Archive for April, 2008

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Using Mentors in Seminary

Having a learning coach or ministry mentor is a great way to leverage your seminary experience.
Our research on theological education as well as surveys with people in the field led us to make mentoring a significant part of our learning model. Many seminaries will involve mentoring during the last two semesters of their study [...]

April 28th, 2008 | Daryl Eldridge | 5 comments | Continued
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Lessons Learned about Online Learning

Five years ago, I left a residential seminary campus to start a fully online seminary from scratch, known today as Rockbridge. In my travels and discussions with ministers around the world, I discovered many ministers that wanted seminary training but didn’t feel called to leave their ministry fields in order to get it.
Technology [...]

April 21st, 2008 | Daryl Eldridge | 2 comments | Continued
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Traveling

I’ll be traveling for the next couple of weeks.
I’m very excited to report that Daryl Eldridge, the President and co-founder of Rockbridge Seminary has written a few posts for Seminary Survival Guide about online education and the learning process. These are scheduled over the next couple of weeks to help cover my absence.
Before leading [...]

April 17th, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
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Seminary Time Waster #5: Disorganization

A common frustration about seminary is all the balls you have to keep in the air at once. Seminary coursework alone can have you managing several multi-step projects with their own timelines and deadlines. Add to that your job, family commitments, and whatever ministry you’re serving in. It’s a lot to keep [...]

April 14th, 2008 | Mark | 4 comments | Continued
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New Logo is Up!

The new Seminary Survival Guide.com logo is now proudly displayed at the top of the header. (RSS readers might want to visit the site to see for themselves!)
I want to thank my friend Stephanie, a great graphic designer who helped me cook up the logo, and refused to let me pay her. Gotta [...]

April 11th, 2008 | Mark | 2 comments | Continued
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The Church-Seminary Connection

A few different bloggers have chimed in on the disconnect between seminary and the local church.
Timmy Brister highlighted a Pastor-In-Training program at Third Avenue Baptist in Louisville. In summary, it seems that this church is actually taking responsibility for the development of new ministers, and not delegating that responsibility to the seminaries. Way [...]

April 9th, 2008 | Mark | 2 comments | Continued
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How fit are you?

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April 8th, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
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Get Fit at Seminary

Learn to exercise while you’re in seminary. I’m serious.
The first time I was embarrassed of my Baptist (SBC) heritage was when we were identified by Jay Leno as the fattest denomination in the world. It was sad, but I believed it. It’s not just Baptists, either. Ever been to a pastor’s conference? Look around. Full [...]

April 8th, 2008 | Mark | 3 comments | Continued
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Seminary Evangelism Class Must-See

This woman should teach a seminary evangelism class. If you haven’t yet seen this clip about this sweet woman sharing Christ with a would-be mugger, you must watch. This stirs me up.

“Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season.” 2 Timothy 4:2
HT: Timmy Brister

April 2nd, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued