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COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS International Partnerships and Study Opportunities Educational Consortia Jerusalem University College 1 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School is a member of both the Northside Trinity’s membership in Jerusalem University College (JUC) provides Chicago Theological Institute (NCTI) and the Association of Chicago students with the opportunity of supplementing their campus studies Theological Schools (ACTS). Full-time Trinity master’s students in good with study in the Holy Land. JUC offers both undergraduate and graduate standing and enrolled in a degree program may register for courses in any courses designed to introduce students to the Near East, to provide of the member schools and pay Trinity’s tuition charge. introduction and advanced training in the languages and literatures of that area from antiquity to the present, and to contribute to the Northside Chicago Theological Institute (NCTI) understanding of Near Eastern cultures and peoples in other times as NCTI represents a consortium of theological seminaries on the north side well as in the present. JUC’s staff has been recruited from the faculties of of Chicago. The following schools are members of NCTI: the Hebrew University and the University of Tel Aviv.

• Evangelical Covenant: North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago Archaeological and geographical field trips supplement the classroom • Evangelical Free Church: Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, lectures. In class and on the field, students are in constant contact with Bannockburn specialists and with the land whose geography, archaeology, and history are being studied. • Roman Catholic: University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein Special opportunities are also available for Trinity students to study in the • United Methodist: Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Holy Land, Egypt, or other Middle Eastern sites. These study tours involve Evanston instruction from one of our professors, who leads the tour, and academic credit can be received. Each spring semester ID 6012 is offered cooperatively in ecumenical mode by NCTI. For further information on JUC, contact:

Association of Chicago Theological Schools (ACTS) Jerusalem University College ACTS includes NCTI members as well as the following schools: 4249 East State St., Suite 203, Rockford IL 61108-2045 Phone: 815.229.5900, Fax: 815.229.5901 • American Baptist Churches, U.S.A.: Northern Seminary, Lombard In Israel: 011.972.2.671.8628 • Ecumenical: Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology of • Episcopal: Bexley-Seabury Seminary, Chicago 1 • Evangelical Lutheran Church of America: Lutheran School of Africa International University Theology at Chicago TEDS’s partnership with Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST) in Nairobi, Kenya involves three forms of collaboration: faculty • Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.: McCormick Theological Seminary, exchange, doctoral student exchange, and partnership in common Chicago scholarship projects; as well as some shared administrative services. • Roman Catholic: Catholic Theological Union, Chicago The intent of the partnership is mutual benefit, for the fulfillment of the • Unitarian Universalist: Meadville Lombard Theological School, institutional missions, and the strengthening and maturation of both Chicago institutions.

ACTS seminaries’ cross-registration policy enables TEDS students For additional information contact the TEDS Dean’s Office. to choose from more than 750 courses offered at these schools. Current course listings may be found on the ACTS website (http:// TVSEMINARY www.actschicago.org). We maintain a partnership with TVSEMINARY. TVSEMINARY produces college courses and other training in many languages available ACTS also sponsors a number of clusters and cooperative activities worldwide through DVDs and the internet. Based in Russia, TVSEMINARY that further broaden educational opportunities for TEDS students. The maintains a close affiliation with the Evangelical Free Church of America. following may be of particular interest to TEDS students: the Urban TVSEMINARY receives permission from TEDS’ faculty to video record Clinical Pastoral Education Program (part of the national CPE program selected live courses and then provides copies to Trinity’s online team to focusing on urban and public ministry); the Language Program at turn into TEDS’ online courses appropriate to an ATS accredited graduate the Hyde Park Cluster (providing noncredit French, German, Latin, program. TVSEMINARY can also use copies of the recorded courses Spanish, Greek for those doing academic research); the Seminary edited into other languages to offer its own version of the courses. Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE—providing programs for those anticipating urban ministry as a vocation); the ACTS Library For further information about TVSEMINARY contact: Council, which enables TEDS students to access and check out 1.7 [email protected] www.tvseminary.com (http:// million volumes in the ACTS libraries. See the ACTS website (http:// www.tvseminary.com) www.actschicago.org) for more information. 2 Cooperative Programs

The Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding (HCTU) The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity is a ministry aimed at bridging the gap that all too often divides the (CBHD) academy and the church. The HCTU conducts a number of programs 2065 Half Day Road aimed at producing collaborative work between ministers, professionals, Bannockburn IL 60015 USA academics, and seminary faculty. The goal of this partnership is to Phone: 847.317.8180 advance Christian wisdom in all areas of life and thought—in short, to Fax: 847.317.8101 enable people to apply the knowledge of God and themselves gleaned E-mail: [email protected] from Scripture in the rough and tumble of life. The work of the Center is Primary Website: www.cbhd.org (http://www.cbhd.org) thus aimed at promoting gospel-centered thinking and living with others— from a variety of ethnic and social backgrounds—for the glory of God, the The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity was established in 1994 to good of his church, and the welfare of the world. The Center produces a bring biblical-Christian perspectives to bear on current and emerging number of publications, audio lectures, and video interviews available on bioethical challenges. Such challenges include genetics, end-of-life their website. decisions, abortion, reproductive technologies, and managed care, among many other issues. Its mission is to explore nexus of biomedicine, Programs biotechnology, and our common humanity. A membership program Christ on Campus Initiative: This series of publications is aimed at gives people access to the international journal Ethics and Medicine, the producing top-notch Christian scholarship on the most important issues Center’s newsletter Dignitas, and a variety of internet resources, as well as related to college students. discounted access to conferences. Bannockburn Dialogue Group: This gathering of TEDS faculty members is Various conferences bring together a wide range of leaders across to enhance scholarship and discuss one another’s research. disciplinary, denominational, institutional, and cultural boundaries: Faculty Initiatives: TEDS faculty members are awarded annual grants for National/International conferences on the Trinity campus each June. the purpose of conducting conferences and summer workshops aimed at Recent conferences have included the following topics: the mission of the Center.

• 2015: Science, Research, and the Limits of Bioethics Hansen Fellowships: Every year three TEDS PhD students are awarded a • 2014: Bioethics in Transition $10,000 tuition scholarship based on vocational and research interests • 2013: Health and Human Flourishing related to the Center. • 2012: Reclaiming Dignity in a Culture of Commodification Kantzer Lectures in Revealed Theology: This series occurs every two • 2011: The Scandal of Bioethics: Reclaiming Christian Influence in years and takes a more academic approach to the contemporary issues Technology, Science and Medicine in theology.

Conferences in non-U.S. locations, such as Scripture and Ministry Lecture Series: This series occurs four times annually and takes a more practical approach toward bridging the gap • Seoul, South Korea: Bioethics Challenges for Professionals and the between theologians and ministry practitioners. Public • Port-au-Prince, Haiti: AIDS and End-of-Life Care Timothy Series: This series celebrates the calling to the pastorate and • Bratislava, Slovakia: Professional Integrity and Resource Scarcity in features seasoned pastors sharing their personal ministry experience and Health Care advice to TEDS seminary students. • Brussels, Belgium: Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and the Alternatives Trinity Debates: This series features expert presentations and open discussion as a forum for discussing challenging issues related to the Multimedia resources to assist people in grappling with bioethical issues: church, theology, and the Christian life. • Audios & Videos: Hundreds of topical CDs, DVDs, and online media by a diverse group of national and international experts in bioethics. Office of Extension and Affiliated • Books & Booklets Education • Internet: Websites, internet newsblog, weekly podcasts, and regular The Office of Extension and Affiliated Education is committed to free internet publications to inform international understanding, assisting the church to develop professional and lay leaders through dialogue, and collaboration on bioethical challenges nontraditional forms of education. These include such off-campus learning experiences and primary delivery systems as extension sites and Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological TEDS online distance education courses. Graduate school prerequisites Understanding (HCTU) may, in some cases, be met through Office of Extension and Affiliated Education courses. Contact the Office of Extension and Affiliated Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Education at 800.588.7705 or the Admissions Office ([email protected]) 2065 Half Day Road (847.317.6900) for additional information. Students desiring to pursue Bannockburn IL 60015 Office of Extension and Affiliated Education courses as part of their Phone: 847.317.8066 master’s program should consult their Program Chair. E-mail: [email protected] Primary website: www.henrycenter.org (http://www.henrycenter.org)