What's Happening at Tyndale
Posted: Thursday February 2, 2012
(Toronto) Tyndale University College & Seminary is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Stephanie J. Ling to the position of Chancellor. As Chancellor, Dr. Ling will inspire and celebrate success in Tyndale and serve as a bridge between Tyndale and the community by bringing , both...
Posted: Tuesday January 31, 2012
Toronto - Tyndale University College & Seminary and the Association of Canadian Chinese Theological Education (ACCTE) signed a long-term agreement on January, 26, 2012. Dr. John Kao, Chairman of the Executive Board for the ACCTE and Dr. Gary V. Nelson, President and Vice Chancellor of...
Posted: Tuesday January 24, 2012
“Extreme poverty is living off of less than $1.25 per day…It's the challenge for 1.4 billion people,” Alan Liu shared during Wednesday’s presentation, “1.4 Billion Reasons (To End Extreme Poverty).” Alan Liu is the Canadian Director of Operations for...
Posted: Friday December 9, 2011
Recently, Tyndale professors and an alumna attended the 63rd Annual Meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) and the Annual Meetings of its affiliate, the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS), in San Francisco, California. Professor of Religious Studies, Dr. Craig Carter;...
Posted: Tuesday December 6, 2011
The Tyndale University College Department of Religious Studies recently hosted Dr. Simon Gathercole as a guest lecturer.
Dr. Gathercole, PhD, University of Durham, is a world renowned scholar in New Testament Studies. He is currently a Lecturer in New Testament Studies at Fitzwilliam...
Posted: Wednesday November 30, 2011
The Annual Meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) is the largest conference of biblical scholars in the world. It draws scholars from all corners of the globe including Canada, the U.S., Israel, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and Africa. This year six Tyndale University College...
Posted: Friday November 25, 2011
Over 100 students from Tyndale University College & Seminary participated in the 2011 fall graduation ceremony. This fall graduation included the third cohort of Tyndale’s Bachelor of Education program with sixty students graduating and becoming Certified Ontario Teachers.
Twenty-...
Posted: Monday November 21, 2011
In November, students fill the lounges and the library pouring over textbooks, coffee in-hand, as deadlines approach. Yet on Thursday mornings, the majority of seminary students on campus make their way to the Tyndale chapel, Kairos (καιρός). Kaarina Hsieh, Seminary...
Posted: Friday November 18, 2011
Dr. Wafik Wahba, Associate Professor of Global Christianity
An estimated 70,000 Egyptian Christians gathered on November 11, 2011 for praise, worship, and prayer at St. Simon Church in Cairo while millions around the globe followed the event live on TV and the Internet. This was a significant...
Posted: Wednesday November 16, 2011
Although worship and missions have often been separated, Eleanor Kreider explains that they are “absolutely intertwined.” During this November’s conference, Worship and Mission After Christendom, Alan and Elanor Kreider expounded upon this relationship. Alan Kreider, retired...
Posted: Tuesday November 15, 2011
The Church in Toronto is diverse, containing members from every corner of the globe. Traditional denominational and cultural lines are often blurred and sometimes removed altogether. The challenges facing the global and intercultural church are a daily reality for Toronto churches. Tyndale...
Posted: Monday November 7, 2011
On October 25 and 26, Tyndale hosted its fifth annual Faith Talks lectures in Christian Spirituality. This year’s guest was W. David O. Taylor, former Arts Minister at Hope Chapel, Austin, Texas and current Th.D. student at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina. David is the editor...
Posted: Tuesday November 1, 2011
In anticipation of Tyndale’s move to the Bayview campus in 2013, Tyndale students, faculty, and staff met to discuss values and ideas to consider when renovating the new campus. The Tyndale representatives present at the meetings were eager to voice their thoughts about how the new campus...
Posted: Thursday October 27, 2011
This past summer Tyndale University College & Seminary conducted a survey on how churches in Ontario use and view technology. 368 churches responded to the survey ranging from rural congregations to urban; and from 20 members to over 5,000. The churches represented a variety of denominations...
Posted: Monday October 17, 2011
Dr. Christian, director of World Vision India, called Tyndale students to deal with the questions and issues that people are facing “out in the streets,” and to learn to, “theologize with our feet on the ground and our hands dirty” in his seminar at Tyndale. World Vision...