Hi,
After discussing it with my wife we both feel the best way for me to get seminary education is by starting it through correspondence and then going to the seminary to finish courses as needed. This way I can stay working in Canada, take my correspondence courses as I am able and save up to go and finish in the US. Since we would be considered international students and would have to have so much money up front without the ability to work for the first year makes the cost of us moving down to the US too high. Basically I am looking for a good seminary to start an MDiv program via correspondence.
The two seminaries I have in mind are Whitefield and RTS. They both seem to offer good correspondence courses but I'm not sure which would be better or if there is a better seminary that I'm not considering. Accreditation is a concern for me, because I've been advised by my Greek professor that it could affect both ordination and future studies. However, I'm not sure if the fact that Whitefield is not accredited would hamper ordination or further studies. From reading posts on this board I've heard that the education you get from Whitefield is second to none so that is encouraging. Can anyone comment on distance education from RTS or compare the two?
Any advice would be appreciated!
After discussing it with my wife we both feel the best way for me to get seminary education is by starting it through correspondence and then going to the seminary to finish courses as needed. This way I can stay working in Canada, take my correspondence courses as I am able and save up to go and finish in the US. Since we would be considered international students and would have to have so much money up front without the ability to work for the first year makes the cost of us moving down to the US too high. Basically I am looking for a good seminary to start an MDiv program via correspondence.
The two seminaries I have in mind are Whitefield and RTS. They both seem to offer good correspondence courses but I'm not sure which would be better or if there is a better seminary that I'm not considering. Accreditation is a concern for me, because I've been advised by my Greek professor that it could affect both ordination and future studies. However, I'm not sure if the fact that Whitefield is not accredited would hamper ordination or further studies. From reading posts on this board I've heard that the education you get from Whitefield is second to none so that is encouraging. Can anyone comment on distance education from RTS or compare the two?
Any advice would be appreciated!