King's Evangelical Divinity School

[JN Anderson]

King's Evangelical Divinity School
http://www.kingsdivinity.org/

Anyone know if this is a good system of learning? Looks nice. Ideas? Suggestions?

[James Griffin]

Originally Posted by JN Anderson

King's Evangelical Divinity School
http://www.kingsdivinity.org/

Anyone know if this is a good system of learning? Looks nice. Ideas? Suggestions?

Depends on your goals James. Personally I would keep looking. Staff looks qualified enough but they don't even attempt to claim any type of accreditation that I saw. Also I am very vary of any school that offers to except work experience as a major portion of the degree program.

[pelathais]

For the past year they appear to have had a relationship with the University of Wales, Lampeter, where one completed their final year at UWL and received an accreditted degree from them. Their web site states that this relationship changes this month but they don't offer the name of the "new" accredited school.

"Applicants should note that by 31 July 2010 accreditation of our degrees will transfer from our current collaborative partner (University of Wales, Lampeter) to another British accrediting university and your final degree will be awarded by that institution."

http://www.kingsdivinity.org/courses...te-studies-bth

There's probably a lot of leg work involved in seeing how these degrees would or would not be accepted by graduate programs here in the states.

[Esther]

Originally Posted by James Griffin

Depends on your goals James. Personally I would keep looking. Staff looks qualified enough but they don't even attempt to claim any type of accreditation that I saw. Also I am very vary of any school that offers to except work experience as a major portion of the degree program.

Why is that?

[DAII]

For what it's worth, Kulwant Boora ... highly recommends it:

http://www.kingsdivinity.org/recomme...nt-singh-boora

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by DAII

For what it's worth, Kulwant Boora ... highly recommends it:

http://www.kingsdivinity.org/recomme...nt-singh-boora

Go back to that diagram showing all of the interconnections between these different unaccredited schools. Of course Bro. Boora recommends them. He probably consults for them, serves as "adjutant faculty" and will pretend to sue you from England is you bring any of this up.

[Maximilian]

Originally Posted by James Griffin

Depends on your goals James. Personally I would keep looking. Staff looks qualified enough but they don't even attempt to claim any type of accreditation that I saw. Also I am very vary of any school that offers to except work experience as a major portion of the degree program.

@Esther, because that's not the standard for top-notch academic schools.

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Maximilian

@Esther, because that's not the standard for top-notch academic schools.

Well I don't think it should be a "major" consideration, but I do believe it has merit. I would rather have someone with "experience" in the field verse someone with just book knowlege.

JMO

[Maximilian]

Originally Posted by Esther

Well I don't think it should be a "major" consideration, but I do believe it has merit. I would rather have someone with "experience" in the field verse someone with just book knowlege.

JMO

Well, you're not hiring for a job. You're earning educational credits. If you were hiring, I think experience could definitely play a larger role.

But top-notch academic institutions don't make substitutions for academics.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Esther

Well I don't think it should be a "major" consideration, but I do believe it has merit. I would rather have someone with "experience" in the field verse someone with just book knowlege.

JMO

"Experience" does matter in many fields, but that "experience" could also be "bad experience" which a good education would have helped the student to avoid.

I have a lot of "experience" in the ministry and in studying and sharing Biblical topics. But it has really been my rather meager "book knowledge" in this area that helps me the most. That, and the "book knowledge" I have gained in other related areas of study.

One particular minister who is often brought up on this forum has a wealth of experience in communicating the Gospel and in ministry in general; but as has been pointed out, he lacks even the most basic "book knowledge" in using (or misusing) the tools of Biblical exegesis such as a simple Strong's Concordance.

He would have benefited greatly from even the slightest exposure to an academically rigorous and accredited education. In the end, WE ALL would have benefited tremendously if he had just taken a little more time and gone to school.

This doesn't discount his wonderful achievements and his great contributions to our fellowship, but it does open him up for a bit of criticism when he demonstrates confusion over how to use a Strong's Concordance and the conclusions that he draws from this confused state of mind. "Book knowledge" would have cleared that "hair" thing up nicely for him.