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Dallas Theological Seminary

{{short description|Theological seminary in Dallas, Texas}}

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| motto = Teach Truth. Love Well.

| established = 1924

| type = Evangelical seminary

| affiliation = Non-denominational

| address = 3909 Swiss Ave

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| faculty = 89.55{{ cite web | title=DTS Statistics| publisher=Association of Theological Schools | url=http://www.ats.edu/member-schools/dallas-theological-seminary| access-date = 1 December 2023}}

| president = Mark Yarbrough

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| chancellor = Mark Bailey

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| students = 2,573

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| city = Dallas, Texas

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Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) is an evangelical theological seminary in Dallas, Texas. It is known for popularizing the theological system of dispensationalism. DTS has campuses in Dallas, Houston, and Washington, D.C., as well as extension sites in Atlanta, Austin, San Antonio, Nashville, Northwest Arkansas, Europe, and Guatemala, and a multilingual online education program. DTS is the largest non-denominational seminary accredited by the Association of Theological Schools.

History

DTS was founded as Evangelical Theological College in 1924 by Rollin T. Chafer and his brother, Lewis Sperry Chafer, who taught the first class of thirteen students, and William Henry Griffith Thomas,{{cite web | title=DTS Library| publisher=Dallas Theological Seminary | url=http://library.dts.edu/Pages/TL/Special/80th.shtml| access-date = 21 November 2012}} who was to have been the school's first theology professor but died before the first classes began.Randall Herbert Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition, Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 202 Their vision was a school where expository Bible preaching was taught simply, and under Chafers' leadership, DTS pioneered one of the first four-year degrees in theology, the Master of Theology (Th.M.). The present location of the school was purchased in 1926, and the Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) program was started in 1927.[http://www.dts.edu/about/history/ DTS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507203037/http://www.dts.edu/about/history/ |date=2017-05-07 }} Historical Milestones. Chafer remained president until his death in 1952.

The seminary had a considerable influence in the fundamentalist movement by training students who established various Bible Colleges and independent fundamentalist churches in the southern United States.Samuel S. Hill, The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 1: Religion, University of North Carolina Press, USA, 2006, p. 77

DTS has continually published a quarterly entitled Bibliotheca Sacra initially edited by Rollin T. Chafer since 1934. In 1983, a complete collection of articles was published as a book commemorating fifty years

of the journal.[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802404596/ Fifty Years of Bib Sac] listing at Amazon.com

John F. Walvoord took over as president in 1952 after Chafer's death in 1952. In 1974, DTS added a two-year Master of Arts (MA) program in biblical studies, and in 1982, a two-year program in Christian Education was begun. In addition to these, a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program was opened in 1980. Walvoord retired as DTS president in 1986.[http://www.dts.edu/about/history/ DTS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507203037/http://www.dts.edu/about/history/ |date=2017-05-07 }} A Brief History.

From 1986 to 1994, Donald K. Campbell served as president of DTS. During his tenure, DTS opened a three-year MA program in Biblical Counseling and a two-year MA program in Biblical exegesis and linguistics.

Chuck Swindoll served as president of the seminary from 1994 to 2001. Mark Bailey followed, serving as president from 2001 to 2020. Under Bailey's tenure, the seminary added a two-year MA program in media and communication, a two-year MA in Christian leadership, a Spanish D.Min. program, and a multi-lingual online education program. He was succeeded by Mark Yarbrough in 2020.

As of Spring 2014, DTS had over 15,000 alumni serving in various ministerial capacities in 97 countries worldwide.{{cite web | title=DTS Statistics| publisher=Dallas Theological Seminary | url=http://www.dts.edu/about/statistics/| access-date = 28 July 2015}}

Accreditation

DTS was first accredited in 1944 by the Board of Regents, State Education Department of the University of the State of New York of Albany.Hannah, John. An Uncommon Union: Dallas Theological Seminary and American Evangelicalism (Zondervan, 2009), page 130. After that institution stopped accrediting institutions outside of New York, DTS was accredited in 1969 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and in 1994 by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.[http://www.dts.edu/about/accreditation/ DTS] Accreditation

The school is also a member of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), the Evangelical Training Association (ETA), the Jerusalem University College, and the Institute of Theological Studies (ITS).

Theology

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DTS is known as a center of modern dispensational teaching[http://www.founders.org/FJ09/article1.html The Founders] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120731134636/http://www.founders.org/FJ09/article1.html |date=2012-07-31 }}. Summer 1992.

[http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/disp.htm Baptist Bible College] May 1999. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209053150/http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/disp.htm |date=December 9, 2006 }}[http://www.tms.edu/tmsj/tmsj15e.pdf Second Blessing Models of Sanctification and Early Dallas Dispensationalism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207140218/http://www.tms.edu/tmsj/tmsj15e.pdf |date=2007-02-07 }}. The Master's Seminary Journal, Spring 2004.[http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-02-09/news/the-end-is-near/1 Dallas Observer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728192524/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-02-09/news/the-end-is-near/1 |date=2012-07-28 }}. February 9, 2006[http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/innovations.html Monergism.com] October 2005. due to Dr. Chafer's development of a systematic theology which approaches the Bible with a "premillennial, dispensational interpretation of the Scriptures." Systematic Theology, his eight-volume work describing this approach, was first published in 1948 and is still a required textbook for some courses at DTS.

Notable theological beliefs of the school include: premillennialism, dispensationalism, and Biblical inerrancy. The school considers itself non-denominational within Protestantism, and offers classes in all 66 books of the Protestant Bible.

Notable people

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In a 2009 study conducted by LifeWay Research, Protestant pastors named preachers who had most influenced them. Three DTS alumni were among the top ten: Chuck Swindoll ('63), founder of radio broadcast Insight for Living; David Jeremiah ('67), founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries; and Andy Stanley ('85), founder of North Point Ministries.{{cite web|last=Phillips|first=Rob|title=LifeWay Research: Protestant pastors name Graham most influential living preacher|url=http://www.lifeway.com/article/170048/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906181811/http://www.lifeway.com/article/170048/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-06|publisher=LifeWay Research}}{{cite web|last=Alumni Office |title=Top Ten Most Influential Living Preachers List includes Three DTS Alumni |url=https://alumni.dts.edu/publicposts/viewpost.aspx?PostID=13992 |publisher=DTS }}{{dead link|date=April 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Other notable people associated with the seminary include:

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.dts.edu/ Official website]

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