Hi all,
Greetings from Maine. This is my first post on the Puritan Boards. Nice to converse with you all.
I'd like to get my seminary education going again, and would appreciate any thoughts you may have regarding potential options. I can't really afford to move to the area of my favorite seminary. The local options (more like 2 hrs away) are Bangor Theological (which I understand to be fairly liberal), and Grace Evangelical (something of an upstart, but probably quite conservative).
In terms of distance ed programs--I couldn't find any discussion on Christ Theological Seminary. They have taken over the Bahnsen seminary curriculum. I took one apologetical course at Bahnsen a while back and it was excellent. I have also completed Westminster's apologetics courses and while they were great, I have to say I learned more at BTS. Westminster doesn't have a very user friendly distance ed program, so there's not many more classes I can take there.
Do you have any thoughts on Grace Evangelical, Christ Theological, or any other ideas?
Thanks!
Paul
Greetings from Maine. This is my first post on the Puritan Boards. Nice to converse with you all.
I'd like to get my seminary education going again, and would appreciate any thoughts you may have regarding potential options. I can't really afford to move to the area of my favorite seminary. The local options (more like 2 hrs away) are Bangor Theological (which I understand to be fairly liberal), and Grace Evangelical (something of an upstart, but probably quite conservative).
In terms of distance ed programs--I couldn't find any discussion on Christ Theological Seminary. They have taken over the Bahnsen seminary curriculum. I took one apologetical course at Bahnsen a while back and it was excellent. I have also completed Westminster's apologetics courses and while they were great, I have to say I learned more at BTS. Westminster doesn't have a very user friendly distance ed program, so there's not many more classes I can take there.
Do you have any thoughts on Grace Evangelical, Christ Theological, or any other ideas?
Thanks!
Paul
from another Mainer! I'm from the Bangor area, although I'm in Texas for college. Bangor Theological is very liberal. Grace Evangelical is conservative, and you are right about it being something of an upstart. They meet for classes at the school I went to in high school (Bangor Christian). At least one of the instructors there is reformed, as well as some of the board members. The youth director at my church in Bangor has taken some courses there, as well as another guy from my church, who is a member here on the PB. Although it's not specifically reformed, I think it is a decent conservative evangelical seminary, although it is very small and has not been around long. I am not aware of any other options in Maine for you. Probably the closest out of state would be Gordon-Conwell, in Massachusetts. I don't have much info for you about distance seminary education, but I'm sure others here will. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Greetings! 
