Student Code of Coduct

To have “satisfactorily completed” the course and to have “complied with all the requirements necessary” to graduate from RSW involves more than attending classes and getting a passing grade on exams. As a student of a Biblical ministry a course of Bible study and ministerial training requires significantly more.

When you are called to the ministry and commit yourself to God’s Word, God lays claim upon every aspect of your entire life. It is a 24-hour-a-day commitment, and it applies personally, relationally, vocationally, socially, and financially, as well as intellectually. Therefore, much is expected of you in the classroom and beyond.

The real certification each student must pursue is to one day hear Jesus say, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.” The real test that must be passed is not one given in the classroom, but the test of life.

We ask that you look beyond the rules of RSW, and live life by a much higher principle. The rules are designed to encourage and promote a certain level of discipline. However, to be truly successful in life and ministry, one must have far more than an external compliance to rules or an externally motivated discipline. Each student must cultivate an internal discipline, sense of conviction, motivation, and consecration within himself. Such a person does not seek to “do just enough to get by” or judge themselves by the performance of others; rather, they give God their very best, are conscientious, and are fully committed to the task at hand.

It is in this spirit that the RSW Student Code of Conduct is written. It is not designed to be an external rule, but rather, to reflect and articulate the heartfelt commitment of an individual who is sincerely and genuinely seeking to be all that God wants him to be. For more information please see student catalog.