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Local Mentor Verification

In all Global Campus courses, students will meet at least once with a qualified Local Mentor, learning from his or her unique experience and expertise. The Mentor’s role is to help students consider how to apply what they’re learning to where they’re called in one 1-hour meeting.

Mentors must agree to the Doctrinal and Instructional Statement below and meet one or more of the Education and Experience Criteria:

Doctrinal and Instructional Statement:

The Bible alone, and the Bible in its entirety, is the Word of God written and is therefore inerrant in the autographs. God is a Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—each an uncreated person, one in essence, equal in power and glory. The Local Mentor will teach and facilitate in accordance with, and not contrary to, the Baptist Faith & Message, 2000 ed.

*Any requests for clarification concerning this doctrinal statement should be directed to the Instructor and will be sought in the Seminary’s statements of faith, listed in the Academic Catalog.

Education and Experience Criteria:

Qualified Local Mentors will meet one or more of these standards:

A theological or ministry-related Doctorate
A Master’s degree from a theological school and one (1) or more years of ministry experience
A non-theological Master’s degree or higher and three (3) or more years of ministry experience
A college degree and five (5) or more years of ministry experience
Ten (10) or more years of significant ministry experience

Meeting Requirements:
Local Mentor Meetings must be (1) in person except in cases of health emergencies, (2) at least one hour long, and (3) focused on applying the course content to the student’s calling and context. Staff meetings, project planning meetings, etc. do not count toward this requirement unless they are directly focused on the course topics and/or requirements.

Meeting Recommendations:
Mentors and students should consider discussing specific course content (e.g., one of the textbooks or videos) and assignments (e.g., one of the writing assignments, projects, or discussion prompt), how to apply them in the student’s current ministry context, and how they connect with the Mentor’s own experience and expertise. Mentors may consider setting an agenda or asking the student to set an agenda ahead of the meeting. If multiple students in the same area are taking the course together, they should consider meeting together with the same Mentor.

*Note: If you are a Field Mentor for multiple courses, please fill out a separate form for each course.

Mentor's First Name*

Mentor's Last Name*

Mentor's Phone Number*

Mentor's Email*

Mentor's Postal/ZIP Code*

Academic & Experience Criteria*

Doctrinal Statement Affirmation
Do you affirm the following statement and agree to abide by its standards?:

"The Bible alone, and the Bible in its entirety, is the Word of God written and is therefore inerrant in the autographs. God is a Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—each an uncreated person, one in essence, equal in power and glory. The Local Mentor will teach and facilitate in accordance with, and not contrary to, the Baptist Faith & Message, 2000 ed."

*Any requests for clarification concerning this doctrinal statement should be directed to the Instructor and will be sought in the Seminary’s statements of faith, listed in the Academic Catalog.*

Student's First Name*

Student's Last Name*

Student's Email*

Please select the graduate course that you are mentoring the student in. If you are mentoring a student in an undergraduate course, please select “not applicable.”
*If you are mentoring a student in more than one course, please fill out a form for each course.*

Please select the undergraduate course that you are mentoring the student in. If you are mentoring a student in a graduate course, please select “not applicable.”
*If you are mentoring a student in more than one course, please fill out a form for each course.*

*If the student's course was not listed, please select "other" on the list above and provide the course number and name.

Semester & Year*

Term*