Major/Minor Category: Theology and 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.

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.

As a biblical studies major at Trinity, you will have the opportunity to explore the word of God in close detail, with a foundation built on our strong liberal arts tradition and Reformed worldview. In your academic studies, you will focus on specific sections of the Bible, such as the historical books, the prophets, the gospels, and the epistles.

A biblical studies 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 also take biblical studies as a second major, which prepares you to develop a Christian perspective in other academic and vocational areas.

Trinity’s location, in the suburbs of Chicago, offers unmatched opportunities for servant leadership. There are also many options for summer work in missions, ministries, camps, and churches.