Post Graduate Work \\"e feel in creas in g ly that ce rtain clas ses of s tud ent s attending th e In st itute should be given opportu1,itv to pursue their st udi es beyond what is poss ible in the two-year cou rse . ?-[any of our graduates ,Yh o haYe been ca ll ed to positions of res pon sibility in th e differ ent denom inations. haYc felt the need fo r a fu ller pr epa ration. \\"ith thi s in mind a third year has been added to th e curricult 1m. Tt seeks to equip th ose looking towards leader sh ip in Chr istian edu cat ion and as Pastors' :-\ ss istants, in S unday Sc hool and Yo ung P eoplc· s work. \\ "c find among th e students ma ny who prove to ha,·c marked talents along the lines of preaching a nd pas to ra l \\'Ork. \\"h enc,·cr poss ibl e \\' C advis e th ose \\'ho can do so, to take work in e,·angelical theological seminarie s conn ected with the denominati on of which they happen to be members, but in cases where they arc no t able lo do th is (and there an~ many such cases) \\·c endeavor lo gi,·e th em a furth er knowledge of New Tes tament Greek. Homiletics. Th eology, Church J-1 isto ry and ach·ancecl \\'Ork in Bible study and Exeges is. It is mor e than th e le:iching of mere th eo ri es concerning th ese th ings-it is the setting forth o f prin ciples that ha ,·c been tried out and found success ful in the actual \\'Ork of the pas torat e. Th e course a lso has in mind mini ste rs \\'ho haYe had a fu ll th eo log ical cour se but fee l the need of a fuller and mo re practical knowl edge of th e Engl ish Bible and practica l Ch ri stia n \\'Ork, fo r \\'hich there is an unusual opportunity thro ugh the regular church act iviti es and through the special e,·a ngc li s t ic work carried on by th e In stitute among different classes o f people in this great city. F ew cities offer a g r eate r opportunity for a practical experience in th e doing of the different kinds o f \\'Ork challeng ing the modern church. :\Jany ministE:rs \\'ho ha ,·e hee n in th e \\'Ork seYeral years a nd realize what is demand ed of the pas tor . express the " ·ish that they mi g ht haYe had the opportunity o f a year's study in some Bible Institute after finishing the regular seminary course. Oth er s, who have had th e B ibl e In st itute co urse before go ing to the semin ary, a rc mos t emphatic in their a ppr eciati on of what the work mean t to them . :\ch·ancecl \\'O rk in :-1.usic is pro,·id ecl fo r th ose des irin g it. Finally we ha ,-c in mind th e mi ss ionari es who return to the homeland on furl ough and vis it the schoo l. and we endeavor to make this cour se scn·c th em in a ,·c ry r ea l way. There is no mor e at tracti,·c pl ace in America for r et urn ed mi ss ionari es than Los Ange les, a nd it is our purpose to consider their special need s mo re a nd more each year a nd to s trengthen ou r course a long this lin e. \\ .ith th ese differ ent groups in mind we try to make th e work of the third year not only thorough from a techni ca l and academical point o[ ,·ic\\', but a lso from th e point o f view of the deepening of the sp iritua l life of th e s tudents a nd th e intensifying of their sense of respons ibility and oppo rtunity in th e wo rk o f th e church in a clay th a t is challenging the ,· err best th a t th ere is in men and \\'Omen, and a time that is calling fo r reality in Ii fe and \\'Ork. \\ 'c try es pec ially to culti,·atc the sp irit that will lead men and \\'Omen to give themseh·es to the hard and ncg lcctccl fields at home and abroad. The church is becoming mo re and more alarmed at the large number of churche s througho ut the rura l districts that :ire pasto rl ess . a nd in the third year "· ork \\ 'C arc tryin g to thoroughly p repare men ,yho will be \\'illing to ta ke " ·o rk in difficult and neg lected fields. In a \\'Orel, the \\'Ork of the th ird yea r is fo r the purpose of mor e th oroughly fitt ing men into the life and practical wo rk of th e church. for details. sec page 59. Pastors' Assistants Th e need for a course to tra in for the pos iti on of P .--\ STOR'S .\ SSTST .--\:\'T ha s long been ke en ly felt by a goodly number of busy o ,·e rl oadecl pastors throug hout the country. Jn res pon se lo such sugges tion s prov is i n is now mad e fo r the training of Pastor s' Assistants thro ugh the se lecti on of ,·a ri o us subj ec ts from the diff erent courses togethe r with the offe ring of o th er elccti,·es outs id e th e ra nge of any of the regular courses. This \\'Ork \\'ill no\\' be a,·ailable for a limited n11rnber of pr operly quali fied st udent s. For d etail s. see page 59.
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