Yesterday evening Prof. Travis Grassmid spoke at our opening convocation. A graduate of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Prof. Grassmid is pastor of Zion Reformed Church in Menno, SD and Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies and Counseling at Heidelberg Seminary.

The notion of seminary education and how to train men for the ministry is something that has changed throughout the history of the church. More recently there’s been an uptick in the idea of independent seminaries becoming academic institutions. This raises the questions: What is the relationship between the church and the seminary? What is […]