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GRTS Connect

 
GRTS Connect is a one-week journey connecting undergraduate students with their ministry passions. Through enrollment in a graduate level course you will begin to envision life as a seminary student, learn from professors who are scholars in their fields, and interact with college students from around the country.

  • Strengthen your Bible, theology, and ministry training to prepare you to serve and lead
  • Envision seminary life
  • Earn undergraduate credit at your current college
    (subject to your school's approval)
  • Receive 3 credit hours of advanced standing at GRTS upon enrollment in a degree program
  • Receive instruction, course credit, room & board, and textbooks for only $250!

Who?

GRTS Connect is available to 24 ministry-minded college students. You need to have completed your junior year by May 16, 2008 at a regionally accredited college or university. Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA. Click here to read about the experiences of former GRTS Connect students.

What?

You will participate in a learning community Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, with social events and ministry growth opportunities in the evenings. You select the course that fits your ministry passion: Global Impact: Biblical Theology of Mission OR Theology of Youth Ministry.

Where?

Lodging and meals will be Cornerstone University's campus.

When?

Sunday, May 18 - Friday, May 23, 2008
Students arrive on Sunday afternoon. Class will conclude at noon on Friday.

How?

  • Complete and submit this GRTS Connect Application by Friday, March 14, 2008.
  • Submit $250 to GRTS by Friday, March 14, 2008. This $250 will be refunded if the student is not accepted.  
  • Request for an official transcript to be sent from your college to the GRTS Admissions Office.
  • Students will be notified of admission to GRTS Connect by Friday, March 21, 2008.


Select the course that fits your ministry passion...


Global Impact: Biblical Theology of Mission

This course is designed to help students develop a biblical theology of mission that shapes how the church intersects with the 21st Century world. Students will consider the essence of missio Dei (the sending of God) and of missio ecclesiae (the sending of the church) as rooted in the biblical narrative. Students will also consider global trends and the implications of those trends for life and ministry. Students will examine the validity of traditional and emerging models for global missions in light of the above. Please click here for a class syllabus.










Dr. David A. Livermore will teach Global Impact at GRTS Connect.
Dr. Livermore is Professor of Intercultural Ministries at GRTS, co-founder of Intersect, and author of Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-term Missions with Cultural Intelligence.

Theology of Youth Ministry

The purpose of this course is to support students toward delineating theoretical elements essential for thoughtful youth ministry. Students will approach these elements through theological, personal, missional, and contextual considerations for ministry to adolescents in western culture. Students will address this goal by investigating the following themes: 1) narrative theology, biblical authority, the purpose of theology; 2) personal transformation through spiritual practices; 3) the nature and role of context in ministry; and 4) the exploration of missional practices affecting youth ministry, including youth ministry's interaction with the church, evangelism, discipleship, and justice. Please click here for a course syllabus.








Professor Steven C. Argue will teach the Theology of Youth Ministry course at GRTS Connect. Steve Argue is a Professor of Youth Ministry at GRTS, co-founder of Intersect, and currently a doctoral student in the Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education program at Michigan State University.


Both professors speak at conferences, consult and train at Youth Specialties, and write for Group Magazine, Youth Worker Journal, and The Journal of Student Ministries.  

For more information, contact the GRTS Admissions Office: 
800-697-1133 or email: grts@cornerstone.edu