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ATS Renewal

ACTS is pleased to announce that the ATS Commission on Accrediting voted to renew the ACTS Consortium’s accreditation for 10 years through till Spring 2022.

Church Planting Boot Camp

From May 6^th to 10^thACTS Seminaries will be hosting a Church Planting Boot Camp by Trinity Western Seminary and the Evangelical Free Church of Canada. The Church Planting Boot Camp is an intensive five-day training experience that covers the major issues church planters face in starting and launching a new church. The Boot Camp training objective is to give church planters practical skills that will help them build healthy, growing, multiplying churches.

Dr. Charles Worley, a church planting catalyst coach for the EFCC, and Dr. Ray Chang, church planter and lead pastor of Ambassador Church in California, will be instructing the boot camp.

For more information contact Susan Mattam by email at susan.mattam@twu.ca,
or by phone at 604-888-75111 ext.3830.

Reading Luke-in the Pentecostal Tradition

Dr. Marty Mittlestadt, Associate Professor of New Testament at Evangel University, will be giving a public lecture at Living Waters Church in Fort Langley BC on May 22^nd at 7pm.

This conference provides an opportunity for Chaplains, Pastors, and Spiritual Care Givers to enhance their practical ministry skills, deepen their practice of spiritual accompaniment and build a ministry of authentic compassion. The Conference includes several plenary sessions that are outlined in our brochure. These plenary sessions will be led by Dr. Phil Zylla, Academic Dean and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at McMaster Divinity College. He has served as Senior Pastor in three congregations in Canada over 18 years. He has been involved in seminary education for the past eleven years. His interests are in the areas of pastoral theology, virtue theory, and pastoral care. Baylor University Press published his most recent book, The Roots of Sorrow: A Pastoral Theology of Suffering in 2012.

Would you like to improve your Hebrew and gain some insight into the relationship between the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament?

Then be sure to join Dr. Rob Hiebert on the third Wednesday of every month for עברית בבקר (Hebrew in the Morning). You will be treated to an Israeli breakfast (e.g., pita, hummus, tahini, salad, fruit) and will read a selected text from the Hebrew Old Testament. Besides helping one another gain confidence in reading and translating Hebrew, participants will also reflect on how these texts are appropriated in the New Testament (typically via the Septuagint). All are welcome (even those whose Hebrew is on life support). Some knowledge of Greek will be helpful, though not essential. To Register visit Susan Mattam in the Trinity Western Seminary Suite (upstairs Fosmark). Be sure to bring the registration fee with you in an envelope (Include your name and email) .

To Register visit Susan Mattam in the Trinity Western Seminary Suite

Join a group of people engaging with the Greek New Testament and in a non-credit context advance their understanding of New Testament Greek. We read about 5 – 7 verses per meeting and take our time to discuss the Greek structure, specific words, and the general meaning of the text in relation to the overall composition. This Spring we will be reading in 1 Timothy. I provide a commentary on the Greek text that you can use to prepare for the sessions. The degree of your interaction in the sessions is voluntary. I encourage you to come prepared to read some Greek and provide a rough translation of the text into English. Frequently we find ourselves spiritually challenged by our reflections together.

For more information and to register contact Dr. Larry Perkins at perkins@twu.ca.