Academic Catalog: Message from the President
Thank you for considering Denver Seminary! The purpose of this catalog is to help you better understand who we are and the mission we believe God has called us to. If you are serious about making a difference in the world for Christ, Denver Seminary can help you do that. We exist to prepare men and women to engage the needs of the world with the redemptive power of the gospel and the life-changing truth of Scripture. Our programs will challenge you to grow intellectually, professionally and personally so that you can be more meaningfully involved in God’s purpose and mission in the world.
Denver Seminary has been training men and women for ministry for over sixty years and our history provides a foundation for our future. Here you’ll find a community that builds on that foundation with cutting-edge scholarship, innovative programs, and meaningful transformative relationships.
At the heart of Denver Seminary, you’ll find five characteristics that will define your experience here:
Biblical authority: We believe the Bible is our final authority for faith and practice. We take that belief seriously; looking first to the Word of God as our reference point for all that we teach and do. We affirm unashamedly that the Bible provides the only real answers to life’s most profound questions.
Vigorous scholarship: As a community of learners, we have the courage to ask tough questions and allow Scripture to take us to answers that we may not want to face. Vigorous scholarship does not blink when skeptics batter our confidence and it does not retreat to the comfortable confines of tried and true axioms. Neither does vigorous scholarship descend into catacombs of academic irrelevance. At Denver Seminary scholarship means exploring the answers to the questions of real people in the real world.
Charitable orthodoxy: Our community comes together around our confession of the great core truths of the Christian faith. Around that common core we engage in gracious and serious conversations about many different areas of faith and life. Sometimes we disagree with one another on the interpretation of a passage of Scripture or the implications of a theological truth. At all times, however, we strive to be a community that relates to one another charitably with a penchant to listen before speaking and a desire to learn that trumps the instinct to defend and tell.
Redemptive relationships: Our community also comes together as humbled and broken people who have found life anew in the redemptive power of the gospel. And we live like those for whom redemption, grace, and reconciliation are more than theological concepts—they are the breath of life that sustains us all, every moment of every day. At Denver Seminary, we nurture interpersonal relationships that drag us out of our hiding places so that we can finally move into the light of Christ’s searing gaze of love.
Global concern: At Denver Seminary, we don’t hide from the realities of a world desperately in need of redemption at every level. There has never been a generation more globally aware and connected than yours. We will help transform that global awareness into a passion for God’s passion—the redemption of people from every tribe and tongue and nation.
Our vision is a world transformed by Christ through the courageous testimony of his people. Whether you want to train for full-time vocational ministry, deepen your impact as a leader in your church, improve your testimony in your current profession, or study for personal enrichment, we would love to help you. Come to
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Mark Young
