Trinity Theological Union Alumni

We have planted our flag here in the hopes of continuing the work of the Trinity Theological Union Graduate School. Trinity was formed in 1999 in response to the need for a graduate school of theology that was unabashedly Christian and expected Christians to live up to the highest intellectual standards.

The majority of seminaries today are divided into two camps. The first blindly upholds fundamentalist doctrine. The emphasis is on rules of outward conduct with only lip service paid to the condition of the heart. Precepts are often disembodied from logic, the wide contextual sweep of the Bible and the fullness of God's love. Students are taught rote reinforcement of cultural Christianity and are required to memorize, not necessarily understand, reinforcing Scriptures.

The seminaries of the second group are often called "cemeteries" because students who enter with faith undergo a constant onslaught to kill it. There is hostility against orthodox or traditional Christianity. Faith is reduced to philosophical and psychological principles. Good works have to be politically correct. The Bible is repudiated as the inspired word of God.

Trinity Theological Union was a grand, short-lived experiment to counter the distressing trends. Trinity was small by design and global in vision. Budgets were kept lean; administrators and professors, held accountable for being active in their fields and committed to their students. The three degrees offered had to come by hard work. To break out of cultural chauvinism, each of the Trinity intensive classes were conducted in various venues around the world. To graduate, students were required to have taken classes on a minimum of three continents. The class lectures and discussions were often bilingual, if not trilingual in their nature.

The need for this type of education exists more than ever today. We, the alumni/ae, are fervently praying about resuming operations. We are seeking His favor to broaden Trinity’s scope, to become The Magis, an institute that augments a rigorous academic program with non-degree courses and seminars.