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Seminary offers PD curriculum in online setting
By Manda Gibson
"Seminary exists to support the mission of the local church. After being introduced to the Purpose Driven paradigm, it became clear to me that reorganizing the seminary curriculum around the purposes of the church would make seminary education more relevant to local church ministry."
Sam Simmons, co-founder of Rockbridge Seminary
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LAKE FOREST, Calif. (PD) "” As more churches are embracing the Purpose Driven® model and lay people are taking on greater ministry responsibilities, church leaders are looking outside of traditional, on-campus seminaries for ministry training options. Many of these ministers, professional and lay leaders alike, are turning to Rockbridge Seminary "“ an online seminary and the first seminary to use a Purpose Driven design.
After serving for many years in traditional seminaries, Daryl Eldridge and Sam Simmons founded Rockbridge Seminary in 2003. They´d experienced two main challenges with traditional seminary training: making it accessible to everyone who needed it and making it relevant to the work God was calling people to do. To address the issue of accessibility, they designed Rockbridge to exist exclusively online, available anywhere in the world with Internet access. To make seminary relevant and practical, they based Rockbridge on a Purpose Driven model that balances training in worship, evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, and ministry.
"œWe want to become the University of Phoenix within theological education, taking seminary to whoever needs it, wherever they are," Simmons said. "œIt´s more than just wanting to have a large number of students. We really believe that God´s Kingdom work is going to require more harvest workers than can be trained just at on-campus seminaries."
Rockbridge isn´t competing with other seminaries, he said. "œWe´re competing with not going to seminary at all. These ministers didn´t have a choice, and we gave them one."
Celeste Cruzat serves on the pastoral staff of Bartley Christian Church in Singapore. Members of her church leadership attended Purpose Driven Church conferences and began adopting the Purpose Driven model. Rockbridge´s Purpose Driven format fits with her church´s ministry philosophy. ........
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http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/...ry_offers_PD_curriculum_in_online_setting.htm
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Seminary offers PD curriculum in online setting
By Manda Gibson
"Seminary exists to support the mission of the local church. After being introduced to the Purpose Driven paradigm, it became clear to me that reorganizing the seminary curriculum around the purposes of the church would make seminary education more relevant to local church ministry."
Sam Simmons, co-founder of Rockbridge Seminary
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LAKE FOREST, Calif. (PD) "” As more churches are embracing the Purpose Driven® model and lay people are taking on greater ministry responsibilities, church leaders are looking outside of traditional, on-campus seminaries for ministry training options. Many of these ministers, professional and lay leaders alike, are turning to Rockbridge Seminary "“ an online seminary and the first seminary to use a Purpose Driven design.
After serving for many years in traditional seminaries, Daryl Eldridge and Sam Simmons founded Rockbridge Seminary in 2003. They´d experienced two main challenges with traditional seminary training: making it accessible to everyone who needed it and making it relevant to the work God was calling people to do. To address the issue of accessibility, they designed Rockbridge to exist exclusively online, available anywhere in the world with Internet access. To make seminary relevant and practical, they based Rockbridge on a Purpose Driven model that balances training in worship, evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, and ministry.
"œWe want to become the University of Phoenix within theological education, taking seminary to whoever needs it, wherever they are," Simmons said. "œIt´s more than just wanting to have a large number of students. We really believe that God´s Kingdom work is going to require more harvest workers than can be trained just at on-campus seminaries."
Rockbridge isn´t competing with other seminaries, he said. "œWe´re competing with not going to seminary at all. These ministers didn´t have a choice, and we gave them one."
Celeste Cruzat serves on the pastoral staff of Bartley Christian Church in Singapore. Members of her church leadership attended Purpose Driven Church conferences and began adopting the Purpose Driven model. Rockbridge´s Purpose Driven format fits with her church´s ministry philosophy. ........
More at the source:
http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/...ry_offers_PD_curriculum_in_online_setting.htm
Robin