May-June 2009.pdf - Trinity School for Ministry
May-June 2009.pdf - Trinity School for Ministry
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In This Issue<br />
Volume XXXII Number 3<br />
2 From the Dean and President<br />
by Justyn Terry<br />
3 How is <strong>Trinity</strong> Faring in the<br />
Financial Downturn?<br />
by Justyn Terry<br />
4 Non-Residential Masters Degrees<br />
by Grant LeMArquand<br />
5 Curriculum Review at <strong>Trinity</strong>:<br />
Re-Forming the Formation of<br />
Leaders<br />
by Travis Hines<br />
7 The Bamboo Bids Adieu<br />
by Bill Starke<br />
8 <strong>Trinity</strong> in Tunisia<br />
by Les Fairfield<br />
10 Recommendations <strong>for</strong> Summer<br />
Reading – from some of <strong>Trinity</strong>’s<br />
faculty<br />
12 <strong>June</strong> 2009 at <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
13 Fairfield Homecoming<br />
14 Go! Go! Go!<br />
15 Annual Fund Thermometer<br />
Upcoming <strong>Trinity</strong> Events<br />
16 Prayer <strong>for</strong> <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
From the Dean and President<br />
Dear Friends,<br />
Welcome to another edition of Seed & Harvest.<br />
There’s a little something <strong>for</strong> everyone in this<br />
issue.<br />
One of the articles is about something that we<br />
believe will help us equip many people <strong>for</strong><br />
mission in this country and overseas: revised<br />
MAR and MAME (now MA in Mission)<br />
degrees that can be taken non-residentially.<br />
They can also lead to an MDiv which can be<br />
Dean Terry<br />
completed with one year of residency. This is<br />
an exciting development that many of our supporters have been keen to see<br />
us provide.<br />
Whilst I am delighted that we can now offer these degrees, I do want to reaffirm<br />
our continuing commitment to residential training wherever possible.<br />
There is something about spending three or four years in the company of<br />
others preparing <strong>for</strong> ordained leadership responsibilities in the church that<br />
cannot be entirely replicated online or in summer and winter intensives.<br />
The knowledge, skills and character <strong>for</strong>mation that we seek to impart at<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> are all communicated personally. Faculty, staff and students share<br />
their lives as they worship, study and eat together; education is going on all<br />
the time. We wrestle with the great issues of the faith in an intentional community<br />
committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to the supreme authority of<br />
Scripture, to the lordship of the Holy Spirit and to the need <strong>for</strong> evangelism<br />
and discipleship. This is, I believe, the best way to gain the knowledge and<br />
skills we need <strong>for</strong> the demands of Christian ministry.<br />
We also have the joy of seeing the character of our students develop at<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong>. These highly committed men and women mature be<strong>for</strong>e our eyes.<br />
This is rarely seen from one day to the next, but it is evident from one year<br />
to the next. Our graduates have a greater maturity, depth, and humble<br />
confidence than they had when they first came.<br />
On the cover:<br />
Dean and President Justyn<br />
Terry speaking in Chapel during<br />
Be a Seminarian <strong>for</strong> a Day.<br />
Photo by Jim Beavers<br />
<br />
So whilst we gladly offer these new non-residential masters degrees, we<br />
continue to encourage people to immerse themselves in residential training<br />
if at all possible. It is a great investment <strong>for</strong> the kingdom and a sign of a<br />
radical commitment to the radical call of Jesus Christ on our lives that lies<br />
at the heart of Christian ministry.<br />
With all good wishes and every blessing,
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