Transforming Theological Education

Description

For several decades concern has been expressed about the need for greater integration and contextual significance in the curricular design of theological education. In addition there has been a growing awareness of the role theological schools should play in strengthening the missional vision and practice of local churches.

Dr Perry Shaw, EdD (Asia Graduate School of Theology Alliance), is Professor of Christian Education and Acting Academic Dean at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beirut, Lebanon. Perry and his family have been living in the Middle East since 1990, serving in a variety of church and seminary-related ministries. Perry is a curriculum and faculty development consultant to regional schools and ministries throughout the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America, and is active in the missional theological education movement within the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education (ICETE), as well as being a keynote speaker at several Overseas Council Institutes. Perry has many years of experience in classroom teaching and educational leadership, including being the chief engineer for the creative integrative curriculum that has been implemented at ABTS