Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Summer School

Excerpt from Summer School of Theology at Vintage Faith

Last night we started our 6 week summer School of Theology classes at Vintage Faith Church. I don't know of the total number of people but the place was quite a buzz and the classes seemed all full. Kristin and I are teaching the "Church and Mission" class which is our church membership class. I love the School of Theology as it shows the eagerness and desire that people have in learning more.

I am convinced in our culture we need to be teaching more theology and having more learning opportunities and opportunities for discussion. We intentionally call this "School of Theology" to keep emphasizing how everyone can strive to become "theologians" (in the non-academic sense) as the word simply means someone who takes the study of God seriously.

The first week of the "Church and Mission" class was primarily what the history of our church is and then was a lesson on "ecclesiology" for the most part. ...

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