Bachelor's Degree in

Christian Business Administration

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BCBA - Christian Business Administration

Ministries and Businesses share a lot of common fundamentals.  Leaders need to know how to manage people, control finances, and market successfully.


A degree in Christian Business Administration will empower you to achieve organizational objectives, start your own ministry or business, and lead. You will learn how to manage a team with a solid Biblical foundation and a Christian worldview.


As part of your degree, you’ll study the management of organizations, people, and projects along with courses in operations management, entrepreneurship, international business, human resource management, and ministry leadership. 


At HBC, our faculty prepare you to enter the highly competitive market with confidence. You’ll be nurtured to become a leader who can successfully manage small, medium, and large ministries or organizations anywhere in the world. You will engage in practical courses in organizational behavior, human resources, supply chain management, communication, entrepreneurship, and general management.


Churches, Non-profits, and businesses all need leaders who are trained, ready, and willing to do the work.  Are you up for the challenge?


Career Opportunities

  • Executive Pastor
  • Business Manager
  • Executive Director of Non-Profit Organization
  • H.R. Representative
  • Operations and Supply Chain Management

Measurable Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate ethical decision-making by applying biblical principles and moral leadership to guide business practices with integrity and accountability.
  2. Embrace servant leadership by cultivating teamwork, mentoring others, and leading with humility, compassion, and a Christ-centered perspective.
  3. Formulate and implement sound business strategies that integrate financial stewardship with biblical values to promote sustainable and responsible organizational growth.
  4. Communicate effectively to foster collaboration, resolve conflicts biblically, and influence others through ethical and Christ-like leadership.


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Required Courses

Bachelor of Christian Business Administration: 120 credit hours

(normal completion: 8 semesters for full-time students)

General Studies (33 Credit Hours)

  1. EAS 101 Enhancing Academic Skills
  2. ENG 101 English Composition I
  3. ENG 102 English Composition II
  4. ENG 301 English Literature or ENG 302 American Literature
  5. SCI 210 Scientific Methods and Applications 
  6. LS 201 Survey of Leadership
  7. MATH 105 Business Math
  8. PF 101 Personal Finance
  9. PSY 202 Introduction to Psychology
  10. SP 102 Public Speaking
  11. WOR 201 Worship and Performing Arts




Christian Business Core Courses (39 credit hours)


  1. ACC 201 Principles of Accounting for Ministry Leaders
  2. ACC 202 Advanced Principles of Accounting for Ministry Leaders
  3. BUS 200 Principles of Marketing for Ministry
  4. BUS 203 Organizational Behavior
  5. BUS 204 Human Resource Management
  6. BUS 205 Business Analytics
  7. BUS 206 Ministry Financial Management
  8. BUS 301 Entrepreneurship in Ministry
  9. BUS 302 Management Information Systems
  10. ECON 201 Economics
  11. CBA 202 Communication in Ministry
  12. LS 304 Skill Formation of a Leader
  13. CBA 405 Christian Business Strategy Capstone



Practicum Courses (6 credit hours)



  1. CBA 401 Service Learning in Christian Business Administration
  2. CBA 402 Ministry Field Experience and Career Readiness


Biblical and Theological Studies (24 Credit Hours)

  1. BI 101 Introduction to the Bible
  2. BI 103 Bible Study Methods
  3. BI 201 Old Testament Survey
  4. BI 202 New Testament Survey
  5. Bible Elective-Choose any BI course listed below
  6. Bible Elective- Choose any BI course listed below
  • BI 301 Pentateuch
  • BI 302 Historical Books
  • BI 303 Life of Christ and the Gospels
  • BI 304 Acts and the Journeys of Paul
  • BI 401 Poetic Books
  • BI 403 Pastoral and General Epistles
  • BI 405 Hebrew Prophets

    7. TH 211 Basic Christian Doctrine

    8.  TH 404 Principles of the Christian Life (Ethics)


Ministry Management Concentration Courses (18 credit hours)


  1. BUS 310 Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
  2. BUS 311 Project Management
  3. LS 401 Strategic Formation of a Leader
  4. BUS 313 Data-Driven Decision Making
  5. BUS 314 Organizational Development
  6. BUS 315 Virtual Ministry and Remote Team Management