Teaching the World (Paperback or Softback)

More and more seminaries, Christian universities, and Bible colleges are opting to train future ministers and missionaries online.

What happens when the movement toward online education is shaped by pragmatic or financial concerns instead of Scripture and theology? Ministry training can be reduced to a mere transfer of information as institutions lose sight of their calling to shape the souls of God-called men and women in preparation for effective ministry.

How might online ministry training look different if biblical and theological foundations were placed first? Teaching the World brings together educators from a wide range of backgrounds and from some of the largest providers of online theological education in the world. Together, they present a revolutionary new approach to online theological education, highly practical and yet thoroughly shaped by Scripture and theology.

John Cartwright (Ed.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Associate Professor of Christian Leadership and Education and Associate Dean of Liberty University’s School of Divinity in Lynchburg, VA. 

Gabriel Etzel (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and D.Min., Liberty University)  is professor of Theology and Christian Leadership and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. Christopher D. Jackson (Ed.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church and St. Peter's Lutheran Church in northeast Wisconsin.

Timothy Paul Jones (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the C. Edwin Gheens Professor of Christian Family Ministry and Associate Vice President of the Global Campus at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.