We Choose Hope
in Troubled Times
North Park Theological Seminary
Forum & News
Lina is the Forum, News, and Archive of North Park Theological Seminary
Challenge and Opportunity: What is Next for the School of Restorative Arts?
A letter from Dean Dennis Edwards and Director Michelle Dodson
Called, Beloved, and Kept
This sermon was originally preached at Community Worship on August 28, 2025. I have said and will continue to say that the best apologetic for the Christian faith …
Purposeful Narrative? Covenant History Past, Present, and Future
It is an honor to be installed in the newly created Wilma E. Peterson Chair in Church History. It is especially poignant and fitting that this endowed position …
Events
Fall 2025 Semester Begins
August 25, 2025
A new academic year commences for new and returning students.
For Such a Time as This: Women’s Resiliency in the Bible—2025 Lund Lecture presented by Dr. Lynn Cohick
September 29, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
North Park Theological Seminary is happy to welcome Dr. Lynn H. Cohick for the Houston Theological Seminary for the The Nils W. …
Leader’s Cohort: The Cost of Discipleship in Context: Learning from Bonhoeffer
January 1, 2026
Join us as we seek to create an interactive space for leaders to grow in their understanding of discipleship, and develop methods …
Programs & Degrees
Degree
Master of Divinity
The most comprehensive preparation for vocational ministry, designed to prepare lead pastors for ordination or for ministries such as teaching, counseling, and chaplaincy.
Certificate
Certificate of Spiritual Direction
Training in the practice of holy listening, spiritual discernment and prayer in the Christian, Protestant tradition
Regional Cohort
Master of Arts in Christian Formation
Preparation for ordination to specialized ministry service, with a foundation in Bible, theology, and focus on the discipleship ministry of the church
Our World Needs Voices of Hope
Is God Calling You to Join Us?
Let’s tell the truth. Our times are struggling with finding faith, holding hope, learning to love like Jesus.
Yet the Good News is real. We need pastors and listeners, leaders and prophets more than we ever have. Our community holds on to hope—and we are dedicated to theological education that forms our head, heart, and hands. Join us.
Our learning community is unique—humble but rigorous, smart but emotionally mature, small but impactful.
We are rooted in the Living Gospel yet turned outward to a complex world.
—Dr. Dennis Edwards, Dean of North Park Theological Seminary & Vice-President of Church Relations at North Park University
Resourcing Pastors & Congregations
We envision a faithful, healthy church for a just and flourishing world
Our faculty teach to serve the church’s mission.
From inspiration for next week’s sermon to training congregations how to minister to those who have experienced trauma, our faculty are ready to train, equip, and serve—across the Evangelical Covenant Church and beyond.