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Dennis Alan Jones My name is Dennis A Jones and I would like to take a moment to tell you about my perspective of Trinity School of Apologetics. I spent many weeks on the internet looking through the different Theological website and corresponding with various educational institutions. I found that almost 90% of the schools were not accredited and using the excuse that they did not want to be involved with governmental accreditation. This made me wonder, just why a reputable school would want to avoid being accredited. Most of the schools that I communicated with over my concerns of not being accredited stated that they did not want the Department of Education telling them how to conduct Christian Education. Now this made me even wonder more, you see it comes down to just a few plain facts: first, the Department of Education does not accredit any Religious School or University unless they also teach other courses for Diplomas, such as those taught by colleges and universities.
For those schools that teach only religion or through correspondence courses only the Department of Education leaves those accreditations to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Recognition by CHEA affirms that the standards and processes of the accrediting organization are consistent with the academic quality, improvement and accountability expectations that CHEA has established, including the eligibility standard that the majority of institutions or programs each accredits are degree-granting. CHEA is the North America version of India's ICAATS, The International Council.
After further communications and analysis of the various schools, I found that most of them do not choose accreditation based on the fact the majority of those teaching classes or running the schools do not have a degree from an accredited school thereby making them ineligible for certification. Yet these same schools charge the same tuition and fees as state universities with the knowledge that their degree programs are not transferable to any other school and not recognized by most employers.
In addition, I noted that most of the classes that they are offering do not offer a challenge that should be normally coming from a four-year school. Now this is not to say that all the schools start out to deceive you, many of them are very forthright in explaining that even though they do not offer accredited schooling, they are offering a very good Religious course. There are even a number of free religious courses out on the internet that are honestly quite good. This would include a large number of free courses offered at http://www.ApologeticsCourses.Com∞, which is also a part of the same group that Trinity School of Apologetics belongs too.
After researching the internet, making numerous correspondences, and talking with various ministers on their opinion about the different schools, it came down to very few left. I also had to look at financial costs as one of the factors of being able to return to studying and that left very few and of those, only two stood out: Trinity School of Apologetics and Calvin School of Apologetics. Both are accredited, inexpensive, challenging, and they allow you to study at your own pace, which is the biggest factor for me. I have found that when the course is too easy, regardless of the school, I feel like I have not been challenged and then question why the course was given. With the Trinity School courses, I have found that they do offer a significant challenge in that they require you to read and fully comprehend the course in order to be able to answer the requirements of the course.
Now the questions that you need to ask yourself:
Do I want to take classes for the next year or two only to find out that they are not transferable or recognized by anyone other that the school just attended?
Do I want to spend a lot of money for classes that are not accredited?
Do I want to take classes that would be better off, being taught in a Sunday class?
Do I want to spend a lot of money for classes that are not accredited?
Do I want to take classes that would be better off, being taught in a Sunday class?
Those are just some of the questions that you should ask yourself and even your minister/priest before making any commitment to religious education. Indecently, my minister who spent thousands of dollars for his education stated that he wished he had known about Trinity College of Apologetics before spending al that money.
If you would like to discuss this further then please contact me at dennisajones@yahoo.com∞ I generally review my e-mail at least once a day and answer as quickly as possible.
May the Good Lord guide you and bless you in whatever decision you make,
Dennis Alan Jones
USA
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