Intensives & Events

The Church & Witness — The Rev. Dr. John Guest, Evangelist & Pastor. Preaching & Reception, Monday, June 3, 7pm, and preaching in chapel, Wednesday, June 5, 8:30am. These events are free and open to the public. John will also be guest lecturer in seminary classes, and speaking at the Alumni Reunion BBQ, June 4.

Healing Prayer — June 3-5 The Rev. Nigel Mumford, Director of Healing Ministries, Christ the King Spiritual Life Center. 3 days of teaching & prayer. Cost $150. Tuesday night Healing Prayer service free & open to the public, 7pm, Trinity Chapel. REGISTER HERE

Trinity Alumni Reunion — June 4-5  Cost $25. Alumni BBQ Tuesday, 4:30pm with John Guest; Wednesday, Chapel & Eucharist, teaching from Trinity faculty, John Rodgers & Les Fairfield & Alumni Dinner, 5pm. Contact btoalster@tsm.edu for more information. REGISTER HERE

Robert E. Webber Center Opening Gala — Wednesday, June 5, 7pm. Inaugural Address, David Neff, Editorial Vice President Christianity  Today.

CH 725/875 Theology & Spirituality of the Church Fathers — Dr. Chris Hall, Chancellor of Eastern University & Dean of Palmer Theological Seminary and author of several books including Worshiping with the Church Fathers (IVP), and with Dr. Steven Boyer, The Mystery of God: Theology for Knowing the Unknowable (Baker Academic). This course will explore the insights of the church fathers on key areas of theology (ie. Trinity, incarnation) and spirituality (the life of Antony, the desert fathers and mothers). How, for instance, did the early Christians pray? How and why did they produce such a complex model of God as that of the Trinity?

ME 600  Evangelism & Church Planting — The Rev. Canon Dr. John Macdonald; This course provides instruction and encouragement in the basics of personal evangelism and evangelism in the local church, including a strong emphasis on the practical application of what is learned in class and through the reading. (Prerequisite: ME500)

ME 725/875  Fresh Expressions of Church — The Rev. Dr. David Male; Director of the Centre for Pioneer Learning & Tutor in Pioneer Ministry Training at Ridley Hall Theological College. This course will look at the growth and development of the Fresh Expressions movement in the UK and across the world since the publication of the 2004 Mission Shaped Church report. A practical study of how this movement can help all churches and leaders in their mission. Excellent for church planters. Class Cancelled. Will be offered June 2014.

OT 700 Hebrew Exegesis — Dr. Erika Moore; Extensive translation work in various genres of the Old Testament including historical narrative, prophetic speech, and poetry. (Prerequisites: BI600, BL630) (2 weeks)

NT 700 Greek Exegesis — The Rev. Dr. Rod Whitacre; An intermediate course in New Testament exegesis giving students the opportunity to increase skills in reading, interpreting and applying the text of the Greek New Testament. (Prerequisites: BI600, BL630) (2 weeks)

DM 800  Listening & Trusting in an Age of Uncertainty — The Rev. Dr. Henry L. Thompson; This orientation course will integrate theology, spirituality and missiology, and the practical application of beliefs/ideas into ministry context. (DMin only)

Anglican Worship Leaders Retreat: Holding Head & Heart Together
Trinity welcomes back Andy Piercy, a gifted worship leader, songwriter, and record producer for Delirious, Graham Kendrick, and Matt Redman. Join us for three days of fellowship, extended worship, teaching, prayer and encouragement that will refresh and revitalize your ministry. Highly recommended for all worship leaders and those responsible for worship in their local church. June 10-12, Monday, 4pm to Wednesday noon. Worship concert Tuesday night. Cost $150. REGISTER HERE

Following Jesus: Discipleship & Prayer in the Great Tradition
A week of excellent teaching, vibrant worship, and guided reflections—Repenting, Believing, Loving, Obeying. An interdisciplinary approach to the Christian life led by Trinity professors, gleaning wisdom from Old & New Testament Studies, Historical & Practical Theology. Wednesday is reserved for a spiritual retreat. Cost $150. REGISTER HERE

(students taking this for credit, see PT530 course listing below)

PT 530  Following Jesus: Discipleship & Prayer in the Great Tradition — The Rev. Dr. Peter Walker, and Trinity Faculty;  A week of excellent teaching, vibrant worship, and guided reflections—Repenting, Believing, Loving, Obeying. An interdisciplinary approach to the Christian life led by Trinity professors, including a full day spiritual retreat.

*Matriculated MAR online students taking the course for credit receive full tuition discount. Other Trinity students taking the course for credit, regular tuition applies.

ST 610/875  A Christian Theology of Friendship — Dr. Wes Hill; This course will examine the historic Christian practice of friendship with a view to how it might be recovered in today's church. We will draw on figures like Aelred of Rievaulx (12th century abbot and author of the treatise Spiritual Friendship), C. S. Lewis, and theological ethicists like Gilbert Meilaender and Paul Wadell in order to embody this ancient Christian practice in a renewed contemporary form.

PT 860  Plant, Renew, and Grow: Strategic Leadership for Pastors & Missionaries — The Rev. Dr. Henry L. Thompson & The Rev. Dr. Leander Harding: Pastors and missioners frequently struggle to define strategy. This course will challenge and equip participants to plan and develop a strategic plan to re-conceive the mission for their local ministry that is biblically and theologically coherent, missionally effective, and easily accessible to ongoing evaluation and redesign. (DMin only)

ST 800  Evangelical Theology — The Very Rev. Dr. Justyn Terry; This course sets out the essentials of evangelical theology and applies them to Christian ministry in contemporary pluralistic society. It also defends these positions from critics, both modern and post-modern. (DMin only)