Jessup University Redesigns and Relaunches Multnomah Biblical Seminary
Jessup University offers five graduate degrees in their redesigned and relaunched Multnomah Biblical Seminary
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October 29, 2017
Headlines: November 2017
By Chris Moon  App Pays Off Student”s Loan Jordan Shelton had a very good day this summer.  The staffer at CMF International was chosen in a random drawing to have his $33,407 in student loans paid off by a trivia game app that seeks to eradicate student loan debt.  According to Indianapolis news station Fox 59, Shelton is a graduate of Manhattan (Kan.) Christian College. Shelton had played the free app, Givling, which uses crowdfunding through in-app purchases to enable it to pay off student loans to randomly selected participants.  The app”s mission, according to the news station, is
August 17, 2014
Charting Some Changes (a Seminary Professor’s Reflections)
By Robert Hull Professor of New Testament, Emeritus, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Johnson City, Tennessee I have had the rare privilege of spending my entire teaching career (33 years) at Emmanuel Christian Seminary in Johnson City, Tennessee. With all the caveats about the risks of generalizing, here are my reflections on some changes during the last couple of decades. The Students Educationally, about half our students come from Christian colleges or universities (20 years ago we would have said “Bible colleges”) and the other half from secular colleges or universities. Some of them are ready to hit the ground running, but
October 4, 2009
Preparing for Ministry, Preparing for Community, Preparing for Change
 by S. J. Dahlman Emmanuel School of Religion President Robert Wetzel retired in May, succeeded by Michael Sweeney. A few days before the transition, the two men sat down to talk about the once and future seminary.    In his 15 years as president of Emmanuel School of Religion, Robert Wetzel saw how seminary education must include more than simply learning theology, history, and ministry methods in a classroom. Intellectual rigor and academic discipline are crucial to Wetzel, but the education must “make it more than that. It must be head and heart.” Wetzel retired at the
How Cincinnati Bible Seminary Is Training Second-Career Ministers
By J. Michael Shannon Cincinnati (Ohio) Bible Seminary (www.ccuniversity.edu) Cincinnati Bible Seminary, the graduate division of Cincinnati Christian University, has been a pioneer for 25 years in nontraditional scheduling. CBS offers an array of options that make it possible for virtually anyone to receive the benefit of ministerial education from a well-qualified, experienced faculty at a regionally and professionally accredited institution. The seminary offers Monday-only classes, Tuesday-only classes and Thursday-night-only classes. The school also offers weeklong intensive classes in the summer and winter. One of the most popular formats is a 2-2-2 class; these are classes that meet two days
How Lincoln Christian Seminary Is Training Second-Career Ministers
By Paul E. Boatman Lincoln (Illinois) Christian Seminary (www.lccs.edu) Seminary students are an increasingly diverse lot. The 88 students entering Lincoln Christian Seminary (LCS) in the fall of 2007 all hold at least a bachelor”s degree from one of 37 colleges or universities. Of those students: 32 (36 percent) are female; 37 (42 percent) are between 30 and 57 years of age; just 33 (38 percent) are age 25 or younger””the traditional age for beginning graduate school; 60 (68 percent) are Bible college graduates; and the other 28 (32 percent) come from universities. The reasons for entering seminary vary widely,
July 17, 2005
How You Can Help the Preacher Shortage
Phyllis Fox warns of a coming minister shortage and urges churches to recruit, call, and train young people. She highlights practical steps: support God’s call, partner with parents, build relationships, and give teens real opportunities to serve.
Equipping Leaders from Within: Partnerships
David Faust reflects on how Bible college and seminary shaped his Scripture understanding, ministry skills, and lifelong learning—and why churches and schools still need to partner to equip leaders well.
May 15, 2005
Equipping Leaders from Within: We Need Each Other
As churches grow and plant new congregations, the need for trained leaders rises. Tom Jones argues for deeper church–seminary partnership to develop both more workers and better-prepared workers for ministry.
