Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) is an academic divinity school founded in 1897 and located north of Chicago, 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 (MDiv) degree, prepares pastors, educators, 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.
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1897 |
| Affiliation | Evangelical Free Church of America |
| President | Nicholas Perrin |
| Students | 1,231 |
| Address | 2065 Half Day Road , , , United States |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | divinity |
TEDS is affiliated with 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.
Notable faculty
- Gleason Archer - Former Professor of Old Testament and Semitics (1965-1986)
- Barry J. Beitzel - Professor Emeritus of Old Testament and Semitic Languages (1976-2016)
- D. A. Carson - New Testament Scholar and Emeritus Professor of New Testament
- John S. Feinberg - Chair of the Department and Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology
- Paul D. Feinberg - Late Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion
- Norman Geisler - Former Chair, Department of Philosophy of Religion (1970-1979)
- 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
- S. Lewis Johnson, Jr. - Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology (1980-1985)
- John Warwick Montgomery - Professor of Church History (1964-1974)
- Harold O.J. Brown - Late Professor held Franklin Forman Chair in Theology and Ethics and author of Heresies, Death Before Birth, The Sensate Culture, and Protest of a Troubled Protestant (1971, 1975-1983, 1987-1998)
- Harold A. Netland - Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Intercultural Studies and the Naomi A. Fausch Chair of Missions
- Grant R. Osborne - Late Professor of New Testament and author of The Hermeneutical Spiral
- Clark H. Pinnock - Late Professor of Systematic Theology
- Kevin J. Vanhoozer - Research Professor of Systematic Theology
- Keith E. Yandell - Affiliate Professor of Philosophy
- Wayne Grudem - Former Chair of Biblical and Systematic Theology department
- Willem A. VanGemeren - Former Professor of Old Testament
Notable alumni
- Ravi Zacharias, Christian apologist, Founder of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
- Mark Noll, noted Christian historian, professor of history at The University of Notre Dame
- 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 and president of the University of Florida
- Bill Hybels, founder and former senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois, one of the most attended churches in North America
- Walter C. Kaiser, retired president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- Douglas J. Moo, New Testament scholar and theologian
- James MacDonald, popular pastor and speaker
- Dan McConchie, member of the Illinois Senate
- Scot McKnight, noted blogger, author, and New Testament scholar at Northern Seminary
- James Moore, historian of science at the British Open University and the University of Cambridge, and visiting scholar at Harvard University
- Michael Young-Suk Oh, Executive Director/CEO of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization
- Cecil R. Richardson, former Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force
- John D. Robb, chairman of the International Prayer Council
- John Senyonyi, vice chancellor, Uganda Christian University
- Jeffrey Neil Steenson, former bishop in the Episcopal Church (United States), became Roman Catholic
- 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
- Smokie Norful, Grammy winning gospel singer and pianist
- Stanley E. Porter, President, Dean, and Professor of New Testament, McMaster Divinity College
- Dean Ropp, Pastor of Midway Community Church and Bryan College Basketball Legend
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