17 Students
16 Wives & 1 Friend/Girlfriend/Fiance/Almost Wife (Congrats Mr & Mrs Shea married Sat June 19th!!)
8 Babies Born in Maryland - half of our class! The 1st was a girl, then 7 boys followed.
80+ inches of snow (A Historical Record)!
38 weeks of class comprised of:
4 weeks of New Testament courses
3 weeks of Old Testament
8 weeks of Systematic Theology
1 week of Biblical theology
3 weeks of church history
2 weeks on Preaching
2 weeks on Biblical counseling
1 week each of Hermeneutics and Apologetics
3 weeks of Pastoral Ministry and Leadership
1 week on Missiology and Church Planting
1 week on Evangelism
1 week on Worship
1 week on Marriage, 1 on Parenting
Taught by a mix of seasoned pastors and world-class theologians/Bible scholars.
10,013 pages assigned to read
And on top of this, throughout the year—every Friday afternoon— was spent on New Testament Greek— equivalent to one year’s worth of seminary-level Greek (the language of the New Testament). Then 17 of those Friday's each student took turns presenting a sermon for Preaching Lab, which would be critiqued by Jeff and the class afterwards.
Totaling over 900 hours of lectures and an additional 1100+ hours of outside work, reading, papers, and exams.
12 States Represented
17 churches in 17 cities
10,205 Total Number of people in our churches on Sunday mornings, whom we get to play a small part in serving.
AMAZING GRACE.
Nate & Jeff Purwell
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