The pastor told me once, with little irony, that the most important thing in church planting is “to know what you believe about everything.” This impossible task rang in my ears even as God overcame my stubborn heart to embark on formal theological studies.

I was called on to fill the pulpits of several different churches, many of them from liberal denominations. A few times, while trying to preach the Word as I had seen modeled by Aaron White and trying to put into practice what I had learned from my RBS training, people would leave the middle of my sermon in disgust.

In the past, I have done some street preaching, tract-writing, and Sunday School teaching. These days, I’m involved in a jail ministry, preaching to inmates. I also do some occasional pulpit supply locally and in the Dominican Republic.

Seminary has not merely been an academic exercise for me, but a stabilizing ballast to my soul. I am more equipped to love God with my mind because of this school. The academic challenge and blessing RBS has provided also encouraged me to press on in my studies.

RBS has been challenging for me. I went into RBS with no formal education outside of high school and with a full family. Each day was a new test of my willingness to follow where I felt God was leading me.

I was thrilled to find the online resources that Reformed Baptist Seminary provided. I did not have to move to another location, I could study at my own pace, and I didn’t have to disrupt my family’s lives. Reformed Baptist Seminary allowed me to enroll at age 61.