At the John Leland Center for Theological Studies, president Mark Olson and his diverse group of faculty and students pursue a rigorous program designed to prepare Christian ministers for service in a variety of communities. The Arlington, Virginia, seminary additionally offers future lay leaders a thorough grounding in key texts and ideas through a broad-based program. Mark Olson and the teachers and students at the John Leland Center promote core Baptist tenets while remaining open to dialogue with representatives of all denominations.
Baptist churches of all types share a common core of beliefs that include the indivisible nature of the Triune God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as well as the necessity of a personal connection with, and faith in, Jesus Christ in order to receive salvation.
As proclaimed in Deuteronomy 6:4 and in the New Testament, God is one. At the same time, God is three persons, each of them completely divine in nature and with distinct individual attributes.
A number of theologians have framed the explanation in a way that shows God the Father seeking to have a relationship with human beings, and thus sending His Son as a means of providing them with salvation.
This explanation of the Trinity, say many Baptist writers, shows us how God can be the creator and ruler of the universe and at the same time intimately present and active in history, and in the lives of human beings.
Baptist churches of all types share a common core of beliefs that include the indivisible nature of the Triune God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as well as the necessity of a personal connection with, and faith in, Jesus Christ in order to receive salvation.
As proclaimed in Deuteronomy 6:4 and in the New Testament, God is one. At the same time, God is three persons, each of them completely divine in nature and with distinct individual attributes.
A number of theologians have framed the explanation in a way that shows God the Father seeking to have a relationship with human beings, and thus sending His Son as a means of providing them with salvation.
This explanation of the Trinity, say many Baptist writers, shows us how God can be the creator and ruler of the universe and at the same time intimately present and active in history, and in the lives of human beings.