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This is a commercial we used for the Radicalis Conference:
Meet Rockbridge Seminary student Kyle Bueermann as he talks about moving from a traditional seminary seated experience to online seminary.
Read more about Kyle and his experience at Rockbridge.
The following post was taken from an open comment in Rockbridge Seminary’s course “Lead Like Jesus” by Rock’r student David Leister – Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 07:13 AM CST
As I’m in a new church now and still getting acclimated, I’ll take the liberty to use Rockbridge as an example, also in hopes that Dr. Eldridge and other students can tell me if I’m making sense or not!
I think that in today’s world where everything is available at the click of a mouse, where distribution logistics of a DVD player made in Asia can be completely controlled by a pre-teen in Idaho, those at the traditional base of an organization’s pyramid need to be empowered and filled with organizational vision. Customers are more readily in contact with diverse areas of an organization. No longer is there one simple 800 number for customer complaints. Now you can call most large churches and be waltzed through a number of menu options and departments to get you right to the nitty gritty.
Chains of command are being ruptured and what used to be following Point A – B – C – D to arrive at E, is now AE merged together. In today’s world of proclaiming the Gospel through churches or selling titanium heavywares manufactured in New Jersey to Brazilian petrochemical customers requires that everyone wearing the organizational “logo” live their organization’s mission, vision and values. The days of passing the buck seem to be dying.
At Rockbridge, I see myself at the traditional base, not so much as a customer, but as a student according to the diagram. But the difference is that instead of paying, learning and leaving, I feel empowered and motivated to make the sale as well. Rockbridge’s mission, vision and values are easily recognizable and explainable. And it seems that Rockbridge’s leadership wants everyone involved, from faculty to students, to feel like valued members of the organization. I find myself sending site links to friends for encouragement as well as information to prospective students or gifted leaders who I know would enjoy and benefit from, for example, the MML program.
I believe that this is because the pyramid has been turned upside down so that everyone is in tune with and has ownership in the vitality of the organization. Information about anything from the accreditation process to daily counseling on learning plans is easily accessible. There doesn’t seem to be too much red tape and risk in misrepresenting what Rockbridge stands for. If you ask me to encapsulate my alma mater’s vision, I don’t know where to begin, and coming from someone who loves to talk and write (too much!) I get tongue-tied.
Based on the reality of today’s global, internet world of business and academics, Rockbridge is thriving by getting its message in the hands of its students and faculty, who altogether have the potential to reach countless numbers of potential customers/students.
OK, I feel like I just did a promo. You guys hiring? lol
Rockbridge Seminary student Nils Smith (twitter) talks about his Rockbridge experience and being able to continue to serve in his ministry at San Antonio while going to seminary.
Why do we need these new churches? Shouldn’t we invest our efforts into continuing these other churches that have plenty of room to grow or some dying congregations that need a jolt of life breathed into them? …Continue reading Nils Smith’s reflections during his Church Planting Course at Rockbridge Seminary.
My students at Rockbridge Seminary (an online seminary where I teach) reminded me through their postings this week of our longing for … biblical community. Read more from Kerry Mackey’s church planting experience.
Pastor Pat Giraldin had rarely been to church for 14 years when his girlfriend took him to Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley in 1995.
“It was the first time I heard a pastor talking to me, not at me,” said Giraldin, who was raised Catholic but left the church at 16. Continue reading the news about Pat.
On August 21, 2009 Pastor Kerry Mackey contacted Pat to see what God was doing in his life. After sharing the vision with Kerry, Pat learned that Kerry not minutes earlier had been challenged by his mentor Dr. Daryl Eldridge (Rockbridge Seminary) to consider planting a church. Pat and Kerry began praying daily for God’s direction and timing of next steps. Since that date, God has given many signs to both Pat and Kerry as well as their wives and others that they have…Continue reading the news from Kerry.
Rockbridge Seminary does many things differently from traditional seminary. Cutting a new path for fully online seminary education doesn’t stop at the learning model and method.
Students write their own scholarships at Rockbridge. Literally, they write blog postings and emails telling others about their experience and Rockbridge and the people who read that writing become students. When that happens the student making the referral gets $250 in tuition credit added to their account.
We’ve got some really complicated rules about how this must happen. Are you ready to read the fine print? Here it is:
Refer a friend or ministry colleague to Rockbridge Seminary. After he or she completes the first course, you’ll receive $250 tuition credit in your account. There is NO LIMIT to the number of referrals you can make. Four referrals pays for a class!
They just have to put your name in the “Referred by a RS student” blank on their application form.
One of our students has created his own seminary scholarship in a really big way.
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