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In addition to providing 18 hours of course credit for each four-year graduate of the college, the Pacific Union College Department of Religion offers two majors and a minor for those who desire a more intensive study of the Bible and the Christian faith. Students who seek to prepare themselves for successful service as ministers, church workers, or active Christian lay workers will find both theoretical and practical information in their religion courses along with spiritual inspiration.

Small classes allow each student to receive individualized attention from professors who are concerned with the well-being and spiritual commitment of the student. Professors incorporate personal experience into the classes, and students have the opportunity to plan and participate in church services and engage in community service. A biblical basis for Christian ministry and how religion affects society are emphasized in our theology program.

Fast Facts

  • The department seeks to prepare its students for a lifetime of relevant, effective Christian ministry and service.
  • We are committed to training ambassadors for Christ to represent His cause throughout the world.
  • Our graduates have gone on to serve the church and society through careers in pastoral ministry, church administration, missions, medicine, teaching, allied health, music, law, and many others, and have had a significant impact on the church and society.

Religion

Pacific Union College
One Angwin Avenue
Angwin, CA 94508


Phone: (707) 965-6206
Fax: (707) 965-6519
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  • A Spirit of Rejuvenation: The Religion Department Retreat On occasion there is a banner hung in the Pacific Union College Church that reads "Where Nature and Revelation Unite." That sentiment was experienced in depth at the 2009 Religion Department Retreat to PUC's Albion Field Station.
  • Department Update Aimee Wyrick, biology, and Myron Widmer, religion, attended the Geoscience Research Institute's (GRI) second Conference on Teaching Origins. The meeting was held in early August in Colorado Springs. Aimee presented a paper entitled "Using surveys to start the conversation on science and origins." They participated in an all-day fieldtrip including a visit to an historic fossil quarry where "type" specimens of T. rex and other "really cool" dinosaurs were excavated. Aimee also had a chance to drive to the top of Pike's Peak — which she calls "quite an experience!!"
  • Theology Club Participates in Oakland Street Ministry Every week the Oakland Grand Avenue Seventh-day Adventist Church engages the community with a street ministry of healing. Led by church member Milton Hare, the ministry seeks out the needy and marginalized.