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More and more seminaries, Christian universities, and Bible colleges are opting to train future ministers and missionaries online.What happens when the movement toward online education is shaped by pragmatic or financial concerns instead of Scripture and theology? Ministry training can be reduced to a mere transfer of information as institutions lose sight of their calling to shape the souls of God-called men and women in preparation for effective ministry.How might online ministry training look different if biblical and theological foundations were placed first? Teaching the World brings together educators from a wide range of backgrounds and from some of the largest providers of online theological education in the world. Together, they present a revolutionary new approach to online theological education, highly practical and yet thoroughly shaped by Scripture and theology.

Table Of Content:
Forward

Preface

Acknowledgements

Ch 1. Past Patterns and Present Challenges in Online Theological Education

Section I: Better Foundations for Online Learning
Ch 2. Paul and the Possibility of Absent Presence
Ch 3. Social Presence and Theological Education
Ch 4. Controversy and Common Ground

Section II: Better Faculty for Online Learning
Ch 5. Online Faculty and the Image of God
Ch 6. Online Faculty and Theological Competency
Ch 7. Shaping the Spiritual Lives of Online Faculty

Section III: Better Practices in the Classroom
Ch 8. Best Practices for Online Learning
Ch 9. Best Practices for Online Ministry Training
Ch 10. The Advantage of Ministry Training in Context

Conclusion: To Teach, to Delight and to Persuade