Religious Life

The medieval university organized all learning under theology as the queen of the sciences — not because other disciplines were unimportant, but because theological formation gave every discipline its orientation. A community whose people cannot reason theologically cannot fully account for the neighbor, the stranger, the body, the land, or the common good. Biblical literacy is not a specialization for the religiously inclined; it is the grammar of a flourishing civilization. Every other Hall CHI builds is enriched by the presence of a Theology Hall at the center of the local network.

This means the Theology Hall forms more than ministers. It forms the teacher who must know what she believes about the dignity of children. The lawyer who must have a theological anthropology before he can argue for justice. The farmer who needs a theology of land and stewardship deeper than market economics. The business owner who must understand why the neighbor's flourishing is not separable from his own. CHI places Theology at the center because every sector of civic life is shaped — consciously or not — by theological assumptions. Better to make them conscious, examined, and rooted.

This includes, critically, the formation of the community's own pastors, deacons, and spiritual leaders. Every community must form its own shepherds. A pastor shaped by his community — knowing its families, its history, its particular wounds and hopes — is an entirely different kind of spiritual leader than one imported from a distant seminary. CHI's Theology programs serve both layers: the broad formation of every student in biblical literacy and theological reasoning, and the specific preparation of those called to formal spiritual leadership.

Master of Divinity

Full MDiv with classical formation and pastoral theology emphasis. For students pursuing ordination and formal pastoral ministry across multiple Protestant traditions.

Bachelor of Arts — Biblical Studies

Undergraduate theological formation and biblical studies. Suitable for students entering ministry, teaching, or any vocation that benefits from a deep theological foundation.

Associate of Arts — Theology

Theological survey, biblical foundations, and Christian thought for students who want substantive theological formation alongside any other course of study.

Pastoral Formation Track

Theological education combined with supervised pastoral internship in a local congregation. For students called to diaconal or ordained ministry. Partners with the Center for Pastor Theologians.