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BTS
Alumnus Published in Ezine
BTS graduate, Rev. Shuma Iwai, was recently published
in the June edition of Encounters
Mission Ezine. The article, A Dilemma for
Obedience, can be read by
clicking here. Shuma is currently a PhD student in
Intercultural Studies at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS.
Elder
Training Seminar
Birmingham Theological Seminary and
CE & P of Evangel Presbytery invite all ruling and teaching
elders to our first Elder Training Seminar, April 18-19, 2008 in
the Fellowship
Hall of Briarwood Presbyterian Church. This free weekend seminar
will be a great supplement to your church’s elder training
in subjects like shepherding, lay counseling, leadership, parliamentary
procedure, PCA history, conflict resolution, worldview, church
discipline, and teaching. You are welcome to attend any or all
of our nine sessions as your schedule permits. Instructors
include:
Glenn Waddell, Jeff Lowman, Tom Cheely, Thad James, Frank Barker,
Howard Eyrich, Harry Reeder, Larry Cockrell, Jeff Lawrence. The
schedule will be Friday evening, April 18th: 6:30pm – 9:00pm,
and Saturday morning, April 19th: 8:30am – 11:45am. To register,
please call BTS at (205) 776-5650 or email Glenn
Waddell.
Important
Dates
Spring Semester
January 21 - April 25, 2008
Drop/Add Period Ends February 1, 2008
Spring Break is the week of 17-21, 2008
Application and Registration
Please be attentive to semester timeframes; all paperwork must
be submitted to the Seminary office, including application, application
fee, letters of recommendation, and official transcript(s), and
students must be registered for class(es) prior to the beginning
of the class. Pre-registrations are encouraged.
Doctor of Ministry Students
Please make note of the two class offerings: Dr. Howard Eyrich
will be teaching “Biblical Counseling and Psychological
Assessment/Evaluation for the DMin in Biblical Counseling program
and Dr. Jim Parker will be teaching “Preaching in a Neo-Pagan
World” for the DMin in Pastoral Leadership program.
Biblical Counseling Graduates
The Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Counseling program is now accepting
applications for the next cohort group to begin this Fall semester
of 2007. Please contact Thad James V.P. of Academic Affairs,
205-776-5386 for details.
New
BTS Catalog & Student
Handbook
A new catalog is available on the BTS website. Changes
in procedures, policies, tuition, and fees will apply to
all
students. Incoming
students beginning with the Fall 2006 semester will follow
degree requirements in the new catalog; currents students
will continue
with the degree requirements from the catalog in the year
they entered. Students who have not taken classes for a
period of
two years will re-enter under the new catalog. Please read
through the student handbook.
Drop/Add Fee
Beginning with the Fall 2006 semester, a fee of $15 per course
will be charged for schedule changes. Students are strongly encouraged
to carefully consider course workload in light of family, church,
and work obligations in determining course selections. Please
contact Thad James V.P. of Academic Affairs, for assistance in
course scheduling and planning.
Class Syllabi and Booklists
Class syllabi and booklists will be posted on the BTS website and
updates are added as received from professors. Please be prepared
with the required books and necessary materials to begin class.
Any student without internet access should contact Katie Murphy
at 776-5356. The booklist is available
here.
Logos Software Updates
All degree-seeking students are eligible to purchase
any of the Logos Bible Study libraries at 50% off the retail price. However,
students must purchase during regularly scheduled semester enrollment
periods to obtain the discount. Logos will divide payments into
6 equal installments. Beginning with the Fall semester 2006,
new Master of Divinity (M.Div) and Doctor of Ministry-Pastoral
Leadership students are required to purchase the LOGOS SCHOLAR’S
Library or higher. BTS strongly recommends that M.Div. students
purchase the SCHOLAR’S GOLD library with the THEOLOGICAL
JOURNALS VOLUME 5 add-on. All degree-seeking students including
distance education students, are required to purchase the LOGOS
PASTOR’S library or higher. New students in the Master
of Arts in Biblical Counseling program and students in the Doctor
of Ministry-Biblical Counseling program are required to purchase
the JOURNAL of BIBLICAL COUNSELING 25 years CD-ROM collection
and are highly encouraged to purchase the LOGOS BIBLICAL COUNSELING
library.
Student and Faculty Nametags
All students and faculty are to wear their respective BTS nametags
while attending classes at the various locations.
Stay Informed
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BTS student file updates
Please inform the Seminary office of any changes in your student
file information: addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses,
etc. We are in the process of auditing student files to ensure
that we have all required paperwork. Meg would appreciate your
responding promptly to all request for missing paperwork.
Evenings too Busy?
BTS has added EARLY morning classes to our normal evening schedule.
Beginning with the spring 2007 schedule, there will be selected
class offerings from 6:00AM-8:00AM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday mornings at Briarwood Presbyterian Church. Please
see the class schedule for specifics.
Former Student Association
Several former students and graduates want to help BTS with recruiting,
fundraising, networking and in other areas of support in order
to honor God and expand the impact of BTS for His glory. Please
direct any inquiries to bts@briarwood.org.
A Helpful Reference
Visit The Center for Reformed
Theology and Apologetics to view
a variety of helpful online documents for free.
BTS
Receives Affiliate Status with ABHE
As
of February, 2006, Birmingham Theological Seminary has become
an “affiliate institution” of the Association for Biblical
Higher Education. ABHE,
formerly known as The Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges,
(AABC) of Orlando.
Florida, is recognized by the US Department of Education as an
accrediting governing body. The “affiliate status” will
now allow BTS to take advantage of the many programs and services
that the Association provides. This presents BTS with the opportunity
of inclusion on the Association website and a listing in the ABHE
Directory, along with the opportunity to network with like institutions,
to gain additional assistance working toward the accreditation
process and access to the consultative services of ABHE.
Logos Bible
Study Software Enrollment
BTS students may purchase any of the Logos products at 40% off
the normal price (M.Div. students receive 50% off). The enrollment
period for Spring 2006 is January 31 - February 12, 2006.
To find
out more about the Logos products, visit www.logos.com.
If you have questions, please contact Thad
James.
Online
Research Database for Pastors and Researchers
Pastors, researchers and theological students/graduates looking
for an online database for theological research can to The Theological
Research Exchange Network (TREN), a searchable library with over
10,000 theological thesis/dissertation titles. Dissertations are
available for order in digital, downloadable e-docs, paper and
microfiche format. There is a charge for each dissertation ordered.
TREN also features hard-to-find resources that researchers will
find helpful. Go to http://www.tren.com/
Standards
For Research Papers
BTS uses the Turabian style of formatting as a standard for all
papers, for all classes. However, students should regard individual
professor's preferences if they communicate any variance in outlining
their requirements for papers. Beyond those variances, students
should follow the Turabian style, as outlined in A
Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations,
by Kate Turabian. Students may also find it helpful to use the StyleEase
formatting software for developing proper citations. An additional
book that BTS students will find helpful is Quality
Research Papers for Students of Religion and Theology.
You may also find helpful the following examples of cover sheets
(either style is acceptable) and papers with proper citations.
These are provided only as examples and should not be used exclusively
as a guide/standard. A
Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations,
by Kate Turabian is the appropriate guide/standard. All examples
are in the Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format:
Support
BTS
BTS offers hundreds of seminary students quality, affordable theological
education. We have been able to continue this work due to the generosity
of many individuals and churches. We rely on this gracious support
because our tuition is one-fifth of the national average (according
to
the National Center for Educational Statistics). Our board of directors
ensures that all funds are carefully used, according to good stewardship
standards. We are a non-profit 501c3, so all donations are fully
tax-deductible.
Donate via mail: Make checks payable
to "Birmingham Theological
Seminary" and mail them to:
Birmingham Theological
Seminary
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