The college, therefore, seeks to locate, encourage, train, and send people into kingdom service. Our response to this purpose over the next five years is to develop strategies and programs that will enable the college to attract and train five hundred students yearly. The number of students who could enroll in RBC depends upon availability of positions for them to fill and upon the size of the student pool from which to draw applicants. Above all, this goal should be seen as an act of obedience to God in response to the vision and opportunities the Lord has given us. God has shown Himself faithful in providing for the college and has opened doors of opportunity for us to use in responding to His kingdom's growth.
Pragmatic reasons exist for setting five hundred students as a goal.
There are many, many ministry positions that go unfilled because of lack of trained individuals to staff them. First, we receive more requests for ministry graduates than we can presently fill. A large pool of students who sense God's call into ministry exists, but for various reasons do not know about RBC or do not consider it a viable institution for their interest area. Second, stewardship of our property and facilities would support, with some additional construction, a student body of five hundred. The composition of the student body will reflect the variety of groups the Lord has drawn our awareness to as people who are sensing and responding to His direction in their lives.