A Community of Faith, A Center of Learning, A Life of Ministry
On Saturday, May 18, 2013, we celebrated the graduation of 77 students from Calvin Seminary. Ten countries were represented on that day: Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Liberia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, South Korea, and the United States. Today I want to share with you a portion of my commencement address. “In your seminary education, you have been challenged … [Read more...]
CTS students in the inaugural cohort of the Distance Learning program recently spent eight days in Grand Rapids attending course sessions, sharing meals, and enjoying life together with the residential community. Students especially appreciated the professors’ “passion for their topics” and the “personal attention” they gave. Calling their mentoring group … [Read more...]
Calvin Seminary Convocation 2012 address by John D. Witvliet from Calvin Seminary on Vimeo. Convocation Address: Prof. John Witvliet - “Berakah as a Way of Life” Handout Download: You may find it helpful to follow along with this PDF of the handout. … [Read more...]
Calvin Theological Seminary welcomed 14 distance students to this year’s Gateway, the seminary’s orientation course for new students. With a compressed five-day schedule that ran into most evenings (Aug 20-24), students got a foretaste of many on-campus intensives to come. From lectures on hermeneutics and homiletics to lunch in the student center and dinner at the … [Read more...]
August 15 – 21, 2012, President Medenblik traveled to Seoul, Korea to lecture at Han-Young Theological University and to preach at two Korean churches there. He was accompanied by Rev. Christian Oh of Han-Bit Korean CRC of Rochester Hills, MI. He spoke on topics including “The Goal of Seminary Education” (goal and focus of Seminary education) and “Leadership … [Read more...]
This past summer, I attended the Christian Reformed Church Synod for the first time as President of Calvin Theological Seminary. I had previously served as a delegate in 1990, 2002, 2006 and 2010, but for this Synod I was in a new role. Because of that role, I have been asked by a number of people about my impressions of this past Synod and this is my usual … [Read more...]
Calvin Seminary is pleased to welcome Dr. Michael Goheen as Professor of Missiology. Dr. Goheen will be holding the Jake and Betsy Tuls Chair of Missiology. Dr. Goheen is a leading scholar on the thought of Lesslie Newbigin. Among his many books are The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story (Baker, 2004), a best-seller he co-authored with Craig … [Read more...]
This past Tuesday, June 12, the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church approved 43 candidates (and graduates of Calvin Seminary) for ministry. 13 candidates traveled to Redeemer University College in Hamilton, Ontario, the site of this year’s Synod. 12 candidates also joined via webcast from the denominational headquarters in Grand Rapids. Delegates of Synod welcomed the … [Read more...]
