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    Best Practice Guidelines for Doctoral Programs
    Best Practice Guidelines for Doctoral Programs
    Best Practice Guidelines for Doctoral Programs
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    Best Practice Guidelines for Doctoral Programs

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    A ‘second reformation’ in global theology is currently taking place. In the Majority World, evangelical theological education is growing rapidly and increasing its global impact. Scholars are applying the fruits of their research in Biblical and theological fields to their contexts to serve the needs of theological students and churches and their leaders. One of the most significant trends within this growth of global theological education is the increasing emergence of evangelical doctoral programs.

    Starting with a major consultation in Beirut in 2010, ICETE’s Doctoral Initiative has been working to provide resources to develop and equip these programs. This book contains the results of that work, including the Beirut Benchmarks for Research Doctoral Programs (2010), the Beirut Benchmarks for Professional Doctorates (2011), and a well-developed series of statements on best practices, which explain, amplify, and help apply the Benchmarks. Written out of a commitment to excellence, and a belief that such excellence is honouring to God, and of service to His Church, this work will benefit doctoral programs, students and supervisors working both in the Majority World and the West.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLangham Creative Projects
    Release dateOct 14, 2015
    ISBN9781783680818
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      Best Practice Guidelines for Doctoral Programs - Langham Creative Projects

      Foreword

      One of the most significant and important trends within global theological education in our days is the increasing emergence of evangelical doctoral programmes in the Majority World.

      In 2004, Dr Chris Wright, International Ministries Director of the Langham Partnership, drafted a discussion document on Doctoral Scholarships in Majority World Institutions. At the International Council of Evangelical Theological Education’s 2006 international consultation in Chiang Mai, Thailand, he proposed the need for an international consultation for these emerging doctoral programmes in the evangelical Majority World.

      ICETE’s international director at that time, Dr Paul Sanders, began exploratory discussions with Dr Chris Wright and Dr David Baer of Overseas Council (OC) about the feasibility of an ICETE Doctoral Initiative. Both international bodies agreed to support such an initiative.

      ICETE established an Oversight Committee to assist in developing the ICETE Doctoral Initiative, consisting of representatives from global institutions already offering doctoral programs, namely: the late Dr Douglas Carew (AIU/NEGST Kenya), chair; and Drs Carver Yu (CGST Hong Kong); Oscar Campos (SETECA Guatemala); Theresa Lua (AGST Philippines); and Paul Sanders (ICETE) ex officio. This group met for the first time in Sopron, Hungary, in October 2009.

      The ICETE Doctoral Initiative was then formally launched with a planning consultation held in March 2010 in Beirut, Lebanon. The event involved a selected list of key institutions offering doctoral programs in the Majority World, who were together representative of the larger movement. The Beirut 2010 consultation explored a wide range of relevant interests. It also devised and unanimously adopted a statement on excellence in doctoral programs, titled the Beirut Benchmarks.

      A second planning consultation was held in October 2011 in Bangalore, India. The gathering unanimously adopted the Bangalore Affirmations. It also approved an adaptation of the Beirut Benchmarks for Professional Doctorates. The third ICETE Doctoral Consultation took place in October 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya.

      In 2013, Dr Riad Kassis, ICETE’s current international director, worked to form an Advisory Council and a Steering Committee to carry the ICETE Doctoral Initiative forward. A complete list of the members of the Advisory Council and the Steering Committee is provided at the end of this document as an appendix.

      The following documents have been produced for the benefit of doctoral programs in theological disciplines wherever they are offered by evangelical institutions, whether in the Majority World or in the West. They arise out the above-mentioned consultations attended by invited delegates from ICETE, Langham Partnership, and Overseas Council, as well as a range of academic leaders from the Majority World. They have been prepared to assist the enhancement of current and emerging doctoral programs globally. They explain and amplify the core documents agreed upon at those consultations – The Beirut Benchmarks and The Beirut Benchmarks adaptation for Professional Doctorates – and provide guidelines for how these core principles can be applied. These Best Practice Guidelines are written to assist all doctoral programs in their aspiration for continuous improvement. In some countries the doctoral studies of evangelical students are not conducted in the context of evangelical seminaries, but instead in the secular university setting with supervision from an evangelical doctoral supervisor. In such cases some of the standards outlined in these guidelines may not apply directly. Nonetheless the spirit and key principles of the documents can also readily be applied in these contexts.

      I would like to offer thanksgiving to God for his grace that enabled the formation of these significant documents. I would like also to express my gratitude to those who spent efforts and sleepless nights on them. In particular, I would like to mention Dr Ian Shaw, Dr Paul Bowers, Dr Scott Cunningham, and Dr Bernhard Ott.

      Rev Riad Kassis, PhD

      International Director, International Council for Evangelical Theological Education

      Director, Langham Scholars Ministry, Langham Partnership

      Section 1

      The Beirut Benchmarks

      Doctoral study within an evangelical Christian institution is founded on an understanding of knowledge that is more than academic. In the Bible, acquiring and exercising wisdom involves a combination of faith, reason and action. It requires

      • right belief and committed trust in the living God (the fear of the LORD is the first principle of wisdom),

      • creative and humble use of the rationality God has granted to humans made in his own image, and

      • appropriate living in the world to reflect God’s calling and participate in God’s mission.

      Doctoral study, therefore, pursued on such a foundation, will be confessional, rational and missional. For a Christian, doctoral study is one dimension of what it means to love the LORD your God with all your heart and mind and soul and strength.

      Within such a framework of Christian identity and commitment, the doctoral qualification will be awarded to students who are church members commended for faithful discipleship and recognized leadership, and who demonstrate the following qualities through appropriate

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