Expository Preaching Program

Our Objectives

To teach the Biblical basis and the benefits of expository preaching.
To teach the practical principles of expository preaching.
To teach methods of Bible study.
To give the tools for sound interpretation, explanation, exposition, and application of Scripture.

The school offers a two-year course of expository preaching. In addition to various homework assignments, there are 4 one-week modules (2 modules per year). This means that students have two full weeks of resident work. During the program, students will take the following courses:

1^st Semester: Fundamentals of Expository Preaching
2^nd Semester: Hermeneutics and Exegesis
3^rd Semester: Hermeneutics and Biblical Genres
4^th Semester: Grammar and Preaching Labs

Expository Preaching Program Faculty

Prof. Dan Dumas Professor Dan Dumas is serving as Executive Pastor, Pastor of Cornerstone Fellowship Group (a ministry to young married and families), Adult and Family ministries, and Conferences at Grace Community Church. Dan graduated from The Master's Seminary in 2001. His undergraduate work is in Biblical Studies from The Criswell College in Dallas, Texas. Dan has served as College Singles Pastor at the Westside Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida and Cottage Hill Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama. He is married to his partner in ministry, Jane, and they have one son, Aidan Scott Dumas.

Prof. Rick Holland Professor Rick Holland is the staff elder and director of Student Ministries, as well as the College Pastor at Grace Community Church. He has served in youth ministry for 22 years and teaches as Adjunct Professor of Youth Ministries at The Master’s College. Dr. Holland is also Director of D.Min. Studies at The Master’s Seminary and a Faculty Associate in Homiletcs. A native of Tennessee, he has earned degrees from the University of Tennessee (B.S.), The Master’s Seminary (M.Div.), and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (D. Min.). Rick and his wife Kim have 3 sons.

Prof. Steve Kreloff Professor Steven Kreloff is the Pastor/Teacher of Lakeside Community Chapel in Clearwater, Florida. The emphasis of his ministry is the expository teaching of the Word of God. Steve is a Jewish Christian who received Jesus as Messiah, Lord, and Savior, while a student at the University of South Florida. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and Tampa Bay Theological Seminary. His book, Expository Preaching and Teaching, has been published in Italian. Steve serves on the board of Aurora Ministries.