If the Black church
is to continue to be a source whereby Black leadership is developed,
programs of instruction in Bible interpretation, pastoral counseling,
and family life must be provided to the local pastor to upgrade
his/her skills in meeting today's crises. It has been the compassion
of religion that has advanced civil rights, human rights, and
social justice. Therefore it is important that religion does not
relinquish it's influence in determining the direction of this
society. Local pastors must upgrade their skills and prestige
in order to guard against the community's downgrading of Christianity,
because the institutional church has failed to be on the cutting
edge of community issues and problems.
It is well documented that the American
religious-education institutions have failed to educate people of
color in significant numbers. Therefore we can no longer rely on,
or wait for, the traditional white Bible colleges and seminaries
to educate and train African-American pastors and Christian workers
for our communities.
-The Reverend Dr. Roger Mack
Pumphrey
St. Martin's College and Seminary
employs the use of correspondence based, competence based distance
learning methodologies to provide adult learners throughout the
Christian Community with opportunities to earn Bachelor's, Master's,
and Doctorate degrees in academic programs and to acquire knowledge,
skills and abilities to achieve success, awareness and self actualization.
Your previous education and
work experience has value in the St. Martin's degree programs. As
a part of the enrollment process you can send us documentation of
your previous educational experience (e.g. college transcripts,
continuing education training and other types of learning that relates
to your degree objectives. You may also provide your work history
which evaluated for awards of credits.
The power of the mind and focus of
your degree program is limitless! What you have learned, you have
earned!
Saint Martin's College
and Seminary
P.O. Box 100410
Milwaukee, WI 53210
Phone or Fax: 414.247.1451
The Spirit
of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the
good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to captives
and recovering sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are
oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
(Luke 4:18-19, RSV)
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