During my time at RTS Orlando, I learned that the desire to be a minster is a noble calling, and an essential skill for ministry is self-awareness. You lead or minister from who you are. I appreciated my relationship with other students in my program and the faculty that was so accommodating and supportive, especially […]
As I was discerning a call to vocational ministry, I talked to my home church pastor, who recommended a couple of different seminaries to check out. RTS was one of them! As soon as I started exploring RTS website, I fell in love with this seminary. One of my biggest amazements was finding out that […]
Since leaving RTS Orlando, I have been blessed to have begun the work of pastoral ministry at Grace Bible Church in Oxford, Mississippi. I have been serving here focusing on the areas of youth and college ministry, as well as the educational ministry of the church. The elders and staff pastors have been gracious as […]
I wanted additional theological training to equip me to serve Christ and His Church more effectively and faithfully. I had obtained a B.A. in religion from a liberal Presbyterian college in Washington State and wanted to get better grounded in teaching that was faithful to the Word of God. Prior to selecting RTS-Orlando, I had […]
Before enrolling at RTS, I was hurt and burned out from ministry and desired a graduate degree to make myself more marketable for employment in ministry positions. I felt that I needed more “on paper” legitimacy. When I sat with my first client in the Oviedo Counseling Clinic at RTS Orlando, I realized that thanks to my […]
I wanted to pursue a theological education rooted deeply in the Reformed tradition. I felt frustrated, because the seminaries that I was researching in this tradition seemed pretty narrow and exclusive in their outlook, proud of their distinctives at the expense of others. This gave the Reformed tradition an air of arrogance. The winsome nature of RTS ultimately convinced me that this was the seminary to attend. The first […]
After graduating from college, I was still unsure which career I might be able to pursue. I knew that I wanted to be involved in some sort of ministry and had a passion for learning Scripture. I felt nervous about attending seminary without a clear calling to vocational ministry. At the same time, I was very excited for […]
