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### [Baby Boomers Going to Seminary](https://blog.nes.edu/bid/85099/Baby-Boomers-Going-to-Seminary)

![man pensive](https://blog.nes.edu/hs-fs/file-16631448-jpg/images/man_pensive.jpg?width=226&height=149&name=man_pensive.jpg)When the British Broadcasting Company was investigating a recent trend among older Americans’ desire for seminary education sparked by a Time magazine [article](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2043476,00.html), correspondent Johnny Dymon selected Northeastern Seminary as the focus for a short radio documentary. Interviews with Academic Vice President and Dean Doug Cullum, current student Mary Van Houten, graduate Bill Rabjohn, and prospective student Shawn Carey provided a window into the dynamic pull second-career people feel toward seminaries and on the decision process that incurs. Listen to the [audio clip](http://www.roberts.edu/campaign/nes/SeminariesFINAL.mp3) that recently aired in the United Kingdom on BBC radio.

[Sarah Champignon](https://blog.nes.edu/author/sarah-champignon) 

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