Catalogs are odd literary works. I am thrilled that you are taking a moment to consider our invitation to study with us. Perhaps, it is best to state the premise that invigorates all our work. We believe that graduate education is a context to ask hard questions, enter heartache, and grow in hope. 

We invite students to the rich texture of sorrow and joy, tragedy and redemption in the text of the Bible, the soul and culture.  It is this unique reading of all three texts-Bible, soul, and culture-that brings students face to face with the deepest questions and desires that incarnate our pursuit of God.  And it is our conviction that it is in this search, this journey, that our most surprising, gracious, and wild God shows us love.

The question of what it means to speak the gospel to one another-let alone to a world that has perceived the gospel through the lens of the Christian community's self-righteousness, isolation, and fear-permeates our dialogue.
 
We fit few paradigms, and we settle for even fewer formulas. But we do provide a place and a time for you to remember your story, and burdens, your calling, and your God.

In His Kindness,
Dan B. Allender
President