School Activities

1. Wednesday Chapel

The purpose of the Wednesday chapel is to establish a life of worship for the students, gain wisdom from the life and ministry of seasoned Christian ministers, and develop mature Christian character. All full-time students must attend chapel throughout the academic year, and part-time students are encouraged to attend.

2. Wednesday Afternoon Student Activities

There are student activities on Wednesday afternoons from 1:00-2:00. The purpose of these

activities is to promote relationship building among students. These activities include teacher-student small group caring time, testimony sharing, exposure to missions, leisure and recreation, workshops, and special topic presentation.

If for some reason you cannot attend chapel or student activity, you must request leave of absence.

Below are the guidelines:

1. You are allowed two absences at most for each academic year. When asking for the leave, you must first fill out a permission request at the Office of Student Development. Only after your request is granted that it is effective.
2. You must notify your advising professor and let him (her) know your reason for the leave.
3. In case of emergency and you are not able to ask for leave ahead of time, you need to notify the Office of Student Development and your advising professor via telephone on that day, and then fill out the permission request afterwards.
4. Please do not ask someone else to bring your request for leave.
5. If you are absent more than twice without good reason, this record will be kept in your student file for one year; you may also lose some privileges during this period, such as voting rights and Financial Aid application qualification. You may also receive a warning notice from the Office of Student Development and be brought to the Department of Academics meeting for discussion.

Besides training students to “stand up and preach, go out and evangelize,” our seminary also expects all our faculty, staff, and students to become people who can “kneel down and pray.” “Lifting up our praying hands” is the purpose of our prayer meetings. In order to encourage all faculty, staff, and students to participate in prayer meetings, there are regular prayer meetings scheduled at both the seminary and dormitories. The seminary also designates special 40 days prayer chain/fast and prayer network as needs arise.

The seminary holds annual “Pre Academic Year Retreat” one week before school begins to promote vision and unity among all faculty and students. All full-time students must attend this retreat from beginning to end. If for some reason you cannot attend, you must first request leave from the Office of Student Development, and then listen to audio tapes and turn in reflective reports afterwards. Absence without reason or failing to listen to audio tapes and turning in reports will result in this record being kept in student file for one year. Some privileges during this period, such as voting rights and tuition aid application qualification, will be taken away. The student will also receive a warning notice from the Office of Student Development and be brought to the Department of Academics meeting for discussion. Part-time students must choose to attend one retreat from beginning to end before graduation.

The purpose of the caring advising small group is to care for the social life of the students and give counsel to living out the faith.

Members－ Full and part-time doctoral and master level students, led by advising professor
Meeting Time－ Wednesday afternoon 1:30-2:30 (Please refer to the schedule given by the Office of Student Development.)
Meeting Place－ Decided by each small group
Meeting Content－ Arranged by each small group. Each small group per student is given $10.00 to spend per semester (please request reimbursement by turning in all receipts to the Office of Student Development). Unspent budget cannot be accrued to next semester.

The seminary plans in the fall or spring a Personal Growth Seminar and Married Couples Relationship Growth Retreat annually to help facilitate the relational and marital growth of the students in preparation for them to become good witnesses for the Lord and examples to others to bring blessings for others in ministry. Dates will be announced.

The student body and the seminary will plan special activities during specific holidays or ministries. These activities help to promote relationships between students/seminary and seminary/outside entities.