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Martin Bucer European Theological Seminary and Research Institutes

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Martin Bucer Seminary
MottoFor the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. (Eph 4:12)
TypePrivate
Established1996
PresidentThomas Schirrmacher
Students378 (2016)
Location
Websitewww.bucer.org

Martin Bucer Seminary: Martin Bucer European Theological Seminary and Research Institutes is an evangelical theological seminary and research institute in Protestant reformed tradition. The seminary is named after the reformer Martin Bucer.

History and Education[edit]

Martin Bucer Seminary was founded in 1996 in response to the dominance of Higher Criticism and liberal theology within German seminaries. It offers students theological training in a network of campuses across German-speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, in partnership with the German Evangelical Alliance) as well as in the Czech Republic, Turkey and Brazil.

The educational extra of the seminary[1] are the many study centres with up to 20 students, who beside their academic training are interns in local churches.[2][3] A unique feature in the world of theological education is to combine a curriculum and feature from several very different cultural settings for Christianity. The branches in growth oriented Christianity Brazil, minority oriented Christianity Turkey, a secularized Christianity in German speaking Western Europe and Czech Republic are combined into a global curriculum. Students can move around and get their credits at any of the study centers. They are taught by Christian professors and leaders from other continents with a totally different perspectives, which especially challenges Western theology.

With 378 students in 2016 (151 of them in Brazil) it is the largest Evangelical Seminary in Europe outside of the UK.[4] In addition there are further 200 students studying online. The offered courses enable to receive a Bachelor of Theology and a Master of Theology, that are bestowed by the Whitefield Theological Seminary. President is Prof. Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher.

Research[edit]

Martin Bucer Seminary also has a research arm that has published a wide range of texts and books focused on ethics, islamic studies, missiology, and religious freedom. Close connected to the Martin Bucer Seminary are several institutes of research as the International Institute for Religious Freedom,[5][6] the Institute of Islamic Studies,[7] the Institut für Lebens- und Familienwissenschaften[8] or Hope.21.[9] These institutes are networks of christian scientists from all over the world.

The seminary is member of the World Reformed Fellowship and connected to the Evangelical Alliance.

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