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ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATIONS Denver Seminary is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association, 230 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500, Chicago, IL 60604-1413; telephone number 800-621-7440; website: www.ncacihe.org, to award master’s and doctoral degrees. The Seminary is also an accredited member of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, 10 Summit Park Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1103; telephone number 412-788-6505; website: www.ats.edu. The Master of Arts in Counseling degree is also accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP).1 Denver Seminary was the first seminary to receive this accreditation. The Denver Seminary CPE Center is solely accredited to offer CPE training by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, 1549 Clairmont Road, Suite 103, Decatur, GA 30333; telephone number 404-320-1472; website: [email protected], as a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training center. The Denver Seminary CPE Center offers CPE Level I, Level II, and supervisory education CPE units for matriculated Denver Seminary students. Denver Seminary is the first evangelical seminary to receive this designation. 1The Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Denver Seminary is currently accredited by CACREP under the 2001 Standards for Community Counseling through October 2012. In 2009, CACREP combined the standards for Community Counseling and Mental Health Counseling into Standards for Clinical Mental Health Counseling Programs. Denver Seminary intends to seek accreditation for the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program when it is scheduled for the reaccreditation process in 2012, per CACREP guidelines. CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG The Board of Trustees, upon the recommendation of the Seminary administration or faculty, reserves the right to amend or add to any of the regulations governing admission, curriculum, residence requirements, or fees, and to make such changes applicable to accepted applicants or matriculated students. Denver Seminary is not liable for any typographical errors or omissions to this catalog. A Message from the President Thank you for considering Denver Seminary! If you are serious about making a difference for Christ in the world, we want to help you in that great calling. Our mission is to prepare men and women to engage the needs of the world with the redemptive power of the gospel and the life-changing truth of Scripture. At Denver Seminary you will be challenged to grow intellectually, professionally, and personally so that you can be more meaningfully involved in God’s mission in the world. Denver Seminary is enjoying a season of growth. Just this past year we completed four new classrooms with state-of-the-art educational technology. We also built the new 9,500 square foot Vernon and Ann Grounds Student center, a warm and welcoming place to spend time with fellow students, faculty members, and mentors. In addition to these upgrades to our campus, in 2012-13 we’re also adding a new degree program, a new major, and two new concentrations. This fall (2012) we begin a new Master of Arts in Justice and Mission program, a subject matter that taps deeply into the convictions and values of the Seminary throughout its history, as well as a new apologetics and ethics major in the Master of Arts program. In the summer of 2013, we will launch two new concentrations in the Master of Arts in Leadership program—organizational leadership and pastoral ministry. These new concentrations will be taught largely online, with short, intense periods spent on campus two out of three semesters over a three year period. With record enrollments and graduating classes the past few years, there’s a buzz of anticipation about what God is doing at Denver Seminary. We see him at work in our lives and in our community. Our vision is a world transformed by Christ through the compelling testimony of his people. Whether you want to train for full-time vocational ministry, deepen your impact as a leader in your church, engage in God’s mission through your current profession, or study for personal enrichment, I think you’ll find just what you are looking for at Denver Seminary. Come to Denver and be transformed for his name’s sake! Table of Contents The Seminary ................................................................................................................. 5 Student Life ................................................................................................................... 13 Admission Information .................................................................................................. 18 Financial Information .................................................................................................... 28 Financial Aid .................................................................................................................. 31 Academic Procedures .................................................................................................... 41 Academic Programs ....................................................................................................... 48 Master’s Degree Programs ..................................................................................... 49 Graduate Certificates .............................................................................................. 78 Certificates of Completion ..................................................................................... 79 Doctoral Degree Program ....................................................................................... 80 Special Programs and Sessions ....................................................................................... 82 Course Descriptions ....................................................................................................... 85 Faculty and Administration ........................................................................................... 131 Index .............................................................................................................................. 157 The Seminary A HISTORY OF DENVER SEMINARY Denver Seminary of Denver, Colorado, began in the minds of several Colorado Conservative Baptist pas- tors who presented the idea at the annual meeting of the Conservative Baptist Association of Colorado in May, 1950. In response, the association formed an organizing committee of Conservative Baptist leaders. In the ensuing months, these men secured an adequate building for the new school and led in the se- lection of the first faculty and board of trustees. After promotion began, inquiries came from a number of prospective students. In September 1950, thirty-one students enrolled. The next year marked the coming of Dr. Carey S. Thomas as president and Dr. Vernon C. Grounds as dean. In a relatively short time the school obtained governmental approval for education under the G.I. Bill. This was followed by approval for the training of international students and later by governmental recognition for the education of chaplains. The first graduating class in 1952 consisted of six members, all of whom had transferred to Denver from other schools. In 1955, a new administrative arrangement was initiated with Vernon C. Grounds as president, Douglas V. Birk as administrative vice president, and Earl S. Kalland as dean. In the late 1950s several professors joined the faculty and the first of a series of additional buildings was secured in the neighbor- hood of the original administration and classroom building. By the mid-1960s the faculty numbered ten full-time professors, twelve buildings stood on the campus, and library volumes numbered 27,000. In June 1962, Denver Seminary was granted associate membership in the American Association of Theo- logical Schools (now the Association of Theological Schools). Shortly thereafter, a major study of the curriculum resulted in changes embodied in the academic catalog of 1965–67. Other standards of the ac- crediting association were met, but an adequate library building remained only in the planning stages. In 1968, however, the school relocated to the south side of Denver. Purchasing twelve acres of ground and four buildings previously owned by the Kent Girls’ School, the Seminary was able to convert the gymnasium into an attractive library equipped to house at least 80,000 volumes. The following year three apartment buildings were erected on the grounds which provided eighty student housing units. In 1971, full accreditation by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) was achieved, followed by full accreditation under the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1972. In 1979, Dr. Haddon W. Robinson followed Dr. Grounds as the third president of the institution. Under his leadership, the Seminary continued to expand; faculty increased to twenty-two full-time and twenty- five adjunct professors. Five of the seven administrators received faculty status and the staff increased to sixty people. By 1992, the student body numbered over 600 and came from forty states, fifty-three deno- minations, and fifteen countries. Dr. Edward L. Hayes assumed leadership of Denver Seminary in 1993, becoming its fourth president, having previously served as academic dean and professor of Christian education. Under Dr. Hayes’ lea- dership, Denver Seminary was positioned to meet the spiritual and technological challenges of the twen- ty-first century. Dr. Hayes