Yuin University, School of Theology, is an interdenominational institute. Although there are a variety of expressions and worship within Christianity, the School of Theology relies on the authoritative Old and New Testament Scriptures as the basis of its study of theology. The study of theology and faith-based action are inseparable. Theology is empty and fruitless without practice. Just as the biblical writers were engaged in missionary practice, so must all interpreters be. Christianity is not a private religion, but public in nature. In the words of Emil Brunner, “The Church exists by mission as fire exists by burning.” Since God is a missionary God, the people of God are a missionary people.

Along with its resident programs, the School of Business Administration provides non-traditional independent study system of education. The School does not require formal, on-campus residence or classroom attendance. Students are permitted to complete all course work, studies, research and writing requirements through prescriptive independent study courses or programs with guidance from the School and instructing faculty members. Course work is completed through writing assignments. Academic progress is monitored by instructing faculty members and School Dean.

School of Theology Mission

The mission of the church is not secondary; mission is its very nature. Therefore, Yuin University exists for the purpose of missionary encounter with the world. It is the goal of the Yuin University School of Theology to bridge the division between orthodoxy and orthopraxis, i.e. to bring together knowledge and action. Theology is not the private property of elite intellectuals, but arises from the context of biblical writers who were mission practitioners. Therefore, the inspired Scriptures should be interpreted today for the purpose of application in the world. Since the biblical writers were engaged with the needy world around them; so should we be. Yuin University believes that the Scriptures are authoritative for faith and practice today. Therefore, Yuin University believes that the Scriptures provide the over-arching moral agenda for the school.

School of Theology Purpose

Yuin University’s School of Theology provides higher learning and continuing education for church pastors, Religious leaders and missionaries without leaving their current ministries in which they are involved. Undoubtedly, Christian ministry today is being carried on in the midst of tremendous revolutionary changes affecting every aspect of human life. Therefore, ministers and religious leaders must equip themselves not only with basic biblical and theological foundations for ministry, but also with professional competence and advanced skills and techniques in the areas of counseling, spiritual therapy and intercultural communication.

The Graduate Studies Program is intended to equip students for teaching and research in theological seminaries, colleges and universities throughout the world. Applicants should have a demonstrable academic gift and a Christian calling for a life of scholarly research, theological reflection and communication. In order to complete the program, participants must demonstrate facility in scholarly research and writing in the form of a dissertation, mastery of a particular discipline within the context of the total theological curriculum, and familiarity with teaching methods and skills for a future ministry in theological education.

School of Theology Objective

• Each student in the School of Theology will strive to become highly competent in history, literature, religious principles and practices, and philosophy of the religion selected for his/her major field of study. It is understood that Yuin University’s expectations for such competence are appropriate to the degree level of the program in which the student is enrolled.
• Each student will pursue his/her studies through guided independent study and will develop greater self-discipline and maturity as a result of such study.
• The student in an independent study program is selected for his/her individual maturity and potential for self-discipline. It is expected that these qualities will develop to a greater degree as a result of completing an independent study program, and that the refinement of these qualities will greatly enhance the student later in his/her professional career.
• Each student will be motivated to pursue his/her spiritual growth as an adjunct to his/her studies in the School of Theology. The University holds to the principles that the study of religions should be informed by personal, spiritual experience. Although dispassionate contemplation is a valued academic tool in this study as well as in the study of more secular subjects, much spiritual truth cannot be fully understood in the dispassionate mode. The student must be in the process of growing spiritually in order to gain full spiritual wisdom.
• Each student, though coming from a particular religious tradition, will become familiar with the common experiences and intentions that underlie all traditions. Religious traditions are distinguished as much by what they all share as by their differences. In studying in any of the School of Theology programs, it is the intention of Yuin University that the student retains this essence.
• Each student will utilize his or her education at Yuin University to build on a foundation of authentic religious experience. The School of Theology programs are targeted for persons of well-developed understanding of religious study matter, including current members of the pastorate and church leadership, and individuals with well-developed interest in Christianity. It is expected that such individuals also possess the motivation necessary to meet the demands of a guided independent study mode of academic delivery.