There are many evangelical schools for training ministers, thereby offering the M.Div degree, but comparatively few that offer the Ph.D or Th.D. Here is the list of accredited programs. I am not counting here Missions degrees or Leadership degrees.
Of these, which are evangelical of some stripe? For purposes of this discussion, I'm focusing on Bible or Theology related Ph.Ds, not missions, etc.
Southern Baptist Schools
- Southeastern Baptist (Wake Forest, NC) — From the fundamentalist branch of the SBC. You are likely to learn the Bible here!
- Southwestern Baptist (Fort Worth, TX)– The largest seminary Ph.D degree granting program. Recently taken over by Paige Patterson and the conservative Baptists as well. Except for the lack of openness to the Charismatic gifts, this can only be a good thing.
- Southern Seminary (Louisville, KY) — The Calvinist Baptist seminary. Probably the highest academic standards of the SBC.
- New Orleans Theological
- Golden Gate Theological
Other Schools
- Regent University (VA) has a new Ph.D in Renewal Theology. Great option for Pentecostals.
- Asbury (Wilmore, KY) also has a new program in Biblical Studies
- Westminster Theological (Philadelphia) — Very Calvinist and very academic. Westminster was founded in the early 1900s by the conservative Princeton professors who were against the liberal takeover.
- Dallas Theological — The Cessationist school. The big dispensational school. This may not be good for your Spiritual health. It was not for Jack Deere.
- Trinity Evangelical (Chicago) — Theological Studies. One of the top academic schools for evangelicals.
- Wheaton (Ph.D) — Biblical and Theological studies. They only accept 6 students a year, and they are fully funded. Greg Beale who is a great teacher and on the cutting edge of amillennial hermeneutics is on the faculty.
