Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 6. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates a life of cultural health, characterized by the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates a life of physical health, characterized by the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates a life of emotional health, characterized by the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates a life of intellectual health, characterized by the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 10. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates a life of financial health, characterized by the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Cultural Interpretation and Engagement 11. A graduate of the RAR Program analyzes and engages cultural and global realities. Pastoral Practice and Leadership 12. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates the ability to provide Christcentered care and counsel to people of various ages and social conditions according to their needs. 13. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates the ability to proclaim the Word for the benefit of the hearers. 14. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates the ability to oversee discipleship in a congregation as a teacher, resource and guide. 15. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates the ability to lead and facilitate the worship life of a congregation. 16. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates the ability to guide and support members of a congregation in their communal life in Christ. 17. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates the ability to prepare and lead members of a congregation to bring the Gospel to those outside the church. 18. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates the ability to guide and support members of a congregation to care for and serve those in need. 19. A graduate of the RAR Program demonstrates the ability to lead a 30
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congregation in administrative practices that carry out the goals of a Christian congregation. ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION Admission to the RAR ordinarily requires that the applicant be a member of a congregation of the LCMS. Each applicant must meet the criteria of one of the following categories: 1. Men who are graduates of an LCMS college/ university, whose names appear on the LCMS roster of Commissioned Ministers and who have accumulated at least eight years of successful experience as Commissioned Ministers of the LCMS. 2. Men who ordinarily are at least 35 years of age at the time of application, who ordinarily have accumulated at least 10 years of significant experience related directly to Word and Sacrament ministry within the LCMS (elder, lector, evangelism caller, Bible class teacher, etc.) and who ordinarily have completed successfully at least 60 semester hours of college-level course work. COLLEGE PREPARATION Applicants to the RAR are expected to have the same college preparation as for the M.Div. degree. Please see College Preparation in the M.Div. section of this catalog. ENTRY-LEVEL COMPETENCIES Please see the Academic Policies & Procedures section of this catalog for entry-level competency requirements. CREDIT FOR LANGUAGE COMPETENCY Biblical Greek: Students who have completed six semester hours in biblical or Koine Greek, with at least a 3.0 GPA in those courses, receive credit and will not be required to take the six hours of required Greek courses at the M.Div. level. Students who complete six hours of course work in a language but are below a 3.0 GPA for those courses may take the Entry Level Competency Exam. Passing the exam with a score of at least 70 will be considered as equivalent to having achieved a 3.0 GPA in the undergraduate courses. The exam option must be completed prior to matriculation, and must be completed before May 31.