We know it’s been a long time in coming, but we’re excited to finally launch the ACU Graduate School of Theology Blog where professors and students alike can contribute and interact around a multiplicity of fascinating and significant subjects. Of course those of you who aren’t ACUGST professors or students are most welcome to feast upon, delve into, and comment on the material you find here.
You may be asking yourself: “Who are these GST people?” Our Associate Dean, Dr. Mark Hamilton describes us thusly:
Our community of women and men comes from around the United States and many other nations across the globe. We seek to learn how to serve God and thus God’s creation with our hearts, hands, minds, and feet. Rigorous study of the Bible and the theology and history of the church, sustained and reflective engagement with the arts of ministry and the skills of leadership, committed practices of prayer and service – these are the elements we cultivate in our lives together.
Our community is firmly grounded in the life of the church. Many of us come from the churches of the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement, a group of Christians in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries who sought to reclaim the vision of unity, holiness, and service present when Christianity began. Our school embraces that vision even as it welcomes all who seek to serve in imitation of Jesus Christ. We believe that the church needs spiritual leaders in order to be part of God’s work of bringing peace, wholeness, and purpose to the world.
We think we’ve got some pretty good ideas for ways to make this blog exciting, informative, and even transformative. So make sure you keep watching the blog for updates.
Two things soon to come — 1) Dr. Mark Hamilton shares a three part series on Justice in Isaiah, and 2) an exciting announcement about our upcoming GST Preview Day Event. See you around!