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IHCS

The Institute for Hebraic Christian Studies was founded by Dr. Richard Booker and offers courses at the McKinney campus at the Bethany Center. The classes are conducted and taught by Dr. Victoria Sarvadi, a graduate of IHCS Houston, and Chaplain Lisa Depew, a graduate of IHCS McKinney. The institute offers 6 courses that consists of 12 classes in each course. Each year we provide 3 courses in the form of trimesters and will take 2 years to complete the degree.

Those who want to earn an Associates Degree in Hebraic-Christian Studies may do so by answering the questions at the end of each lesson and submitting their answers either on paper or electronically through email on a Word Document. Students who are not interested in earning the diploma need not submit their answers. Classes may be attended through Zoom or in person. Everyone must register.

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UPCOMING IHCS CLASSES

COMING IN 2025

JR 100

Discovering Jesus in the Covenants & Rituals – January 13th – April 7th, 2025

We are taking off the night of February 17th, no classes this day.

Every Monday evening at 7:00pm on Zoom

The purpose of this course is to help the student understand the various covenants in the Hebrew Scriptures with a special emphasis on the blood covenant. The student learns the basic blood covenant ritual and God revealed it to Adam, Abraham, Moses and the prophets as a picture of the blood of the everlasting covenant He has made for us through Messiah Jesus.

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JR 200

Discovering Jesus in the Sabbaths and Feasts – May 12th – July 28th, 2025

Every Monday evening at 7:00pm on Zoom

The purpose of this course is to help the student understand why God gave the Sabbath(s) and Feasts in the Hebrew Scriptures.The student will study the meaning of the Sabbath, when and how it is to be kept, and by whom.The student will also study the biblical Feasts as a foreshadowing of the Messiah as well as other Jewish holidays.

JR 300

Israel and the Nations in History and Prophesy – September 8th – November 24th

Every Monday evening at 7:00pm on Zoom

This course is to help the student understand God’s plan for Israel and the nations in history and prophecy. The student will gain an overview of the entire history of the Jewish people including their past glory and suffering, present crisis and future hope. The student will also study the prophecies of the Messiah in the Hebrew Scriptures in light of their fulfillment in Jesus.

COMING IN 2026

JR 400

Jesus and the first Century Church – January 19th – April 13th, 2026 (Off February 16th)

Every Monday evening at 7:00pm on Zoom

The purpose of this course is to help the student understand the various covenants in the Hebrew Scriptures with a special emphasis on the blood covenant. The student learns the basic blood covenant ritual and God revealed it to Adam, Abraham, Moses and the prophets as a picture of the blood of the everlasting covenant He has made for us through Messiah Jesus.

JR 500

Judaism and Christianity: Abraham to the Holocaust – June 15th – August 31st, 2026

Every Monday evening at 7:00pm on Zoom

The purpose of this course is to help students understand the history of the Jewish people from the call of Abraham, through the First Testament, between the Testaments, the New Testament, the Roman era, and Christian-Jewish history from Constantine through the Holocaust. This is God’s redemptive history of His people, both Jews and Christians.

JR 600

Judaism and Christianity: Faith, Customs, and Traditions – September 28th – December 14th, 2026

Every Monday evening at 7:00pm on Zoom

This course will help the student understand basic Jewish beliefs and practices and how they relate to Christianity and the Messiah. Students discover how Biblical Judaism and Biblical Christianity are the same while learning how they differ based on ancient traditions and practices that are important to both faiths today.

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