Fagerstrom Releases 14th Book

Oct 23, 2009

Dr. Douglas Fagerstrom, president of Grand Rapids Theological Seminary (GRTS), recently released The Volunteer: A Personal Toolkit for the Dedicated Volunteer, published by BMH Books. “After recruiting, training and listening to hundreds of volunteers …

Cultural Intelligence

Sep 19, 2009

Leading with Cultural Intelligence by Dr. David Livermore NOW AVAILABLE! How do you lead with cultural intelligence? Whether you're a CEO, a manager in a non-profit organization, or a solo entrepreneur, you know you shouldn't wing it cross-culturally. But …

President Fagerstrom Honored as 2009 Bethel Seminary Alumnus of the Year

Sep 4, 2009

Dr. Douglas Fagerstrom, president of Grand Rapids Theological Seminary (GRTS), was named the 2009 Bethel Seminary alumnus of the year. Fagerstrom graduated from Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., in 1983 with a master’s degree in religious education. …

GRTS Welcomes Royce Evans

Aug 20, 2009

Grand Rapids Theological Seminary is pleased to announce that Royce Evans will be serving as the Director of Ministry Residency and The Urban Initiative. Rev. Evans comes to GRTS with over 20 years of ministry experience at Messiah Missionary Baptist Church …

Pastors' Masters Golf Invitational

Aug 19, 2009

We think you deserve time away with other colleagues to enjoy God's creation on the golf course! Each year the Pastor's Masters has been a time of refreshment and rejuvenation. As always your cost only covers golf and food. The seminary does not receive …

"Library Thing for Libraries"

Jun 11, 2009

Cornerstone’s online library catalog has added some exciting, new features. "Library Thing for Libraries" (LTFL) was added on June 1st, bringing the fun and interactivity of Web 2.0. This means that most books in our online catalog now... · …

GRTS Alum Serving in Iraq

Jun 3, 2009

Captain Jeff Pyun is a 2008 graduate of GRTS. While his family remains in the USA, Jeff is serving Jesus Christ and our combat troops in Iraq. As you pray for Jeff and his family, here is what he writes from the ancient land of the Bible, Babylon, now Baghdad. …

GRTS 2009 Alumnus of the Year

May 5, 2009

Konopka named GRTS Alumnus of the Year Grand Rapids Theological Seminary honored Rev. Louie Konopka as alumnus of the year for 2009 at its Spring Banquet. The event was held on April 3 at the Gainey Conference Center on the Cornerstone University campus. …

Church Planters - Noah and Jennifer Filipiak

Apr 13, 2009

Alumni News I would like to introduce one of our newest Alumni, Noah Filipiak. About three years ago, Noah and his wife Jennifer started a new church (church plant) in the Lansing area, while he started attending seminary, at the same time.I remember …

Who's Got Next? Sessions in MP3

Mar 24, 2009

Grand Rapids Theological Seminary hosted “Who’s Got Next?” on March 30, a symposium that will feature three experts doing ministry in a postmodern world. Three speakers addressed the philosophical, theological and pastoral issues of the …

Women's Studies Lecture Series on April 30

Mar 23, 2009

Grand Rapids Theological Seminary is pleased to host "Women at Risk: A Global Perspective" as part of the annual Women's Studies Lecture Series. On Thursday, April 30 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm guest lecturer Becky McDonald, of WARInternational, will speak …

Seminary Alum Plants Church

Mar 20, 2009

Pastor Dave and Jen Sears had a vision to plant a church in Michigan.After attending the church planting courses at GRTS, God led them to the Saginaw area of our state.A church has been born.The name of the church is Connecting Points.Their web site is: www.connectingpoints.tv Dave …

Livermore Releases Book on Cultural Intelligence

Mar 6, 2009

Baker Publishing just released Dave Livermore's newest book, Cultural Intelligence: Improving your CQ to Engage our Multicultural World. The book, based upon research done through the GRTS Global Learning Center (GLC), applies cultural intelligence (CQ), …

Class-n-Lunch

Mar 3, 2009

GRTS students, alum, and area ministry leaders are invited to bring a friend to visit chapel and classes in the months of February, March, and April. Class-n-Lunch is an opportunity for GRTS students to give insight to prospective students regarding the …

M.Div. Student Teaching as Adjunct Professor

Feb 20, 2009

With GRTS's Contextual Learning Center ministry residency program beginning its fourth year, we are seeing unique opportunities emerge as students seek to explore their missional callings in an array of ministry contexts. Some serve in large …

GRTS Professor Releases New Book

Dec 22, 2008

Is it possible to know anything? Does the kingdom of God include non-Christians? Which is worse: homosexuals or the bigots who persecute them? These are big questions. Hard questions. Questions that divide Christians along conservative and liberal …