Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
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| Type | Private |
| President | G. Craig Williford |
| Students | 1,231 |
| Location | Deerfield, Illinois, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Affiliations | Trinity International University, Evangelical Free Church of America |
| Website | tiu.edu/divinity/ |
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) is an evangelical Christian seminary located in Deerfield, Illinois. TEDS is one of the largest seminaries in the world, enrolling more than 1,200 graduate students in professional and academic programs, including more than 150 in its PhD programs. The most popular degree at the school (the Master of Divinity degree or MDiv) prepares pastors, teachers, and missionaries for many kinds of service. The school also offers a range of more focused Master of Arts programs in counseling ministries, Christian thought, New Testament, Old Testament, and other disciplines.
TEDS is operated by the Evangelical Free Church of America and is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. It publishes the Trinity Journal.
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[edit] History
Trinity International University traces its roots to 1897 when the Swedish Evangelical Free Church began a ten-week Bible course in the basement of a Chicago church. From those humble origins, the school grew significantly in the early 20th century. Then, during the 1960s, the seminary moved to its present Deerfield Campus (just north of Chicago). In 1995, Trinity College (located on the same campus), Trinity College at Miami, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School were united to form Trinity International University.
[edit] Notable faculty
- Richard E. Averbeck -- Old Testament scholar and professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages
- D.A. Carson -- New Testament scholar and research professor of New Testament
- John S. Feinberg -- Chair of the Department of Biblical and Systematic Theology
- Murray J. Harris-- Professor emeritus of New Testament exegesis and theology
- James K. Hoffmeier -- Egyptologist and professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History
- Harold A. Netland -- Professor of philosophy of religion and intercultural studies and the Naomi A. Fausch chair of missions
- Grant R. Osborne -- Professor of New Testament and author of The Hermeneutical Spiral
- Ekhard Schnabel -- Professor of New Testament
- John Woodbridge -- Professor of Church History
- Willem A. VanGemeren -- Director of the Doctor of Philosophy in Theological Studies program and professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages; editor of New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis
- K. Lawson Younger, Jr. -- Professor of Old Testament, Semitic Languages, and Ancient Near Eastern History
- David Pao -- Professor of New Testament
- Douglas Sweeney--Professor of Church History, Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding
- Dr. Robert Priest--Professor of Mission and Intercultural Studies, Director of the Doctor of Philosophy in Intercultural Studies Program
[edit] Notable alumni
- John F. Ankerberg, host of the "John Ankerberg Show"
- Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C.
- Craig Blomberg, New Testament scholar at Denver Seminary
- Elie Buconyori, founder and President of Hope Africa University and Bishop of the free methodist church in Burundi and Kenya.
- William Lane Craig, apologist and professor of philosophy at Biola University's Talbot School of Theology
- W. Kent Fuchs - Provost of Cornell University
- Bill Hybels, founder and senior pastor of Willow Creek Church (did not graduate)
- Douglas J. Moo, New Testament scholar and theologian
- James MacDonald (pastor), popular pastor and speaker
- Scot McKnight, noted author and New Testament scholar at North Park University
- Mark Noll, noted Christian scholar and historian, professor of History at Notre Dame
- John D. Robb, Chairman of the International Prayer Council
- Jeffrey Neil Steenson, coordinator for Episcopalian priests seeking conversion to Roman Catholicism
- David Falconer Wells, Distinguished Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- Jim Wallis, author, activist, founder and editor of Sojourners Magazine
- Ravi Zacharias, Christian apologist
- Kazuhiko Uchida, noted Christian author and pastor and former dean of Japan Bible Seminary
- Randy Newman (Author, teacher, integrationist), author of Questioning Evangelism and Bringing the Gospel Home
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