Marketplace Theology Program

In addition to course offerings and a concentration in the area of Marketplace Theology, Regent College promotes several other projects and connections to facilitate the integration of Christian faith in the marketplace:

1. Conferences: A regular cycle of conferences and events are offered that serve to integrate Christian faith and societal careers and ministries.
2. Immersions on the Vancouver Campus: Business and professional people may take a short or long immer-sion on the Vancouver campus for the purpose of vocational reassessment, processing occupational transi-tion, or taking a focused study sabbatical. Early in the immersion, the participant will develop a learningplan for the time including: attending courses on the campus, interviews with faculty, an assigned mentorand/or spiritual director, a directed reading program and interviewing local resource people in business.
3. Businessperson in Residence: This program allows an experienced businessperson to relate to the facultyand student body in a learning and ministering capacity, attending lectures, networking with studentsfrom the marketplace, hosting learning groups based on various occupations, interacting with faculty tofacilitate integration.
4. Marketplace Cohorts: Regent College partners with churches, businesses and parachurch organizations to offer an integrated community-based learning experience in cities around the world. These normally consist of around five modules each lasting two to three days and spread over a six-to-nine-month period. Regent faculty facilitate collaborative learning, dialogue and mutual mentoring.
5. Vocational Discernment: In today’s world most people are in fairly continuous vocational transition. Regent’s marketplace program provides resources for people to help discern their personal missions and craft a career as part of their calling. Usually offered in a weekend format or as a one- or two-day seminar, Regent offers a reflective experience in discernment assuming the largest understanding of calling: the invitation of God to live and work all of life before him.
   
6. Continuous Studies Resources: A range of extension course material in Marketplace Ministry are available or in production for credit or audit and for use by small groups in a church or business setting.