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School of Theology - FaithTrack
Many Christians long to study their faith more deeply. However, they are not always able to go away to college or seminary and there are often simply are not the resources in the local church to run basic courses in theology. St Paul’s Theological Center has for a number of years run a very successful School of Theology at Holy Trinity Brompton. This course is being filmed to make it available for other churches to use so that any church anywhere in the world can run their own basic introduction to theology within their local communities.
The School of Theology series consists of three tracks:
- FaithTrack (introduction to systematic theology)
- BibleTrack (an introduction to the Bible)
- LifeTrack (introduction to ethics, gospel and culture, mission, politics, etc).
A FaithTrack DVD set is now complete and available for churches to run. These DVDs comprise nine separate one hour teaching sessions given by Jane Williams, Michael Lloyd and Graham Tomlin and cover the following topics:
- Talk 1 - The Character of God (Dr Graham Tomlin)
- Talk 2 - Creation (Dr Jane Williams)
- Talk 3 - Sin, Evil and the Fall (Dr Michael Lloyd)
- Talk 4 - Incarnation (Dr Jane Williams)
- Talk 5 - The Death of Christ (Dr Graham Tomlin)
- Talk 6 - Jesus’ Resurrection and Ascension (Dr Jane Williams)
- Talk 7 - The Holy Spirit (Dr Graham Tomlin)
- Talk 8 - The Trinity (Dr Michael Lloyd)
- Talk 9 - Fulfilment (Dr Michael Lloyd)
- Extended Questions and Answers (Graham Tomlin, Jane Williams and Michael Lloyd)
There is also a leaders guide, talk handouts and full instructions on how to run the course in the best possible way which can be accessed online registration information included in the DVD kit.
Get the School of Theology - FaithTrack DVD Kit
More about St. Paul’s Theological Center
Background
St. Paul’s Theological Centre (SPTC) is located in London, England and is an outgrowth of Holy Trinity Brompton, the church that birthed the Alpha course. It is headed by Dr. Graham Tomlin, formerly of Oxford University.
It aims to develop and provide theological resources for pastors throughout the world. Just as the Alpha Course was developed in HTB and spread from there, SPTC hopes to help make it possible for any local church to run their own theological training for lay people by making the resources at SPTC available to other churches elsewhere in the world.
The School of Theology DVD series is just such a resource. FaithTrack is the first part of a series of resources that can help any local church provide training that will raise the level of theological understanding amongst lay leaders in church and society.
Vision
SPTC’s vision is to help bring theology back into the heart of the church
Identity
Theology serves the church. The great theologians of the classic Christian tradition were always rooted in the realities of church life, whether Irenaeus in Lyons, Augustine in Hippo, Luther in Wittenberg or Calvin in Geneva. Theology was a discipline of ‘faith seeking understanding’, not an abstract academic discipline primarily to be conducted in the clinical atmosphere of university classrooms. It was therefore a discipline intimately connected with the realities of ordinary people living the Christian life in the context of the church. Theologians were those set apart by the church (and sometimes into an academy which was closely linked to the church) to be its ‘doctors’ – those who reflected on the faith of the church, its experience, life & doctrine, to guard it, teach those entrusted with the cure of souls, and develop it to meet new challenges and questions. It was only in the Enlightenment that theology began to be rooted primarily in an increasingly secularised academy, distanced from the life of the church. Theology needs to come back to the heart of the living church, both for the sake of theology (to enable it to be connected into the actual living of Christian life and encounter with God), and for the sake of the church (to enable it to bear witness to the grace and rule of God with theological integrity and distinctiveness).
St Paul’s Theological Center aims to be a new kind of theological institution, dedicated to play a part in restoring theology to the heart of the church. Its unique quality is the combination of excellence in theology and teaching within the context of a vibrant local church, rather than a university, residential college or diocese. Holy Trinity Brompton provides a very special context in which to offer theological training. Its global profile, due to the Alpha Course and related resources that have become widely used worldwide, can draw speakers and students from around the world. At the same time, its many different ministries (family life, social transformation, youth and students, worship central, etc...) and its wider network of church plants, and other associated communities also make it an ideal context in which people can learn the kind of practical theology and skills which are so necessary if the church is to flourish into the future.
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