Vox School of discipleship Is...
A unique combination of classroom learning, hands-on service, and great adventure.
Classroom Learning
Vox is a unique discipleship program because of our university partnership that allows our students to graduate with 27 fully-transferable college credits! So we are not simply a discipleship initiative, but actually an accredited academic discipleship experience!
Our gifted teaching faculty and guest lecturers come from a variety of different industries and educational backgrounds. In addition to the courses taken for credit, students can expect to glean instruction, experience, and wisdom from numerous streams of input and opportunity.
Core areas of learning and growth include the following:
Biblical Teaching and Spiritual Formation:
Old and New Testament survey, hermeneutics, apologetics and evangelism, spiritual disciplines, role of the Holy Spirit, basic Christian doctrine and theology, principles of the church and church history, and more.
Leadership and Character Development:
Leadership principles, missional thinking and engagement, conflict resolution, communication, personal finance and biblical views of money, and more.
Clarity of Identity and Calling:
Dating and relationships, Biblical masculinity/femininity, personality and gifting, vocational direction, and more.
Experiential Learning:
Through a handful of job shadow days, we connect students with professionals who offer a glimpse into an area of vocational interest. From graphic design to the classroom to shadowing open heart surgery, God has faithfully opened doors for our students time and again. These are only a few days a year yet offer invaluable guidance to students discerning their vocational pathway.
Transformation through travel is another key activating agent in our experiential learning. Approximately 7-9 overnight experiences per year reinforce classroom content, galvanize principles, and supercharge the learning process. Find more below about our Adventure and Service Learning Trips.
Hands-on Service
“Even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” - Matthew 20:28. To become a disciple is to become more like Jesus. To become more like Jesus is to become one who serves.
Voxers engage in holistic, hands-on service that ignites the discipleship process. Thoughtfully selected, we partner with exceptional organizations that are making long-term impact in some of the most profound areas of disadvantage. From the inside out, service is a current that ripples from the walls of Vox cascading onto campus, into the community, and into the nations.
Serving on the Homefront:
Serving in the Vox Community: Students learn to carry weight on the homefront. From cooking community meals to regular chores and responsibilities, students gain competence and confidence in the importance of serving those closest to home. Simultaneously, they hone valuable life skills such as meal planning, money management, and teamwork.
Serving on Campus: Be ready to get your hands dirty! Students serve bimonthly on our Look Up Lodge campus to underscore service principles, gain hands-on learning opportunities, and lend strength to the facility that hosts Vox so well.
Serving Locally:
Students serve in various types of ministries throughout the local Greenville area on a weekly basis. Students are educated and exposed to numerous ministry forms at the start of the year, then commit to impactful, weekly service per semester at one partner location. Examples of those ministries include:
Service Learning Trips:
Think ‘mission trips’ but better. The quest to implement God’s love in the world becomes vivid in our 3-4 service learning trips, including at least one international trek. Students step on to the front lines: embracing unfamiliar terrain, rubbing shoulders with local leaders, making meaningful face-to-face connections, and learning how to operate as the hands and feet of Jesus. Topical areas include refugees, women and children, community development, mental health, foster & adoption, homelessness, racial reconciliation, evangelism, & outreach, poverty alleviation, sex trafficking, urban ministry, affordable housing & more.
Great Adventure
Romans 1:20 “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse”
In our 4-6 Adventure Trips, we zoom into one of our mantras— discipleship through disruption. We encounter the creator through his creation. We leverage outdoor environments for the sake of profound growth. We experience the scriptures leap of the page as we study His Word in the context of His created world.
An appetite for adventure: Our outdoor adventure spread generally include the following: kayaking, primitive camping, backpacking, backcountry camping, rock climbing, caving, water features, mountain biking, canyoneering, and varying degrees of hiking.
To see more of our travels check out our trip gallery here.
Hands-on Service
Classroom Learning
Vox School of Discipleship
& Great Adventure
