PAUL NYQUIST Moody Bible Institute President Chicago, IL (ThM, 1981; PhD, 1984) Outstanding leadership and scholarly expertise have characterized the seminary’s presidents:
Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer, 1924–1952 Dr. John F. Walvoord, 1952–1986 Dr. Donald K. Campbell, 1986–1994 Dr. Charles R. Swindoll, 1994–2001 Dr. Mark L. Bailey, 2001–present
Throughout the seminary’s history it has steadfastly maintained its allegiance to biblical truth. A doctrinal statement articulates the beliefs of DTS, and each year the faculty and board members reaffirm their agreement with this statement.
DTS DISTINCTIVES
The seminary’s commitment to excellence in preparing communicators of the Bible has set it in a place of distinction. What is it that makes DTS different from many other seminaries?
A CONSISTENT THEOLOGICAL APPROACH
A DTS education, however, extends beyond the academic pursuit of biblical and theological disciplines to the art of communicating biblical truth effectively. Courses in ministry and communication seek to cultivate in students a sensitivity to spiritual needs, zeal for world missions, fervor in evangelism, and Spirit-filled enthusiasm for effectively communicating the Word of God.
ABOUT DTS
Two-and-a-half years of Greek and two years of Hebrew enable ThM students to develop exegetical skills basic to their own inductive examination of the written Word.
A WORLD-CLASS FACULTY
Resident and adjunct faculty collectively hold more than 230 graduate degrees from universities and seminaries around the world. Ninety-two percent of the resident faculty have at least one doctorate. Altogether, resident and retired faculty have authored more than 450 publications. Not only are DTS faculty known for their competence as biblical scholars, teachers, and communicators, but they are also Spirit-led people of God who have a personal interest in their students.
A DYNAMIC SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS
From its beginning the seminary has admitted only students who give evidence of being born again. More than regeneration, however, a student must understand how the Word of God impacts his or her daily life. To be qualified properly for seminary instruction, a student must be walking in fellowship with God so that he or she can be taught by the Holy Spirit. At DTS, the cultivation of the spiritual life is inseparably fused with the scholarly study of biblical and related subjects. All of this is
DTS stands unequivocally committed to God’s inerrant Scriptures. This commitment leads to a system of doctrine in which the great fundamentals of the Christian faith are affirmed and expounded. The doctrines of evangelical orthodoxy are taught in the framework of premillennial, dispensational theology, derived from a consistent grammaticalhistorical interpretation of the Bible.
A BIBLE-CENTERED CURRICULUM
The study of the entire Bible is a central characteristic of the DTS curriculum. Every student in a professional master’s-level ministry degree program studies the 66 books of the Bible in expositional and exegetical courses.
STEPHANIE GIDDENS Vickery Trading Company President & Founder Dallas, TX (ThM, 2009) 19