of Christ is co-ordinate with the causes of missions and general benevolence, and should receive, along with these, the liberal support of the churches. An adequate system of Christian education is necessary to a complete spiritual program for Christ’s people. In Christian education, there should be a proper balance between academic freedom and academic responsibility. Freedom in any orderly relationship of human life is always limited and never absolute. The freedom of a teacher in a Christian school, college, or seminary is limited by the preeminence of Jesus Christ, by the authoritative nature of the Scriptures, and by the distinct purpose for which the school exists.</p>
1269<p>&nbsp;</p>
1270<h2>XIII. Stewardship</h2>
1271<p>God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and are we owe to Him. Christians have a spiritual debtorship to the whole world, a holy trusteeship in the gospel, and a binding stewardship in their possessions. They are, therefore, under obligation to serve Him with their time, talents, and material possessions, and should recognize all these as entrusted to them to use for the glory of God and for helping others. According to the Scriptures, Christians should contribute of their means cheerfully, regularly, systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of the Redeemer’s cause on earth. <em>The tithe is to be considered the starting place of Christian stewardship.</em></p>
1272<p><em> </em></p>
1273<h2>XIV. Cooperation</h2>
1274<p>Christ’s people should, as occasion requires, organize such associations and conventions as may best secure cooperation for the great objects of the Kingdom of God. Such organizations have no authority over one another or over the churches. They are voluntary and advisory bodies designed to elicit, combine, and direct the energies of our people in the most effective manner. Members of New Testament churches should cooperate with one another in carrying forward the missionary, educational, and benevolent ministries for the extension of Christ’s Kingdom. Christian unity, in the New Testament sense, is spiritual harmony and voluntary cooperation for common ends by various groups of Christ’s people. Cooperation is desirable between the various Christian denominations, when the end to be attained is itself justified, and when such cooperation involves no violation of conscience or compromise of loyalty to Christ and His Word, as revealed in the New Testament.</p>
1275<p>&nbsp;</p>
1276<h2>XV. The Christian and the Social Order</h2>
1277<p>All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives and in human society. Means and methods used for the improvement of society and the establishment of righteou
1277sness among men can be truly and permanently helpful only when they are rooted in the regeneration of the individual by the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. <em>Therefore, the greatest contribution the church can make to social betterment is to bring individual men to a heart changing encounter with Jesus Christ. </em>In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography. We should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick. We should speak on behalf of the unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society as a whole under the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and brotherly love. In order to promote these ends, Christians should be ready to work with all men of good will in any good cause, always being careful to act in the spirit of love, without compromising their loyalty to Christ and His truth.</p>
1278<p><strong> </strong></p>
1279<h2>XVI. Peace and War</h2>
1280<p>It is the duty of Christians to seek peace with all men on principles of righteou
1280sness. In accordance with the spirit and teachings of Christ, they should do all in their power to put an end to war. The true remedy for the war spirit is the Gospel of our Lord. The supreme need of the world is the acceptance of His teachings in all the affairs of men and nations, and the practical application of His law of love. Christian people throughout the world should pray for the reign of the Prince of Peace.</p>
1281<p>&nbsp;</p>
1282<h2>XVII. Religious Liberty</h2>
1283<p>God alone is Lord of the conscience, and He has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men, which are contrary to His Word or not contained in it. Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every church protection and full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends. In providing for such freedom, no ecclesiastical group or denomination should be favored by the state more than others. Civil government being ordained of God, it is the duty of Christians to render loyal obedience thereto in all things not contrary to the revealed will of God. The Church should not resort to the civil power to carry on its work. The Gospel of Christ contemplates spiritual means alone for the pursuit of its ends. The state has no right to impose penalties for religious opinions of any kind. The state has no right to impose taxes for the support of any form of religion. A free church in a free state is the Christian ideal, and this implies the right of free and unhindered access to God on the part of all men, and the right to form and propagate opinions in the sphere of religion without interference by the civil power.</p>
1284<p>&nbsp;</p>
1285<h2>XVIII. The Family</h2>
1286<p>God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption. Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race. The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God’s image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people.</p>
1287<p>A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the Church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband, even as the Church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God, as is her husband, and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation. Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God’s pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.</p>
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1390		<li class="page_item page-item-334"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/types-of-financial-aid/">Types of Financial Aid</a></li>
1391		<li class="page_item page-item-332"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/how-to-apply-2/">Applying for Financial Aid</a></li>
1392		<li class="page_item page-item-11593"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/tuition-and-costs/">Tuition and Costs</a></li>
1393		<li class="page_item page-item-340"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/determination-of-financial-aid/">Eligibility &#038; Determination</a></li>
1394		<li class="page_item page-item-15761"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/net-price-calculator/">Net Price Calculator</a></li>
1395		<li class="page_item page-item-9742"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/forms-and-policies/">Forms &#038; Policies</a></li>
1396		<li class="page_item page-item-22028"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/professional-judgment/">Professional Judgment</a></li>
1397		<li class="page_item page-item-346"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/faq/">FAQs</a></li>
1398		<li class="page_item page-item-15476 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/student-accounts/">Student Accounts</a>
1399		<ul class='children'>
1400			<li class="page_item page-item-2074"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/student-accounts/payment-options/">Payment Options</a></li>
1401			<li class="page_item page-item-2077"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/student-accounts/pay-online/">Pay Online</a></li>
1402		</ul>
1403</li>
1404	</ul>
1405</li>
1406	<li class="page_item page-item-213"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/visit/">Visit</a></li>
1407</ul>
1408</li>
1409<li class="page_item page-item-20734"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/alumni/">Alumni</a></li>
1410<li class="page_item page-item-20772"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-programas-espanol/">Centro Pastoral &#8211; Programas en Español</a></li>
1411<li class="page_item page-item-20762"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-church-admin/">Centro Pastoral Church Administrative Resources</a></li>
1412<li class="page_item page-item-20768"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-church-finances/">Centro Pastoral Church Finance Resources</a></li>
1413<li class="page_item page-item-20888"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centropastoralconnect/">Centro Pastoral Connect</a></li>
1414<li class="page_item page-item-20901"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centropastoralconnect-2/">Centro Pastoral Connect English</a></li>
1415<li class="page_item page-item-20770"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-education/">Centro Pastoral Educational Resources</a></li>
1416<li class="page_item page-item-20728"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-family/">Centro Pastoral Family Resources</a></li>
1417<li class="page_item page-item-20693"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centropastoral/">Centro Pastoral Hispano</a></li>
1418<li class="page_item page-item-20870"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centropastoral-english/">Centro Pastoral Hispano &#8211; English</a></li>
1419<li class="page_item page-item-20759"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-leadership/">Centro Pastoral Leadership Resources</a></li>
1420<li class="page_item page-item-20777"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-legal/">Centro Pastoral Legal Resources</a></li>
1421<li class="page_item page-item-20775"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-media/">Centro Pastoral Media Resources</a></li>
1422<li class="page_item page-item-20761"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-mental-health/">Centro Pastoral Mental Health Resources</a></li>
1423<li class="page_item page-item-20758"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-ministerial/">Centro Pastoral Ministerial Resources</a></li>
1424<li class="page_item page-item-20778"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-ministry/">Centro Pastoral Ministry Resources</a></li>
1425<li class="page_item page-item-20760"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-personal-finances/">Centro Pastoral Personal Finance Resources</a></li>
1426<li class="page_item page-item-20724"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-recursos/">Centro Pastoral Recursos</a></li>
1427<li class="page_item page-item-20905"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-resources/">Centro Pastoral Resources</a></li>
1428<li class="page_item page-item-20733"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-retreats-vacations/">Centro Pastoral Retreat/Vacation Resources</a></li>
1429<li class="page_item page-item-20731"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-sabbaticals/">Centro Pastoral Sabbatical Resources</a></li>
1430<li class="page_item page-item-20865"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-spiritual/">Centro Pastoral Spiritual Resources</a></li>
1431<li class="page_item page-item-20776"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-technology/">Centro Pastoral Technology Resources</a></li>
1432<li class="page_item page-item-20771"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/centro-theological/">Centro Pastoral Theological Resources</a></li>
1433<li class="page_item page-item-23605"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/job-internship-board/">Job &#038; Internship Board</a></li>
1434<li class="page_item page-item-19559"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/scholarships/">Scholarships</a></li>
1435<li class="page_item page-item-25184"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/shaped-and-sent/">
1435Shaped and Sent</a></li>
1436<li class="page_item page-item-15343 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/my-criswell/">My Criswell</a>
1437<ul class='children'>
1438	<li class="page_item page-item-15345"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/my-criswell/program-maps/">Program Maps</a></li>
1439</ul>
1440</li>
1441<li class="page_item page-item-10 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/">Academics</a>
1442<ul class='children'>
1443	<li class="page_item page-item-15290"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/bs-in-education/">B.S. in Education</a></li>
1444	<li class="page_item page-item-15335"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/criswell-360/">Criswell 360°</a></li>
1445	<li class="page_item page-item-15296"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/ma-in-christian-leadership/">M.A. in Christian Leadership</a></li>
1446	<li class="page_item page-item-15304"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/ma-in-christian-studies/">M.A. in Christian Studies</a></li>
1447	<li class="page_item page-item-15309"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/ma-in-theological-biblical-studies/">M.A. in Theological &#038; Biblical Studies</a></li>
1448	<li class="page_item page-item-15311"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/master-of-divinity/">Master of Divinity</a></li>
1449	<li class="page_item page-item-15276"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/ba-in-psychology/">BA in Psychology</a></li>
1450	<li class="page_item page-item-15271 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/ba-in-philosophy-politics-and-economics/">BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics</a>
1451	<ul class='children'>
1452		<li class="page_item page-item-976"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/ba-in-philosophy-politics-and-economics/the-criswell-institute-for-philosophy-politics-economics/">The Criswell Institute for Philosophy, Politics, &#038; Economics</a></li>
1453	</ul>
1454</li>
1455	<li class="page_item page-item-15225"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/ba-in-christian-ministry/">B.A. in Christian Ministry</a></li>
1456	<li class="page_item page-item-14948"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/ba-in-biblical-studies/">B.A. in Biblical Studies</a></li>
1457	<li class="page_item page-item-14937"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/associate-of-arts/">Associate of Arts</a></li>
1458	<li class="page_item page-item-7164"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-program-cip-codes/">Academic Program CIP Codes</a></li>
1459	<li class="page_item page-item-2491"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/faculty/">Faculty</a></li>
1460	<li class="page_item page-item-15332"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/welcome-from-academics/">Welcome from Academics</a></li>
1461	<li class="page_item page-item-14872 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/library/">Welcome to the Library</a>
1462	<ul class='children'>
1463		<li class="page_item page-item-228"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/library/databases/">Databases</a></li>
1464	</ul>
1465</li>
1466	<li class="page_item page-item-2868"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/student-achievement-2/">Student Achievement</a></li>
1467	<li class="page_item page-item-235 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/">Academic Resources</a>
1468	<ul class='children'>
1469		<li class="page_item page-item-3836"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/verifications/">Educational Verifications</a></li>
1470		<li class="page_item page-item-1091"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/academic-catalog/">Academic Catalog</a></li>
1471		<li class="page_item page-item-1106"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/academic-calendar/">Academic Calendar</a></li>
1472		<li class="page_item page-item-250"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-schedules/">Course Schedules</a></li>
1473		<li class="page_item page-item-15348 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/services-and-support/">Services and Support</a>
1474		<ul class='children'>
1475			<li class="page_item page-item-240"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/services-and-support/tutoring-center/">Tutoring Center</a></li>
1476			<li class="page_item page-item-242"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/services-and-support/academic-advising/">Academic Advising</a></li>
1477			<li class="page_item page-item-401"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/services-and-support/canvas-sonis-email/">Canvas, SONIS, Email</a></li>
1478		</ul>
1479</li>
1480		<li class="page_item page-item-645"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/student-forms/">Student Forms</a></li>
1481		<li class="page_item page-item-248 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/transcripts/">Transcripts</a>
1482		<ul class='children'>
1483			<li class="page_item page-item-364"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/transcripts/dallas-bible-collegewoodcrest-college/">Dallas Bible College/Woodcrest College</a></li>
1484		</ul>
1485</li>
1486		<li class="page_item page-item-21654"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/acadeum-courses/">Acadeum Courses</a></li>
1487		<li class="page_item page-item-354"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/registration/">Registration</a></li>
1488		<li class="page_item page-item-4491"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/graduation/">Graduation</a></li>
1489		<li class="page_item page-item-252 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/">Booklists/Course Syllabi</a>
1490		<ul class='children'>
1491			<li class="page_item page-item-16532"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/fall-2020-course-syllabi/">Fall 2020 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1492			<li class="page_item page-item-18049"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/fall-2021-course-syllabi/">Fall 2021 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1493			<li class="page_item page-item-19320"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/fall-2022-course-syllabi/">Fall 2022 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1494			<li class="page_item page-item-21138"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/fall-2023-course-syllabi/">Fall 2023 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1495			<li class="page_item page-item-22518"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/fall-2024-course-syllabi/">Fall 2024 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1496			<li class="page_item page-item-23792"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/fall-2025-course-syllabi-2/">Fall 2025 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1497			<li class="page_item page-item-25432"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/fall-2026/">Fall 2026</a></li>
1498			<li class="page_item page-item-17427"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/spring-2021-course-syllabi/">Spring 2021 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1499			<li class="page_item page-item-18675"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/spring-2022-course-syllabi/">Spring 2022 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1500			<li class="page_item page-item-20030"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/spring-2023-course-syllabi/">Spring 2023 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1501			<li class="page_item page-item-21783"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/spring-2024-course-syllabi/">Spring 2024 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1502			<li class="page_item page-item-23490"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/spring-2025/">Spring 2025</a></li>
1503			<li class="page_item page-item-25387"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/spring-2026/">Spring 2026</a></li>
1504			<li class="page_item page-item-16516"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/summer-2020-course-syllabi/">Summer 2020 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1505			<li class="page_item page-item-17735"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/summer-2021-course-syllabi/">Summer 2021 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1506			<li class="page_item page-item-18933"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/summer-2022-course-syllabi/">Summer 2022 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1507			<li class="page_item page-item-20674"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/20674-2/">Summer 2023 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1508			<li class="page_item page-item-22307"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/summer-2024-course-syllabi/">Summer 2024 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1509			<li class="page_item page-item-23484"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/summer-2025/">Summer 2025</a></li>
1510			<li class="page_item page-item-14141"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/spring-2020-course-syllabi/">Spring 2020 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1511			<li class="page_item page-item-13675"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/winter-2019-course-syllabi/">Winter 2019 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1512			<li class="page_item page-item-13141"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/fall-2019-course-syllabi/">Fall 2019 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1513			<li class="page_item page-item-12467"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/summer-2019-course-syllabi/">Summer 2019 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1514			<li class="page_item page-item-11536"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/spring-2019/">Spring 2019 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1515			<li class="page_item page-item-11150"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/winter-2018-course-syllabi/">Winter 2018 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1516			<li class="page_item page-item-10429"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/fall-2018-course-syllabi/">Fall 2018 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1517			<li class="page_item page-item-7596"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/course-syllabi/summer-2016-course-syllabi/">Summer 2018 Course Syllabi</a></li>
1518		</ul>
1519</li>
1520		<li class="page_item page-item-22081"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/teaching-institute/">Criswell College Teaching Institution</a></li>
1521		<li class="page_item page-item-362"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/va-education-benefits-information/">VA Education Benefits</a></li>
1522		<li class="page_item page-item-254 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/ferpa/">FERPA</a>
1523		<ul class='children'>
1524			<li class="page_item page-item-1495"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/ferpa/p11/">Identifiable Information</a></li>
1525			<li class="page_item page-item-1493"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/academic-resources/ferpa/directory-information/">Directory Information</a></li>
1526		</ul>
1527</li>
1528	</ul>
1529</li>
1530</ul>
1531</li>
1532<li class="page_item page-item-15442 page_item_has_children current_page_ancestor current_page_parent"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/">About</a>
1533<ul class='children'>
1534	<li class="page_item page-item-14736"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/accreditation/">Accreditation</a></li>
1535	<li class="page_item page-item-188"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/history-and-heritage/">History &#038; Heritage</a></li>
1536	<li class="page_item page-item-190 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/office-of-the-president/">Office of the President</a>
1537	<ul class='children'>
1538		<li class="page_item page-item-194"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/office-of-the-president/board-of-trustees/">2026 Board of Trustees</a></li>
1539		<li class="page_item page-item-196"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-cabinet/">President&#8217;s Cabinet</a></li>
1540	</ul>
1541</li>
1542	<li class="page_item page-item-200 current_page_item"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/articles-of-faith/" aria-current="page"><span class="dojodigital_toggle_title">Articles of Faith</span></a></li>
1543	<li class="page_item page-item-202"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/mission-values-goals/">Mission, Values, &#038; Goals</a></li>
1544	<li class="page_item page-item-198"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/about/media-publications/">Media &#038; Publications</a></li>
1545</ul>
1546</li>
1547<li class="page_item page-item-432"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/events/">Events</a></li>
1548<li class="page_item page-item-260 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/">Life at Criswell</a>
1549<ul class='children'>
1550	<li class="page_item page-item-8142"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/ministry-opportunity/">Employers &#038; Ministries Form</a></li>
1551	<li class="page_item page-item-270 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/spiritual-life/">Spiritual Life</a>
1552	<ul class='children'>
1553		<li class="page_item page-item-967"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/spiritual-life/chapel-messages/">Chapel Messages</a></li>
1554	</ul>
1555</li>
1556	<li class="page_item page-item-272 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/">Housing &#038; Location</a>
1557	<ul class='children'>
1558		<li class="page_item page-item-1596 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/campus-safety/">Campus Safety</a>
1559		<ul class='children'>
1560			<li class="page_item page-item-1601"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/campus-safety/identification-cards/">Identification Cards</a></li>
1561			<li class="page_item page-item-1604"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/campus-safety/vehicle-parking-information/">Vehicle Parking Information</a></li>
1562			<li class="page_item page-item-1610"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/campus-safety/clery-statistics/">Clery Statistics</a></li>
1563			<li class="page_item page-item-1620"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/campus-safety/policies/">Safety Policies</a></li>
1564			<li class="page_item page-item-5508 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/campus-safety/title-ix/">Title IX</a>
1565			<ul class='children'>
1566				<li class="page_item page-item-8652"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/campus-safety/title-ix/title-ix-reporting/">Title IX Reporting</a></li>
1567			</ul>
1568</li>
1569		</ul>
1570</li>
1571	</ul>
1572</li>
1573	<li class="page_item page-item-371 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/student-services/">Student Services</a>
1574	<ul class='children'>
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1576		<li class="page_item page-item-14909"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/student-services/student-employment/">Student and Alumni Employment Opportunities</a></li>
1577		<li class="page_item page-item-23225"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/student-services/accommodations/">Accommodations</a></li>
1578		<li class="page_item page-item-23943"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/student-services/international-office/">Criswell Student International Office</a></li>
1579		<li class="page_item page-item-8184"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/student-services/it-support/">IT Support</a></li>
1580		<li class="page_item page-item-15537"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/student-services/counseling-and-psychology-association/">Counseling and Psychology Association (CAPA)</a></li>
1581		<li class="page_item page-item-15534"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-cris
1581well/student-services/criswell-student-ministry/">Criswell Student Ministry</a></li>
1582		<li class="page_item page-item-15538"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/student-services/student-government-association/">Student Government Association (SGA)</a></li>
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1594
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1596	<div class="footer-part-one">
1597		<div class="container">
1598			<div class="row-fluid">
1599				<div class="span7">
1600					<div class="window">
1601											</div>
1602					<div class="iphone">
1603											</div>
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1605				<div class="span5">
1606					<aside id="nav_menu-11" class="widget-odd widget-last widget-first widget-1 widget widget_nav_menu"><div class="menu-footer-right-menu-container"><ul id="menu-footer-right-menu" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-14595" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14595"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/request-info/">Request Info</a></li>
1607<li id="menu-item-14596" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14596"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/visit/">Schedule A Visit</a></li>
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1611		</div>
1612	</div>
1613	<div class="footer-part-two">
1614		<div class="window">
1615			<div class="container">
1616				<div class="row-fluid">
1617					<div class="span4">
1618						<div class="footer-logo"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu"><img src="https://www.criswell.edu/wp-content/themes/criswell/images/footer-logo.png"  /></a></div>
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1620						<aside id="execphp-3" class="widget-odd widget-last widget-first widget-1 widget widget_execphp">			<div class="execphpwidget"><div style="color: #FFFFFF;">
1621  4010 Gaston Avenue<br />
1622  Dallas, TX 75246-1537<br />
1623  214.821.5433<br />
1624  800.899.0012<br />
1625  214.370.0497 fax
1626</div></div>
1627		</aside>						</address>
1628					</div>
1629					<div class="span4">
1630						<h4>HELPFUL LINKS</h4>
1631						<ul id="" class="footer-links"><li id="menu-item-1119" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1119"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/apply/">Apply</a></li>
1632<li id="menu-item-2703" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2703"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/contact-us/">Contact Us</a></li>
1633<li id="menu-item-8834" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-8834"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/campus-safety/title-ix/">Title IX</a></li>
1634<li id="menu-item-15841" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15841"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/advancement/alumni-welcome/">Alumni Welcome</a></li>
1635<li id="menu-item-20300" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-20300"><a href="https://criswellcollege.checkoutpage.com/give-now">Give</a></li>
1636<li id="menu-item-22394" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-22394"><a href="https://criswellcollege.myshopify.com/">Criswell College Merch</a></li>
1637</ul>					</div>
1638					<div class="span4">
1639						<h4>SOCIAL</h4>
1640						<ul class="social-icon">
1641							<aside id="execphp-2" class="widget-odd widget-3 widget widget_execphp">			<div class="execphpwidget"><li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/CriswellCollege"><i class="fa fa-facebook fa-2x"></i></a></li> <li class="tw"><a target ="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/CriswellCollege">X<i class="fa-brands fa-x-twitter"></i></a></li> <li class="ins"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.instagram.com/CriswellCollege"><i class="fa fa-instagram fa-2x"></i></a></li>
1642</div>
1643		</aside>						</ul>
1644					</div>
1645				</div>
1646				<div class="row-fluid">
1647					<div class="span12">
1648						<ul id="" class="bottom-links"><li id="menu-item-122" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-122"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/academics/">Degree Programs</a></li>
1649<li id="menu-item-10887" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10887"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/employment/">Employment</a></li>
1650<li id="menu-item-6934" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-6934"><a href="https://www.wacriswell.com/">Criswell Sermon Library</a></li>
1651<li id="menu-item-15840" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15840"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/advancement/">Advancement</a></li>
1652</ul>					</div>
1653				</div>
1654			</div>
1655		</div>
1656		<div class="iphone">
1657			<div class="container">
1658				<div class="footer-logo"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu"><img src="https://www.criswell.edu/wp-content/themes/criswell/images/footer-logo.png"  /></a></div>
1659				<div class="div-links">
1660					<h4>HELPFUL LINKS</h4>
1661					<ul class="footer-links">
1662						<ul id="" class=""><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1119"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/admissions/apply/">Apply</a></li>
1663<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2703"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/contact-us/">Contact Us</a></li>
1664<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-8834"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/life-at-criswell/housing-and-location/campus-safety/title-ix/">Title IX</a></li>
1665<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15841"><a href="https://www.criswell.edu/advancement/alumni-welcome/">Alumni Welcome</a></li>
1666<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-20300"><a href="https://criswellcollege.checkoutpage.com/give-now">Give</a></li>
1667<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-22394"><a href="https://criswellcollege.myshopify.com/">Criswell College Merch</a></li>
1668</ul>					</ul>
1669				</div>
1670				<ul class="social-icon">
1671					<aside id="execphp-2" class="widget-even widget-4 widget widget_execphp">			<div class="execphpwidget"><li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/CriswellCollege"><i class="fa fa-facebook fa-2x"></i></a></li> <li class="tw"><a target ="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/CriswellCollege">X<i class="fa-brands fa-x-twitter"></i></a></li> <li class="ins"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.instagram.com/CriswellCollege"><i class="fa fa-instagram fa-2x"></i></a></li>
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1673		</aside>				</ul>
1674				<address>
1675				<aside id="execphp-3" class="widget-even widget-2 widget widget_execphp">			<div class="execphpwidget"><div style="color: #FFFFFF;">
1676  4010 Gaston Avenue<br />
1677  Dallas, TX 75246-1537<br />
1678  214.821.5433<br />
1679  800.899.0012<br />
1680  214.370.0497 fax
1681</div></div>
1682		</aside>				</address>
1683				<div class="five-bg"><a href="javascript:void();">&nbsp;</a></div>
1684			</div>
1685		</div>
1686	</div>
1687</div>
1688<div class="non-discrimination">
1689<strong>NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION</strong><br>
1690Criswell College admits students who are Christians of good character, without regard or reference to race, national or ethnic origin, color, age, disability, or sex (except where regard to sex is required by the College’s religious tenets regarding gender and sexuality) to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of these classifications in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
1691</div>
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