Career Category: Theology & Christian Ministry

If you are called to minister to others, a minor from Trinity will prepare you academically and spiritually. Your studies within Trinity’s Christian ministry program will provide relationships and resources to help you investigate and begin a life in ministry. When you leave Trinity, you will be equipped to serve in leadership, evangelistic ministries, or administration.

Our small class sizes, access to a diverse range of churches and parachurch organizations, and an active campus ministry program provide opportunities for you to learn, grow, and prepare to participate in God’s mission. Through your coursework, you will learn practical approaches to administration and leadership, spiritual formation, worship leadership, and the nature and ministry of the church.

With our location just 25 miles from downtown Chicago, you will also have the opportunity to complete your field education in a range of settings that will give you hands-on, heart-engaged experience.

When you minor in theology at Trinity, you will be challenged with fundamental questions about the Bible, God, Christ, salvation, incarnation, and a host of other topics. All courses emphasize the development of a biblical perspective as an integrating element to learning.

A theology degree from Trinity will prepare you for a vocation in churches, non-profit organizations, schools, and mission agencies or to continue your studies in graduate or seminary school.

Trinity’s location, just 25 miles from downtown Chicago, offers numerous field experience and volunteer options for theology minors.

A minor in philosophy will help you to bring greater reflective depth and perspective to any major at Trinity.  And our graduates have found that minoring in Philosophy is excellent preparation for graduate or professional studies in your major area, whatever that major is.

Music is a fundamental expression of who we are as humans. The music department at Trinity seeks to teach our students to be skilled performers of music, discriminating listeners, and inspiring leaders and teachers.

Minoring in music may be the right path for you if you wish to develop further as a music performer and leader. You will intensify your understanding of music through courses in music history and theory and through participation in music ensembles. You also have the opportunity to pursue private lessons in voice, piano, guitar, and all orchestral instruments. As a Trinity student, you will reap the benefits of learning in Trinity’s Ozinga Chapel, which is equipped with outstanding music resources, including a recital hall, rehearsal space, individual practice rooms, and a music computer lab.

When you pursue a philosophy degree at Trinity, you will become an intellectual with vision and wisdom, and part of a scholarly community dedicated to cultivating Christian discernment. Trinity’s faculty focus on serving society and the kingdom of God by developing our students as informed, practiced Christian public intellectuals.

Our graduates are well prepared for professional studies such as law, ministry, or library and information sciences, as well as for graduate study in philosophy or other humanities and arts disciplines.

Our emphasis on a liberal arts foundation means that a major in philosophy is flexible and can be combined with other areas of study. Many of our students pursue a second major, along with their B.A. in philosophy. Whatever your specific area of service, the lifelong habits you acquire by studying and practicing philosophy will make you uniquely well-suited to leadership positions that require vision and wisdom.

The global community needs skilled people with a passion for music in worship. The music department at Trinity will prepare you to be a skilled performer of music, a discriminating listener, and an inspiring leader. If you are called to participate in music ministry at your local church, then this interdisciplinary minor may be for you. Your coursework will emphasize diverse traditions of music in worship from both a theological and musical perspective, with a focus on encouraging and facilitating practical involvement. In addition to your music and theology courses, you will achieve proficiency in either piano or guitar.

Music is a fundamental expression of who we are as humans. The music department at Trinity seeks to teach our students to be skilled performers of music, discriminating listeners, and inspiring leaders and teachers.

Majoring in music may be the right path for you if you wish to pursue a career in music or graduate study outside the realm of education. A music degree will prepare you for a career as a performer, private studio music teacher, music ensemble director, church musician, worship leader, studio musician, arranger, composer, music editor, arts administrator, music librarian, or music journalist, among many other options.

You will intensify your understanding of music through courses in music history, theory, conducting, and through participation in music ensembles. You also have the opportunity to pursue private lessons in voice, piano, and all orchestral instruments. As a Trinity student, you will reap the benefits of learning in Trinity’s Ozinga Chapel, which is equipped with outstanding music resources, including a recital hall, rehearsal space, individual practice rooms, and a music computer lab.

The pre-seminary program at Trinity Christian College is designed with the flexibility to allow you to meet the entrance requirements of the seminary of your choice. This program prepares future Christian leaders to make a difference with their service.

Most seminaries require a strong liberal arts education and a background in Greek and a modern foreign language. As a pre-seminary studies student, you will select a major in one or more of the following areas of study: history, English, philosophy, communication arts, or psychology. {we don’t offer a sociology major, just a minor} It is also important that you give serious attention to language studies. Regardless of which major you choose, you will leave with a strong understanding of Greek as well as a modern foreign language.

With a Trinity education, you will discover and put into practice what it means to serve Christ and His church. At Trinity, you will have opportunities to learn, grow, and prepare for kingdom work. The small class sizes, access to a wide variety of churches and parachurch organizations, and an active campus ministry program provide an exciting environment for exploring God’s word.

The field education course, taken in your senior year, offers practical ways to apply your knowledge and skills. Trinity theology students serve churches and other Christian agencies in a variety of capacities. The diversity of communities in the Chicago area allows students to seek experience in a wide range of settings.

Ultimately, pre-seminary graduates will spend their time understanding God, Christianity, and what it means to be a Christian in today’s world, as well as how they are called to serve using their gifts and vocation.

Located just outside Chicago, Trinity students have access to a variety of exciting cultural, career, and social opportunities that can only be found in a major metropolitan area. If you’re ready to take the next step in your academic career, apply online today. To learn more about all Trinity has to offer, contact us to schedule a campus visit.

When you major in theology at Trinity, you will be challenged with fundamental questions about the Bible, God, Christ, salvation, incarnation, and a host of other topics. All courses emphasize the development of a biblical perspective as an integrating element to learning.

A theology degree from Trinity will prepare you for a vocation in churches, non-profit organizations, schools, and mission agencies or to continue your studies in graduate or seminary school.

You can take theology as a second major, which prepares you to develop a Christian perspective in other academic and vocational areas. Trinity also offers a minor in theology.

Trinity’s location, just 25 miles from downtown Chicago, offers numerous field experience and volunteer options for theology majors.

Your studies in historical and systematic theology will delve into the earliest days of the church and allow you to develop a profound understanding of the Christian faith. Your coursework will span topics of spiritual formation, church and Christian traditions, the teachings of the Christian faith, history of Christianity, and the nature and ministry of church.

Trinity’s campus is located in Palos Heights, Ill., just a few miles from Chicago. That means you will have the resources of the nation’s third-largest city minutes away as you conduct your field education and seek out opportunities to put your faith into practice.