for exclusive free content
The board, faculty, and staff of Covenant Seminary are pleased to announce a new Director for the Seminary’s City Ministry Initiative (CMI). Jeremy Main will assume the Director role with CMI this fall while continuing to direct the Field Education Department and teach classes as an Adjunct Professor of Educational Ministries. Main, a 2015 graduate of…
Covenant Seminary is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Robert Kim to the Philip and Rebecca Douglass Chair of Church Planting and Christian Formation. Dr. Kim, currently Church Planting Coordinator for the Metro Philadelphia Church Planting Partnership, will assume his new role at Covenant in fall 2019 with a one-year appointment as a full-time Adjunct Professor of…
Advancing through Adversity: Speaking of Jesus in our Secular and (nearly) ‘Post-Christian’ Setting Opposition to Christian proclamation is no new phenomenon. Many of us have known that in various parts of the world missionaries carry out their work in the face of cultural and often legal adversity. Tragically, rather than decreasing, reputable reporting agencies demonstrate…
This year’s PCA General Assembly has an overture that affects Covenant Seminary. You can watch Dr. Mark Dalbey respond to this overture in a short video here.
Every year the Seminary honors certain graduates with awards in specific areas. Please join us in congratulating the following recipients: The Robert G. Rayburn Homiletics Award, given annually to a graduating student who has demonstrated special zeal and competence in the field of homiletics, has been awarded to Andrew Burkhardt. The J. Oliver Buswell Theology Prize,…
Now you can purchase official Covenant Seminary gear and apparel, even if you don’t live anywhere near campus. The new Covenant Seminary Store offers apparel, drinkware and accessories for people who devote their lives to ministry. Flat-rate shipping is available anywhere in the U.S. (sorry, no international shipping yet). Or if you live in St….
Join the Francis Schaeffer Institute for a special viewing of Dr. John Dickson’s third documentary series, For the Love of God: How the Church is Better and Worse Than you Ever Imagined. You can view the trailer here. Dr. Dickson will be present to then lead discussion about the film the following morning. John’s story is eclectic. Starting…
Interested in Seminary? Join us on our campus in St. Louis on Friday, April 12th, from 9:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Covenant Seminary Preview Day! Whether you are looking to study in residence, hybrid, or online, this is a great opportunity to see how Covenant students are shaped and prepared for a lifetime of impactful ministry. Our…
Covenant Seminary is pleased to announce the recent appointment of a new director for the Doctor of Ministry program: Dr. Joel Hathaway (MDiv ’04, DMin ’16). Dr. Hathaway currently serves as our Director of Alumni and Career Services, where he has faithfully cared for our graduates as they navigate into and serve in ministry roles around the…
The president, board, faculty, and staff of Covenant Seminary are pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Dan Zink, professor of counseling, to director of the Seminary’s Master of Arts in Counseling (MAC) program. Dr. Zink has been serving as interim director of the program since the retirement of founding director Dr. Richard Winter (now…
A Reformation Debate In 1518, Martin Luther, who had been the center of controversy in the church for some time, was called before church officials in Heidelberg to debate his beliefs. On one side were several imposing Catholic leaders with their arsenal of papers and books of canon law. On the other side was Luther…
One widespread fictional fabrication in youth ministry and churches is that droves of students leave the church after they graduate from the youth group. Many youth pastors have been hurt and threatened by these various dubious statistics. These erroneous figures often report that 80% to 90% of students leave church after they leave youth group….
