Ravi Zacharias at Trinity

Good news from the seminary of the Evangelical Free Church of America (and my alma mater), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School:

Ravi Zacharias, who earned his MDiv at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1976, is coming home to Trinity to teach. Recently named a university professor at large for Trinity International University, Ravi will again visit Trinity's Deerfield campus to address the community and to inaugurate his new role with the university on April 12, 2010.

Ravi’s professorship is one facet of a recent partnership announced between Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) and Trinity. Trinity and RZIM are in the midst of developing an educational initiative that takes advantage of the strengths of the institution for the preparation of leaders in ministry for the worldwide church. Ravi and his team from RZIM will have a regularized presence on campus, focusing on education in the areas of apologetics and cultural engagement. According to Research Professor of Church History and the History of Christian Thought, Dr. John Woodbridge (MDiv ’71), "Ravi's choice to partner with Trinity is an affirmation of Trinity's devotion to the gospel, a high view of Scripture, and cultural engagement."

The partnership includes a new masters degree at Trinity that will focus on preparing students for cultural engagement and for communicating the gospel through Spirit-filled apologetic presentations and dialogs. Cooperation between the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and Trinity will also enable exchanges of professors and students. Additionally, as university professor at large, Ravi will participate annually in Trinity's new masters degree program.

Working together in creative new ways, Ravi Zacharias International Ministries and Trinity seek to equip godly, skilled global evangelists to effectively communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ in this complex world.