by Tim Sensing | Jan 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
On the Training of Ministers Pete Ward’s new book Introducing Practical Theology: Mission, Ministry, and the Life of the Church (Baker Academic, 2017), emphasizes throughout the importance of the church and the lived experience of the community of faith. Ward...
by Emily Childers | Jan 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Current Doctor of Ministry students and alumni will meet at Saint John’s Abbey this coming March for a course titled “Living in the Tradition”. The course will be taught by GST’s Director of Contextual Education and Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, Dr. Brady...
by Emily Childers | Jan 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Get to know our Associate Professor of New Testament, Dr. Richard Wright! I was born in Lubbock, Texas and raised in Emporia, Kansas. I graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio with degrees in Violin Performance (BMus) and Religious Studies (BA). After...
by Brady Ross | Jan 3, 2018 | Students
Looking Back, Looking Around, Looking Forward At Crestview, the church where I serve as Youth Minister, our weekly staff meetings always follow a similar pattern. First, we evaluate recent events. Then, we discuss what is coming next and how we can best prepare....
by Joel Childers | Dec 19, 2017 | Students
Why is This Season Different from All Others? If you’ve ever found yourself thinking that you may have too many holiday traditions, and that sometimes it feels like every day of December has to contain some holiday movie, treat, or experience, I invite you...
by Nathan Pickard | Dec 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Knowing Your Neighborhood Part 1 of 3 One Sunday morning, years ago, a refugee family showed up at church and they kept coming back. I walked out of the office one afternoon, made my way up the street, and knocked on the front door of where the refugees were living....
by Emily Childers | Dec 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Fred Asare: Chief Executive Officer of Village of Hope, GST Alum, and Friend of Many Fred Asare completed a MA in Christian Ministry here at the Graduate School of Theology a few years back and during a short trip to Texas, he stopped by ACU’s campus. As Fred...
by Emily Childers | Dec 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Meet GST Alum, Nathan Pickard! Nathan lives in Newmarket, Ontario with his wife Katie and two boys, Caleb and Eli. He enjoys spending his time playing hockey with the kids. He also has a love for the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. He received a Master of...
by Renee Paul | Dec 4, 2017 | Students
No Obstacle is Too Big For God As graduation draws closer, I often find myself reminiscing on the past four years. Those sentimental moments elicit a multitude of emotions ranging from tenderness to downright gratitude. But what strikes me the most is how each year...
by Travis Hutchinson | Nov 2, 2017 | Students
The Church as Refuge Two weeks ago, I made the decision to ask a young man to leave our church, and it has left me with a sense of unease. This severing of ties wasn’t due to doctrinal or theological differences, personality conflicts or any of the causes we might...
by Rebecca Kello | Nov 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Tell Me a Story I had their attention, and holding the attention of 20 five-year-olds is no easy task, but I had it and I knew that whether or not I knew what I would say next, I had better make it compelling. I held their attention as I recounted a story that we all...
by Kester Smith | Oct 30, 2017 | Students
Never. Stop. Seeking. When I was just 3 years old, my family was invited to the home of one of the members of the church for which my dad had recently started preaching. They lived in a grand old house with a seemingly endless maze of rooms, each filled with artwork...
by Tim Sensing | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
I am continually amazed how our GST faculty engage in local church ministry. Of course, there are the obvious activities that everyone sees including church consultations and seminars, interim ministries, Elderlink, writing curriculum, and publishing articles and...
by Tim Sensing | Oct 9, 2017 | Students
Morgan DeBoer is beginning her first semester studies at ACU’s Graduate School of Theology, pursuing master degrees in both Christian Ministry (MACM) and in Social Work (MSSW). She is originally from Council Bluffs, Iowa and graduated from York College, where...
by Tim Sensing | Oct 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Graduate School of Theology has many gifted authors who are using their talents to minister to the church & the world. Below are four books that have recently been published by either GST faculty or alumni. We hope they will be an inspiration to you. ...
by Tim Sensing | Oct 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
The 2017 Carmichael-Walling Lectures will take place on Thursday, November 9. Our lecturer will be Dr. Mark Goodacre, Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Duke University.“How Well Do They Know Each Other?” Dr. Goodacre will speak...
by Tim Sensing | Oct 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
ACU Summit 2017, “Ancient Scripture, Future Church: The Choices We Make and the God We Serve,” focused on Deuteronomy, the ways this ancient text informs the future of the church and the choices we make as we strive to serve God. Approximately twenty eight GST...
by Ryne Parrish | Sep 5, 2017 | Students
Recently I was browsing my TimeHop (which, for those who are blissfully unaware, is a cell phone app that mercilessly displays your unfiltered social media posts from today’s date in years past) when I came across a Tweet from four years ago that read something...
by Tim Sensing | Apr 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Academy of Religious Leadership is an international academic guild of professors, scholars, and practitioners who gather for an annual conference each spring to read papers, interact about what is new in the field of leadership, and deepen theological reflection...
by Tim Sensing | Mar 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Abilene Christian University Student Wins Isaac Errett Award Bradley Steele of Abilene Christian University provided the winning paper for the 2017 competition titled: “The Lord’s Supper in the Thought of Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell.” Bradley will...
by Tim Sensing | Feb 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
You’re invited to the special release of the new book Eucharist and Ecclesiology: Essays in Honor of Dr. Everett Ferguson at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, presented by ACU’s Center for the Study of Ancient Texts. This robust collection of essays was gathered...
by Tim Sensing | Feb 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Aquino invited to give a keynote lecture at Oxford University Dr. Frederick Aquino of the Graduate School of Theology at ACU has been invited to give a keynote lecture at the Aquinas Colloquium, “Aquinas and Newman on Conscience” (see resource here). The colloquium...
by Tim Sensing | Feb 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
On February 15, 2017, ATS reaffirmed the accreditation of Abilene Christian University Graduate School of Theology for a period of ten years (fall 2026). The reaffirmation also includes the GST’s residency programs in Croatia, Ghana, Swaziland, and Addison. ATS...
by Tim Sensing | Feb 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dr. Jeff Childers of the Graduate School of Theology has been invited to present research at Università Tre in Rome at the conference, “Tradurre Tradire Tramandare—Translate Mislead Transmit: The Greek Fathers Between Latin Western and Syriac Eastern Worlds”...
by Tim Sensing | Jan 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Every January the Multi-Cultural Alliance (www.mcatexas.com) sponsors an interfaith retreat that invites Jewish, Christian, and Muslim students into conversations. This year’s retreat met at the Prothro Center, Lake Texoma, Texas. Two GST students and one...
by Tim Sensing | Jan 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Jonah: Interpreted, Reinterpreted, and Interred How a small biblical story became prominent in early Christian art You are invited to join us on the campus of Abilene Christian University for the presentation: “Jonah—Interpreted, Reinterpreted, and Interred.” This...
