Rock Bridge Seminary

[fireman1173005]

Thinking about attending Rock Bridge Seminary, wondering if anyone has gone there or heard much about them. I know they are not accredited yet. But it's all online, purpose driven, and cost only $115/hour. I'm thinking about getting my Master's in Divinity.

 

[emmzee]

I guess it depends on why you are interested in earning the degree. If it is to be active in a particular denomination or church, you'd need to find out if their degree is recognized by whichever ministry you want to be a part of. Judging by their curriculum design, their program certainly seems oriented to train people for local pastoral-type ministry, and the requirements to earn their degrees seem reasonable, so hopefully you'd be able to demonstrate to whoever that the degree is actually valid and well earned. The faculty have almost all earned doctorate degrees from ATS accredited schools so that certainly counts in the school's favor.

A quick search reveals that Rockbridge is mentioned on Saddleback Church's site here:
http://www.saddlebackfamily.com/maturity/default.asp?sc=seminary
Apparently Rick Warren is a fan and recommends it to his church (Saddleback). Depending on what you think of Rick & PDL this may be a positive or negative Here's an article on Pastors.com about it:
http://www.pastors.com/RWMT/article.asp?ID=245&ArtID=9118

Here's a blog post/interview with someone from Rockbridge:
http://johnnyleckie.blogspot.com/2005/10/dr-eldridge-rockbridge-part-2.html