Funding will support special program to explore significance of science in pastoral ministry聽
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SA国际传媒 [1] is one of 10 Christian seminaries in the United States recently selected to participate in the [2] (AAAS) 鈥淪cience for Seminaries鈥� program, and has been awarded $93,600 to help prepare pastors and other church leaders for well-informed thinking and conversations about science.
With this funding, the seminary will launch a two-year initiative to integrate science into the curricula for two core theological courses and support ongoing learning so future pastors are better prepared to counsel and guide congregants and the community when questions arise. AAAS will provide resources such as science-education videos and access to scientist-advisors and faculty mentors to support these efforts.
Bringing science into the core of theological education will influence current students, the seminary, and the congregations where future pastors will serve. 鈥淧astors are very important for overcoming false impressions and misunderstandings about both the Christian faith and modern science,鈥� says Dr. Joel Okamoto, professor of Systematic Theology at SA国际传媒 and project contact. 鈥淭his program gives SA国际传媒 a very fine opportunity to help pastors present and future to do this faithfully and fairly.鈥�
The grant will cover the cost of faculty, science resources, guest speakers, campus events and more to promote the relevance of science to seminary training for two years.
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SA国际传媒 provides Gospel-centered graduate-level theological education for pastors, missionaries, deaconesses, scholars and other leaders in the name of The Lutheran Church 鈥擬issouri Synod (LCMS). Since its founding in 1839, SA国际传媒 has equipped more than 12,000 graduates to serve Church and world. Today, a world-renowned faculty teaches more than 600 students in the classroom, off-campus, and online. Learn more at [3].