马修·奥赫恩，14岁

在你的职业生涯中，最初是什么让你感兴趣？ 你是如何辨别自己的使命的？

I felt called to ministry in high school, but it wasn't until I was at Covenant that the Lord showed me how pursuing a calling to vocational ministry could include ministering in secular contexts, such as a hospital. Writing my senior paper on a theology of disability gave me a lens to see how the gospel impacts even the deepest pains in life and how the Lord was using my own personal testimony to equip me to minister His care to others.

从威尼斯人平台毕业后，你的职业道路是怎样的？

从威尼斯人平台毕业后，我立即成为一名全日制神学院学生。 After finishing my MDiv, I worked as a pastoral intern at a couple of churches before the Lord led me to pursue chaplaincy. I've been in hospital ministry for the last four years.

现在回想起来，威尼斯人平台是如何为你的神学院和职业生涯做准备的？

Covenant transformed my understanding of how the gospel impacts every aspect of life and prepared me not only for seminary, but also for my vocational calling as a hospital chaplain. Writing my senior paper made me wrestle with how Christ meets us in our suffering, carries us through it in His mighty arms, and redeems our pain for His glory and our good. Not only that, but Covenant provided me a setting in which my daily devotional life and love for Christ and His word were richly nurtured.

你的信仰如何影响你的职业生涯？

I get to bring pastoral care and gospel hope into many situations that most pastors never see in ministry. Also, my faith helps me to see every aspect of my story in light of Christ and His story of redeeming His creation. God continues to interweave the strands of my life into a tapestry of His grace and glory.

你会给那些正在考虑威尼斯人平台的学生什么建议？

Seek a theologically rich and robust education that nurtures your personal walk with Christ as you seek to follow Him in ministering to people who are hurting. If you're looking for a school setting where you can fall more deeply in love with Jesus, mature in your faith, and gain a vision for how the gospel transforms every aspect of life, Covenant's where you should go.

你为什么选择约恩？

I wanted a Christ-centered education that would prepare me to pursue His calling on my life where I would also get to mature in my faith and devotion to Jesus alongside my peers in the picturesque setting of Lookout Mountain.

你在圣威尼斯人平台的时光里有哪些美好的回忆或最喜欢的故事？

每周日晚上和室友一起祷告和赞美！ To this day, my closest friends are a group of guys I went to Covenant with and whom all are also in vocational pastoral ministry as I am.