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New president for Master’s
Master’s College & Seminary, in Toronto, has
appointed William Morrow (pictured) as its eleventh president.
For the past 12 years, he has served as general
superintendent of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada.
“We need to dream of a whole new generation of
young people taking up the missional challenge of Quebec, Urban Ministry,
Cross Cultural Ministry, Next Generational Ministry and Aboriginal
Ministry,” said Morrow.
“There is no better place to train these workers
than a missional, educational institution like Master’s.”
Morrow is a graduate of Eastern Pentecostal Bible
College, Concordia University, St. Paul University and United Theological
Seminary. He has a diploma in theology, a Bachelor of Arts degree, a
Master’s degree in counselling and a Doctor of Ministry, with a focus
in leadership.
Tyndale Seminary launches DMin program
Tyndale Seminary, one of the largest seminaries in
Canada, has announced the launch of a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree
program, scheduled to begin in May 2009. It was recently approved by the
Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS).
“The doctoral degree program is an exciting next
step in Tyndale Seminary’s long-standing commitment to prepare
ministry leaders,” said academic dean Janet Clark.
“This advanced degree gives opportunity for
leaders to develop in three key areas: their personal and spiritual
development; delivery of effective ministry strategies; and field-based
research relevant to ministry.”
“The expansion into a doctoral level education
adds a vital new dimension to Tyndale’s capacity to fulfill its
mission of educating and equipping leaders for service to the church and
the world,” said Tyndale president, Brian Stiller.
Tyndale teaching teachers
After an lengthy process of assessment, Tyndale
received approval from the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT), to commence a
Bachelor of Education degree last August.
The university is now poised to commence the program
July 8 at Tyndale’s new Bayview campus.
Earl Davey, provost, comments about the program,
“A unique feature of this program is its design to offer teacher
candidates the methodological foundation required for French language
instruction, assuming that the teacher candidates enter the program with
the necessary French language competency.”
Graduates will be eligible for a Certificate of
Qualification from the OCT. Tyndale has agreements with four major public
school boards – Durham Region, Peel District, Toronto District and
York Region – each stating their willingness to have Tyndale teacher
candidates in their schools.
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Chinese community blesses Trinity Western
Trinity Western University (TWU) has received a gift
of $100,000 from the Culture Regeneration Research Society (CRRS) to
establish the CRRS – Faith, Hope and Love Canadian Scholarship.
The endowed scholarship will be used to help Chinese
Canadians study in the fields of education and nursing at Canada’s
largest independent university.
TWU president Jonathan Raymond, along with Stan Remple
and Ron Kuehl were presented with a cheque from CRRS president Thomas
In-Sing Leung, and officials Kenneth Tsang and Benjamin Li.
Said Raymond, “This endowed scholarship is a
remarkable reflection of the commitment of the CRRS’s stated
objective, to advance the interaction of the Chinese community with the
highest ideals of ethics, spiritual disciplines and contemporary philosophy
of the West.”
”Education and nursing are central to the
development of healthy communities,” said Leung.
“Communities need teachers and nurses who are
passionate and compassionate. Trinity Western is a university with high
moral standards and CRRS was founded on the values of love and integrity.
We want to establish a partnership; to nurture growth between our
respective cultures.”
The CRRS, founded in 1994, is a non-profit and
non-political academic organization.
Its purpose is twofold: to study shifts and trends in
contemporary Chinese culture and to promote China’s interaction with
the highest ideals of ethics, spiritual disciplines and contemporary
philosophy of the West.
It is hoped that this interaction will lead to
meaningful exchanges between Chinese and Western cultures and to the
emergence of new spiritual resources for renewal, not just for China but
for all humankind.
– Peter Biggs
Options Spring 2008
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