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Information for the
Branch Campuses, Extension Sites and District Training Centers may be
obtained from
Donald E. Stelting
, Vice President
for Academic Affairs and Extension Education
or
Pam Stelting
, Administrative
Assistant for Extension Education
PHILOSOPHY
The Extension Education program of Nazarene Bible
College is the college extending itself across the United States,
preparing men and women for ministry in their own communities. The program
was developed as a response to an urgent need for trained ministers to
plant and lead multicultural and language churches located mainly in urban
settings. To meet this concern, denominational leaders, including the
Board of General Superintendents, the Church Growth Division at Nazarene
Headquarters, and several district superintendents requested that Nazarene
Bible College develop a contextual educational program to train
multicultural ministerial students who could not attend a traditional
college. This innovative program now has expanded to include Anglo adults
in classroom learning opportunities.
RELATIONSHIP
The Board of General
Superintendents designated Nazarene Bible College as the Educational
Training Center for adult ethnic persons, and Nazarene Bible College began
the extension center program focusing on multicultural people preparing
for ministry. The program, which began in 1983, has now expanded to many
areas of the country and serves both ministerial students and laypersons
of the church.
The Nazarene Bible College
Extension Education program cooperates in the Alliance for Ministry
Development which provides classroom education for students in their
cultural context. The curriculum follows that of NBC with the provision
that certain alternative courses may be designed to meet specific cultural
needs. The Alliance for Ministry Development is comprised of the
various district training centers of the Church of the Nazarene and
Nazarene Bible College.
All NBC branch campuses and
extension sites are part of the Nazarene Bible College system and are
included in the recording cycles of the institution. All academic policy
of NBC is set under the authority of the Nazarene Bible College Board of
Trustees with the consultation of the vice president for academic affairs
and extension education. Specific academic policies and procedures,
including those affecting the extension education program, are approved by
the NBC Academic Council under the chairmanship and leadership of the vice
president for academic affairs and extension education.
District training centers are
operated by districts in the Church of the Nazarene. Although Nazarene
Bible College has no legal or accreditational connection with district
training centers, it acts in consultation with these centers in areas of
academic excellence and good practice, curricular development, and faculty
qualification and development. Each district training center has a board
to direct its operation, fund the training center, and make
recommendations to the NBC Extension Education office. Each training
center board elects a director who has responsibility for daily
operations. The NBC administrative responsibility for the Extension
Education program rests with the NBC vice president for academic affairs
and extension education. He represents the administration of NBC and
serves as a consultant to district training centers.
FACULTY
Each person teaching at NBC branch campuses and
extension sites is recommended by the site director and extension advisory
council to the NBC vice president for academic affairs and extension
education. The NBC president presents each name to the NBC Board of
Trustees; that person is then voted adjunct faculty for the extension
site. District training centers have responsibility for their own
teachers, although, center directors work in consultation with NBC
regarding teacher qualification and development.
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