> > > ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2005-2006 ACADEMIC CALENDAR FALL SEMESTER 2005 August 5 ExL registration begins for students within an 85-mile radius of the Kentucky Campus for fall 2005 31-Sept. 2 Orientation and Registration for new students, Kentucky September 6 Classes begin 6 Opening Convocation, Kentucky 8 Opening Convocation, Florida 13, 15, 20, 22 Holiness Chapels 16 Last day to drop a course with a refund; close of all registration for additional classes 30 Payment of fees due in Business Office October 18-21 Kingdom Conference Speakers: Asbury Community 21 Last day to withdraw from the institution with a prorated refund; last day to drop a course without a grade of “F” November 3-4 Ryan Lectures Speaker: • Dr. Miroslav Volf, Professor of Systematic Theology, Yale University Divinity School 18 Last day to remove incompletes (spring and summer) 21 - 25 Fall Reading Week December 4 Advent Service 6 Baccalaureate and Commencement, Wilmore 12-16 Final Exams 16 Semester ends JANUARY TERM 2006 January 3 Classes begin 5 Last day to drop a course with a refund; close of registration for addition al courses 9 ExL registration begins for students within an 85-mile radius of the Kentucky Campus for spring 2006 13 Last day to drop a course without a grade of “F” 16 Martin Luther King Day, No Classes 20 Payment of fees due in Business Office 27 Final exams, term ends Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 2006 Ministry Conference 2 Academic Calendar 3 SPRING SEMESTER 2006 February 3 Spring Orientation 6 Classes begin 15-16 Beeson Lectures Speaker: • The Reverend Jim Garlow, Senior Pastor at Skyline Church, San Diego, CA 17 Last day to drop a course with refund; close of all registration for additional courses March 3 Payment of fees due in the Business Office 9, 10 Theta Phi Lectures Speaker: • Dr. Mark Allan Powell, Professor of New Testament, Trinity Lutheran Seminary 31 Last day to withdraw from the institution with a prorated refund and last day to drop without an “F” TB Freitas Lectures Speaker: Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean, Associate Professor of Youth, Church, and Culture, Princeton Theological Seminary April 3-7 Spring Reading Week 14 Good Friday, No Classes 20 Cessna Lectures Speaker: TBA 21 Last day to remove incompletes (fall and January term) May 8-12 Graduates Week TBC 5 ExL registration begins for students within an 85-mile radius of the Kentucky Campus for summer 2006 13 Commencement, Florida 15-19 Final exams 19 Semester ends 20 Baccalaureate and Commencement, Kentucky FIRST SUMMER SESSION– JUNE 5 - JUNE 30 June 5 Classes begin 7 Close of all registration for additional courses; Last day to drop a course with a refund 8, 11 Ichthus 16 Last day to drop a course without a grade of “F”; last day to drop Summer ExL course with a refund 23 Payment of fees due in Business Office 30 Final exams, term ends 4 2005-2006 Course Catalog SECOND SUMMER SESSION – JULY 3 – JULY 28 July 3 Classes begin 5 Last day to drop a course with a refund 10-28 D. Min students on Kentucky campus 14 Last day to drop a course without a grade of “F” 21 Payment of fees due in Business Office; last day to drop Summer ExL course without a grade of an “F” 28 Final exams; term ends July 4–Aug 25 Greek and Hebrew Programs THIRD SUMMER SESSION – JULY 31 – AUGUST 25 July 31 Classes begin August 2 Close of all registration for additional courses; Last day to drop a course with a refund 11 Last day to drop a course without a grade of “F” 18 Payment of fees due in Business Office 25 Final exams; term ends 2006-2007 ACADEMIC CALENDAR FALL SEMESTER 2006 August 4 ExL registration begins for students within an 85-mile radius of the Kentucky Campus for fall 2005 26 Fall Orientation, Florida 30-Sept. 1 Fall Orientation, Kentucky September 5 Classes begin 5 Opening Convocation, Kentucky 7 Opening Convocation, Florida 15 Last day to drop a course with a refund; close of all registration for additional classes 29 Payment of fees due in Business Office TBA Holiness Chapels Speakers: TBA October 16-20 Kingdom Conference Speakers: TBA 20 Last day to withdraw from the institution with a prorated refund; last day to drop a course without a grade of “F” November 9-10 Ryan Lectures Speaker: • Prof. Hugh Williamson Professor of Theology, Oriental Institute, Oxford University 17 Last day to remove incompletes (spring and summer) 20-24 Fall Reading Week Academic Calendar 5 December 3 Advent Service 5 Winter Commencement, Kentucky 11-15 Final Exams 15 Semester ends JANUARY TERM 2007 January 2 Classes begin 4 Last day to drop a course with a refund; close of registration for additional courses 5 ExL registration begins for students within an 85-mile radius of the Kentucky Campus for spring 2007 12 Last day to drop a course without a grade of “F” 15 Martin Luther King Day, No Classes 19 Payment of fees due in Business Office 26 Final exams, term ends 29- Feb. 1 2007 Ministry Conference SPRING SEMESTER 2007 February 2 Spring Orientation and registration for new students 5 Classes begin 16 Last day to drop a course with refund; close of all registration for additional courses TBA Beeson Lectures March 2 Payment of fees due in the Business Office 30 Last day to withdraw from the institution with a prorated refund; last day to drop without a grade of “F” TBA Theta Phi Lectures Speaker: TBA April 6 Good Friday, No Classes TBA Spring Reading Week TBA Classes Resume 19 Last day to remove incompletes (fall and January term) TBA Freitas Lectures Speaker: TBA May 4 ExL registration begins for students within an 85-mile radius of the Kentucky Campus for summer 2007 7-11 Graduates Week 14-17 Final exams 17 Semester ends TBA Commencement, Florida TBA Commencement, Kentucky 6 2005-2006 Course Catalog FIRST SUMMER SESSION– JUNE 4 - JUNE 29 June 4 Classes begin 6 Close of all registration for additional courses; last day to drop a June term course with a refund TBA Ichthus 15 Last day to drop a June term course without a grade of “F”; last day to drop Summer ExL course without a w grade of “F” 22 Payment of fees due in Business Office 29 Final exams, term ends SECOND SUMMER SESSION –JULY 2 – JULY 27 July 2 Classes begin 5 Last day to drop a course with a refund 13 Last day to drop an July term course without a grade of “F” 20 Payment of fees due in Business Office; last day to drop Summer ExL course without a grade of “F” 27 Final exams; term ends 3–Aug 24 Greek and Hebrew Programs THIRD SUMMER SESSION – JULY 30 – AUGUST 24 July 30 Classes begin August 1 Close of all registration for additional courses; Last day to drop a course with a refund 10 Last day to drop an August term course without a grade of “F” 18 Payment of fees due in Business Office 24 Final exams; term ends > > > STATEMENT OF FAITH The following is a statement, in short form, of the Wesleyan-Arminian theological doctrines on which Asbury Theological Seminary was founded in 1923. WE BELIEVE: God In the one God, creator and sustainer of all things, infinite in love, perfect in judgments and unchanging in mercy. God exists eternally in three persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit; Scripture In the divine inspiration, truthfulness and authority of both the Old and New Testaments, the only written Word of God, without error in all it affirms. The Scriptures are the only infallible rule of faith and practice. The Holy Spirit preserves God’s Word in the church today and by it speaks God’s truth to peoples of every age; Humankind That human beings were created in the image of God. This image was marred in every part through the disobedience of our first parents, and fellowship with God was broken. God, by His prevenient grace, restores moral sensibility to all humankind and enables all to respond to His love and to accept His saving grace, if they will; Jesus Christ That Jesus Christ is God’s Son incarnate, born of the Virgin Mary. He died for the sins of all, taking on Himself, on behalf of sinful persons, God’s judgment upon sin. In His body He rose from the grave and ascended to the right hand of the Father where He intercedes for us; Holy Spirit That the Holy Spirit is God present and active in the world. The Holy Spirit was given to the church in His fullness at Pentecost. By the Spirit, Christ lives in His church, the gospel is proclaimed and the kingdom of God is manifested in the world; Justification That God graciously justifies and regenerates all who trust in Jesus Christ. Believers become children of God and begin to live in holiness through faith in Christ and the sanc- tifying Spirit; Entire Sanctification That God calls all believers to entire sanctification in a moment of full surrender and faith subsequent to their new birth in Christ. Through sanctifying grace the Holy Spirit delivers them from all rebellion toward God, and makes possible wholehearted love for God and for others. This grace does not make believers faultless nor prevent the possibility of their falling into sin. They must live daily by faith in the forgiveness and cleansing provided for them in Jesus Christ; Assurance of Believers That believers are assured that they are children of God by the inward witness of God’s Spirit with their spirits, by faith in the gracious promises of God’s Word, and by the fruit of the Spirit in their lives; 7 8 2005-2006 Course Catalog Christians in Society That Christians are called to live in daily witness to the grace which comes to us in Jesus Christ, to preach the gospel to every person according to the command of Christ, and to declare God’s insistence upon righteousness and justice in all relationships and structures of human society; The Church That the church is the people of God composed of all those who believe in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.