Multiply for Seminaries — Modernize Delivery. Protect Faculty.
TL;DR Faculty hand over what they already have. A complete digital course comes back in 14 days — without anyone learning new software.
Faculty ask
Submit what you have
A syllabus, a lecture recording, a set of notes. No reformatting, no new tools, no training. Whatever format it's in now — that's what you send.
What comes back
A complete course
Study guides, comprehension questions, and reflection prompts — formatted for mobile, sequenced for working leaders. Faculty review it once before any student sees it.
How long it takes
14 days
From the day materials are submitted to a live, student-ready course. No development backlog, no instructional design queue, no months-long LMS configuration cycle.
Digital Delivery for Seminaries

Your Faculty Teach.
We Handle Everything Else.

Your faculty have spent decades building a theological legacy worth passing on. The bottleneck isn't their scholarship — it's delivery. You're losing bi-vocational students not because of what you teach, but because of when and how it reaches them.

Multiply takes your existing course materials — syllabi, lectures, reading notes — and turns them into complete, mobile-first digital courses in 14 days. Your faculty submit what they already have. They review the result once. Students enroll the next day.

Nothing newfor faculty to learn
14 daysMaterials to live course
1 reviewFaculty sign-off, then it's live
What actually changes

Your faculty teach.
That's where it ends.

Right now, "going digital" means your faculty become part-time software operators. They learn an LMS. They format quizzes. They build module outlines. They do this on top of teaching, advising, writing, and everything else they were hired to do. Most of them do it reluctantly, and the result shows.

Multiply removes that entirely. Your faculty do one thing: hand over what they already have. A syllabus works. A recorded lecture works. A set of reading notes works. What comes back is a complete digital course — study guides, comprehension questions, pastoral reflection prompts — formatted for the working leader completing it on a phone between services.

Faculty review the result once before any student sees it. That review is a read-through, not a build session. They confirm the theology is accurately represented. Any changes are handled without their involvement. The course goes live after sign-off.

This is not a learning management system. It's the layer between your faculty's scholarship and the students who need it — translating decades of theological formation into a format that works for leaders who can't come to campus.
Send what you have
Existing syllabi, lecture recordings, or reading notes — in whatever format they already exist. Nothing needs to be reformatted or restructured before it's submitted.
Receive a complete course
Study guides, weekly comprehension checks, and pastoral reflection prompts — built from your faculty's material, sequenced for mobile, ready for faculty review before any student sees it.
Designed for working leaders
Courses are built for 10–15 minute sessions on a phone — the bi-vocational pastor between services, not the residential student with three uninterrupted hours. Async, progress-tracked, mobile-first.
Four problems this solves

The issues keeping your provost
up at night.

These aren't edge cases. Every lean seminary faces a version of all four. Each one has a direct answer here.

You're losing bi-vocational students to schools that meet them where they are
Working pastors and ministry leaders represent the fastest-growing segment of people seeking theological formation. If your courses require showing up on campus, you're not competing for them — regardless of how good your faculty are.
Faculty are doing work they were never hired to do
The moment you go digital, every professor becomes a part-time software operator. That's not what they signed up for, and the resentment shows up in how the courses turn out. Multiply removes that burden without removing their voice from the course.
Accreditation bodies want documented evidence of digital delivery
Accreditors increasingly ask for structured, intentional approaches to asynchronous learning — not just a PDF on an LMS. A consistently produced, mobile-first course library is the kind of evidence that strengthens those conversations.
Decades of great teaching is sitting in folders no current student will ever find
Archive drives full of recordings, course packets, and lecture notes from your best faculty represent real institutional value. Most of it will never reach a student in its current form. Multiply turns that archive into a living course library.
One standard across every department

Every course feels like your institution built it.
Because it did.

When faculty build their own digital courses, the student experience fragments. One professor produces something polished; another uploads a PDF. Multiply brings every department to the same standard — without touching a single professor's syllabus or theological convictions.

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Students get the same quality in every course
Navigation, lesson structure, assessment style, and mobile formatting are consistent whether a student is taking Systematics or Pastoral Care. Your institutional brand carries through every course — not just the ones built by tech-comfortable faculty.
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Your theology comes through intact
Multiply doesn't rewrite your faculty's scholarship. It structures and formats it for digital delivery — preserving the institution's particular convictions, language, and doctrinal commitments in every module. What your faculty wrote goes in. What your faculty wrote comes out.
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Updating a course doesn't require rebuilding it
When a syllabus changes or a new faculty member takes over a course, submitting the updated material refreshes the entire course — no rebuild, no stale content lingering on the platform. The library stays current without manual maintenance cycles.
What the process looks like

What goes in. What comes back.

Faculty submit what they already have — a syllabus, a recording, a set of notes. Toggle to see exactly what a finished course module looks like on the other side.

THEO 301 — Systematic Theology I  ·  Syllabus Excerpt

Course Description

An introduction to systematic theology examining the nature, sources, and methods of Christian doctrine. Students engage primary sources from the Patristic, Medieval, Reformation, and Modern periods — with attention to the doctrine of God, theological anthropology, and Christology.

Week 4 — The Doctrine of God: Divine Attributes

Required Reading: Grudem, Systematic Theology, chapters 11–13. Supplemental: Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics Vol. 2, pp. 148–194.

  • Lecture: The communicable and incommunicable attributes of God
  • Discussion: How does divine impassibility relate to pastoral care?
  • Case study: Calvin's treatment of divine accommodation in the Institutes

Learning Objectives

  • Distinguish between classical and open theist understandings of divine foreknowledge
  • Articulate the significance of divine aseity for Christian worship and prayer
  • Apply the doctrine of divine accommodation to biblical interpretation

Assessment

Weekly reading response (300 words). Midterm exegetical paper (1,500 words). Final integrative essay (3,000 words).

Faculty submits this as-is — no reformatting, no software required
Study Guide
Week 4: Divine Attributes — The Character of God
This week in one sentence: God's attributes aren't arbitrary qualities assigned to him — they reveal who he necessarily is, and that changes how you pray, preach, and pastor.
  • Incommunicable attributes (aseity, immutability, impassibility) belong to God alone — they protect worship from collapsing into sentiment
  • Communicable attributes (love, justice, wisdom) are the ones we reflect dimly as image-bearers — they ground ethics and vocation
  • Calvin's divine accommodation: God speaks as a parent speaks to a child — not falsely, but in forms the receiver can actually hold
Built from THEO 301 Week 4 source material
Comprehension Check
Sample Question — Week 4
Calvin argues that God "accommodates" himself to human understanding in Scripture. Which statement best captures what this means?
God simplifies truth by leaving out what's too complex
God communicates real things about himself in forms that human language can receive — without distorting them
God speaks metaphorically because literal statements about him are impossible
God adapts his nature to fit each cultural moment
Drawn directly from Week 4 readings — nothing invented
Pastoral Reflection Prompt
For personal or small group use — 10–15 min
Divine impassibility holds that God does not suffer. But Hebrews 4 tells us Jesus sympathizes with our weakness. How do you hold these together — and where does that tension actually surface in your pastoral practice? Think of a hospital room, a funeral, a hard conversation.
Designed for the working leader completing this on a phone
Faculty review before any student sees it. The completed module is returned to the relevant faculty member for one read-through. They confirm the theology is accurately represented — not build, configure, or reformat anything. Any corrections are handled without their further involvement.
Walk through the student experience

This is exactly what your students open.

Work through a live module — the same experience a bi-vocational pastor completes on a phone between services. Your faculty's theology, your institution's voice.

Delivery formats available Reading + comprehension Video lecture Scenario-based Project submission Group cohort
THEO 301 · Week 4
Step 1 of 4
Week 4 · Divine Attributes
~12 min total
The Doctrine of God — Who God Necessarily Is
This week we move from the existence of God to the character of God — exploring the attributes that define who God necessarily is, and why those attributes change how you preach, pray, and pastor.
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Distinguish between God's communicable and incommunicable attributes
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Articulate why divine aseity matters for Christian worship and prayer
3
Apply Calvin's doctrine of accommodation to a real pastoral situation
Study Guide
~5 min
This week in one sentence: God's attributes aren't arbitrary qualities — they reveal who he necessarily is, and that changes how you pray, preach, and pastor.
Incommunicable attributes (aseity, immutability, impassibility) belong to God alone — they protect worship from collapsing into sentiment
Communicable attributes (love, justice, wisdom) are the ones we reflect dimly as image-bearers — they ground ethics and vocation
Divine accommodation is not God pretending — it is God genuinely meeting us where human language can receive him without distortion
Calvin's illustration: a parent who speaks simply to a child is not lying — they are meeting the child where they actually are
Check Your Understanding
~2 min
Calvin argues that God "accommodates" himself to human understanding in Scripture. Which statement best captures what this means?
Reflection
~5 min · Personal or small group
Divine impassibility holds that God does not suffer — yet Hebrews 4 tells us Jesus sympathizes with our weakness. How do you hold these together? Where does that tension surface in your pastoral practice — a hospital room, a funeral, a hard conversation?
Your instructor sees engagement, not content.
This module uses reading + comprehension. Your courses can look different.
Depending on the material and student population, modules can be built around video lectures (existing recordings or new), scenario-based learning for applied and pastoral courses, project submissions for practicum-style assessment, or group cohort prompts for cohort-based programs. The format is matched to how the content actually needs to land — not forced into a single template.
This is the exact student experience — no simplified mock. Built for 10–15 minute sessions on a phone, not a desktop with three uninterrupted hours.
How we know it works

What lands on your desk at day 14.

No vague outcomes. Five named deliverables — each one your Dean of Faculty can open, read, and either approve or send back for corrections. Click each item to confirm you've reviewed it.

The 14-Day Timeline
Day 1
Materials submitted
Your department sends existing syllabi, recordings, or notes. No reformatting required.
Days 2–5
Material is read and structured
Learning objectives are mapped, module breaks identified, key concepts organized. The theology is not rewritten — it is structured for delivery.
Days 6–11
Course materials are built
Study guides, comprehension questions, and reflection prompts are produced — grounded strictly in what the faculty member submitted. Nothing is invented.
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Day 12
Faculty review draft delivered
The completed course is returned to the relevant faculty member. One read-through. Corrections are handled without their further involvement.
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Day 14
Live — open for enrollment
After faculty sign-off, the course is live on your institution's branded platform. Students can enroll the same day on any device.
What faculty review at Day 12
Your complete pilot deliverable.
Five items. Each one reviewable before a single student sees it. Click to mark reviewed.
Course outline — learning objectives and module sequence built from the submitted syllabus
Per-lesson study guides — key concept summaries formatted for 10–15 minute mobile sessions
Comprehension questions — 3–5 per module, drawn from source material, with answer explanations that reflect the faculty member's framing
Pastoral reflection prompts — one per module, connecting doctrine to a real ministry situation a bi-vocational leader would actually face
Live mobile preview — a working instance of the course faculty can navigate as a student would before approving it for enrollment
Items reviewed
0 of 5
Faculty approve each item. Students see it only after sign-off. No open-ended review cycle.

The pilot starts with three courses.

One foundational, one advanced, one applied — selected by your Dean. All three go through the same 14-day process. All three reviewed before any student enrolls.

How It Works

Three steps.
14 days.

The process is designed to remove every point of friction that has historically made digital course development slow and expensive.

STEP01

Your department submits existing materials

Select the courses to start with. Submit the materials — syllabi, recordings, notes — in whatever format they already exist. Faculty do not need to be involved at this stage beyond identifying which courses to include.

What to sendCourse syllabi, recorded lectures, reading lists, or comprehensive notes — anything that already exists. There is no required format.
Who coordinatesAn Academic Affairs contact submits the materials and defines the institutional brand standards the finished course should reflect.
STEP02

Multiply builds the course — without involving faculty

The submitted material is read, structured, and turned into a complete digital course. Faculty are not contacted during this stage. The goal is to return something they can review — not to ask them questions along the way.

Study guidesKey concepts distilled into concise, readable lesson summaries — formatted for 10–15 minute sessions on a phone, grounded strictly in what the faculty member wrote.
Comprehension checks3–5 questions per module drawn from the source material — reflecting the specific theological framing of the course, not generic quiz content.
Reflection promptsOne pastoral prompt per module connecting doctrinal content to a real ministry situation — for the working leader completing this between Sunday services.
On theological integrity: Nothing is invented. Every study guide point, every question, every prompt traces directly back to what the faculty member submitted. The course your institution produces will sound like your institution — because it was built from your institution's scholarship.
STEP03

Faculty review once — then it goes live

The completed course is returned to the relevant faculty member. One read-through. They confirm the theology is accurately represented. Any corrections are handled without involving the professor again. After sign-off, the course is live and open for enrollment.

Faculty roleRead and approve — not build, configure, or format. This is the only time faculty are asked to do anything, and it takes under an hour for a standard course module.
After sign-offThe course publishes to your institution's branded platform. Students can enroll immediately on any device. Progress is tracked automatically from the first session.
The Pilot

Three courses. 14 days.
See it before you commit to it.

The best way to evaluate this is to put your actual course material through the process and see what comes back. The pilot does exactly that — three courses, 14 days, faculty review before any student sees a single question.

Scope
3 Courses
One foundational, one advanced, one applied — chosen by your Dean of Faculty. All three go through the full process. All three are reviewed before anything goes live.
Turnaround
14 Days
From the day materials are submitted to a complete draft returned for faculty review. No extended timeline, no development sprints, no check-ins in between.
Faculty ask
One review
Each faculty member reads the finished course and approves it. That's the full ask — no software, no meetings, no ongoing involvement after sign-off.
Who drives this
Three roles. Clear responsibilities.
This runs cleanly when three people are aligned from the start. The Provost gives the mandate and tells faculty why it matters. The Dean of Faculty selects the three pilot courses and coordinates the single review at the end. Academic Affairs submits the materials and manages the handoff. Multiply does everything in between.
President / Provost
Sets the institutional direction — communicates to faculty that this is a priority, not an experiment
Dean of Faculty
Selects the three pilot courses and coordinates the one-time faculty review at completion
Academic Affairs
Submits the materials, communicates brand standards, manages the review and approval cycle
Get Started

Send us a syllabus. We'll send back a course.

No meeting required to see it work. Share an existing syllabus or lecture transcript and we'll return a complete sample module within 48 hours — study guides, questions, reflection prompts, formatted and ready for you to review. If it doesn't accurately represent the faculty member's work, we rebuild it until it does.

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