C. Evening Devotions 1. Monday evenings, Dean/RD devotions are held from 9:10 to 9:30 PM. Men meet in the Dining Hall. Women meet in the Theis Assembly Center. 2. Dorm Devotions are held Wednesday evenings, from 9:10 to 9:30 PM. 3. The Deans may occasionally change the time of dorm devotions or schedule special speakers. Dorm RAs must first obtain permission from their RD to have a special speaker (besides a staff member) in the dorm. D. Quiet Time 1. Time is set aside each day for students to have their own personal “Quiet Time” with the Lord. Refer to the Daily Schedule. 2. No other activities are allowed during the Quiet Time period. 3. Quiet Time can be done independently anywhere on the main part of campus. A full 30 minutes should be dedicated to personal time with the Lord. 4. Students are required to use the current Word of Life Quiet Time Diary as part of their devotional period and to fill in the comments for each day. As a means of providing helpful accountability, RAs or RDs will periodically check Quiet Time Diaries. 5. Quiet Time must be completed prior to “In-Dorms.” 6. Students are expected to complete the Quiet Time Diary every day they are enrolled as a student, including weekends and mid-semester breaks. This is reflected in their Christian Disciplines grade. E. Conferences Several days are devoted to a special missions conference during the school year. Speakers and seminars, as well as personal interaction with missionaries, provide valuable insight and motivation. God often uses this conference to dramatically change the direction of students’ lives. We consider this conference to be an integral part of the program and all students are required to attend. IV. DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM Our desire is to help you move from a mere knowledge of the Bible, which can puff you up and make you prideful (1 Corinthians 8:1), to a wisdom and love that help you develop a deeper relationship with Christ (John 17:3) and build others up (Romans 14:19). To that end, our discipleship program provides all enrolled students an opportunity to meet regularly with someone for Bible study, prayer, encouragement, and accountability. A. 1 on 1 Discipleship The Student Life Department will pair every student with a staff member to meet with throughout the year, using the discipleship application to facilitate the best possible match. Additionally, you can reach out to any staff member and ask them to meet with you throughout the year. B. Small Groups There are segments each semester where Student Life chapels take the format of small groups. These groups are facilitated by staff members. V. RELATIONSHIPS We encourage men and women to form healthy relationships. The Bible Institute desires to teach and model an approach to moral purity in relationships that reflects biblical values. We believe that sexual intercourse and many of the acts leading up to it are reserved exclusively for the context of a biblically defined marriage (Genesis 2:22-25; Matthew 19:4- 6). Outside this context, sexual activities such as sexual intercourse, oral sex, forms of intimate touching and homosexual behavior violate clear biblical teaching (Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9-20; Galatians 5:19; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8) and are prohibited even when consensual. God’s design at creation for both sexual desire and orientation is within the
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