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Phoenix Seminary
File:Phoenix Seminary seal.png
MottoScholarship with a Shepherd’s Heart
TypePrivate
Established1988 (became independent 2004)
AffiliationInter/Multidenominational
PresidentDr. Brian J. Arnold
Location
Scottsdale
,
Arizona
,
United States
Websiteps.edu

Phoenix Seminary is an evangelical, Protestant, Christian seminary in Phoenix, Arizona. It was founded in 1988 as a branch campus of Western Seminary and became independent in 1994.[1]

Academics

Phoenix Seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and the Higher Learning Commission.[2][3]

The seminary offers several degrees, including: Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Master of Arts (MA) in Biblical and Theological Studies, Master of Arts in Counseling, Master of Arts in Ministry, Master of Theology (Th.M.), and Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.).[2] The seminary partners with Ottawa University in a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling program.[4] The seminary also offers a Graduate Diploma in Biblical Studies.[5]

Campus

Classes were held at the former Scottsdale, Arizona, campus from 2000 through 2005.[6] In 2005, Phoenix Seminary purchased and moved its campus to a new building in central Phoenix. In 2017, the seminary moved to a new campus in Scottsdale, Arizona.[6]

Research

In 2019, Phoenix Seminary founded the Text & Canon Institute, a research institute that does academic research on textual criticism and the historicity of the Bible.[7] The seminary, with grants from International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies also established the Hexapla Institute to oversees the Hexapla Project which is a cooperative venture committed to producing a new edition of Origen’s Hexapla fragments for the 21st century. The first volume of the new series was published in 2020 by Phoenix professor John Meade as A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Job 22–42.[8]

Notable Faculty

Some of the current faculties at Phoenix seminary includes:

  • Wayne Grudem
  • Peter J. Gentry
  • Michael Thigpen
  • Steve Tracy

References

  1. ^ "News briefs". Christianity Today. October 3, 1994.
  2. ^ a b "Member Schools: Phoenix Seminary". Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  3. ^ "Accreditation". Phoenix Seminary. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  4. ^ "Master of Arts in Professional Counseling". Phoenix Seminary. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  5. ^ "Graduate Diplomas". Phoenix Seminary. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  6. ^ a b "Historical Milestones". Phoenix Seminary. Archived from the original on 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  7. ^ https://textandcanon.org/
  8. ^ https://textandcanon.org/research/hexapla/
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