Mid-America Reformed Seminary

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Mid-America Reformed Seminary
Established	1981
School type	Private
President	Cornel Venema
Location	Dyer, IN, USA
Enrollment	30
Faculty	5
Campus	Suburban
Website	http://www.midamerica.edu

Mid-America Reformed Seminary is a graduate level theological institution located in Dyer, Indiana offering a biblical and theological education in the classic Reformed (Calvinistic) tradition. The seminary offers a three year Master of Divinity degree program for students seeking ordination. A two year Master of Theological Studies degree is offered for students who desire a theological education without seeking the ordained ministry.

The school is accredited by TRACS.

Relationship to the Church

The school is closely associated with confessional Reformed and Presbyterian churches, but is not governed by any particular denomination, thereby allowing it to serve several affiliations with ministerial training. A number of churches make use of Mid-America to aid them in the task of training men for the ministry:

• Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA)
• Orthodox Christian Reformed Churches
• Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC)
• Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)
• Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS)
• United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA)

Mid-America's commitment to theological education is based on confessional allegiance rather than denominational affiliation. All members of the faculty and of the Board of Trustees are committed to the Holy Scriptures as the infallible and inerrant Word of God, and in conformity with the Word are committed to the ecumenical creeds of Christendom (the Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, and Nicene Creed) and the Reformed Confessions (the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, the Canons of Dort, and the Westminster Confession of Faith) as faithfully setting forth the system of truth taught in Scripture.

History of Mid-America Reformed Seminary

The seminary was founded on April 21, 1981 when a group of ministers and laymen met at the Hilton Hotel at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. At this meeting it was deciced to establish a seminary society and board of trustees, to purchase the Harmony Youth Home in Orange City, Iowa to serve as the seminary's campus, and to name the seminary Mid-America Reformed Seminary.¹

In 1995 the seminary moved its campus to Dyer, Indiana where it currently resides.

On April 8, 2006 Mid-America held a celebration of its 25th anniversary in the West Commons at Dordt College, and plans on holding other 25th anniversary celebrations throughout the United States and Canada in 2006.²

Seminary Publications

• Mid-America Journal of Theology - published annually with scholarly articles and book reviews
• The Messenger - a bimonthly newsletter
• Called to Preach - a booklet by Dr. John Sittema written to those considering the gospel ministry

Notes

Note 1: Mid-America E-Notes 24 April 2006.

Note 2: Ibid.

External links

• [Mid-America Reformed Seminary]
• ["Mid-America Reformed Seminary 20 years old" Christian Renewal December 16, 2002]

 

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