"I love my current ministry and my wife has a great job here in town," said Jorge, a fictitious youth pastor, in a recent interview that occurred only in this reporters' mind. "I've been thinking about going to seminary for a couple of years, but we just aren't ready or willing to leave here."It seems, well, odd, that most seminaries say 'Why don't you quit your current job in ministry and come to seminary so that we can train you for ministry and help you find a different job in a different town."
With a new program dubbed Degree from a Distance, MB Biblical Seminary hopes to serve Jorge and people like him in places like Kansas, Oklahoma and South Dakota by allowing them to receive a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry in four years without moving to an MBBS location. By traveling only three weeks per year and supplementing those sessions with online courses, students can complete a degree without the hassle of calling U-Haul.
"Sweet," added Jorge. "I heard about this program by looking on the real seminary website, and it looked good. Who knows, someday I might decide to move to an MBBS location and plug into that community, but for now, I'll work on it from my hometown."
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