Evangelical
Seminary of Theology
EVENTS
/ November 2007
Credits Contacts
Leadership Professor Interviews
PROGRAM OF THE COURSE OF BACHELOR FOR NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS
VISIT OF THE PRESBYTERY OF CHICAGO
VISIT OF PARTICIPANTS TO THE SEMINARY “CHRISTIAN FAITH AND
MARXISM”
1st MEETING OF THE PROGRAM OF MASTERY IN THE COURSE 2007-2008
CHAIR FAITH AND SOCIETY “MAURICIO LOPEZ” OF THE SET
A VISIT FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF
FIFTH WORKSHOP OF FAMILY CULTURE AT THE SET
A DELEGATION FROM THE UNITED STATES VISITS US
THE SET HONOR THE WORLD DAY OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST HIV-AIDS
PROGRAM FOR
THE COURSE OF BACHELOR FOR NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS
The
third meeting for the Program of Bachelor of Theology for Non-Resident Students
took place from the 15th to the 20th of October. The program was shaped in a
modular programming and it is intended fundamentally to male and female
pastors who want to reach knowledge and to get a recognized degree of
theological education and to churches and people who are interested in
this program and do not have the chance to participate of the modality of permanent
residency.
>From the
ecumenical point of view, the students think that the experience has also been
important; since most of them have had the opportunity to share with brothers
from other denominations, the level of acceptance have been a priority, so the
cohesion of the group has been possible
VISIT OF
THE PRESBYTERY OF
A group from
the Presbytery of Chicago with whom the presbytery of
THE
PARTICIPANTS TO THE SEMINARY “CHRISTIAN FAITH AND MARXISM” VISIT
THE SET
On November 5th, our Seminary welcomed a group of Belgian and Dutch brothers
who participate in the seminary “Christian Faith and Marxism”,
organized by Martin Luther King Jr. Center. Two lectures were given: one in the
morning: Cuban Theology by Dr.
1ST
MEETING FOR THE PROGRAM OF MASTERY IN THE COURSE 2007-2008
The first meeting of the program of mastery 2007-2008 took place at the SET
from the 5th to the 15th of November. Professor Carrasco, Doctor of Theology
and Sociology, current pastor of the French-speaking Reformed Church in Zurich,
in the German Switzerland, taught the course “Sociologia del tiempo y del
progreso” (Sociology of the Time and the Progress). Bachelor
All the ten
students who registered the Mastery program course came from The Baptist
Fraternity, Quaker Friends, Good News Pentecostal Church, the Church of God,
the Baptist Church, Episcopalian Church of Uruguay, Episcopalian Church of Haiti,
Presbyterian Church of Korea and the ecumenical movements and institutions:
Kairos Center and the Christian Student Movement.
CHAIR
FAITH AND SOCIETY “MAURICIO LOPEZ”
On the evening, September
the 7th, Doctor John H. Sinclair presented the subject “Los desafíos 
framework
of the chair Faith and Society “Mauricio Lopez.” The specific
subjects were related to the shifting of Islam toward the West and the
increasing influence of the Christianism toward the South. Concerning to that
the professor said: “It is said today that proportionally Christians in
the world are less than in the 2nd Christian century. Nowadays the increasing
of the Christianism is in the South. The change of the demography in
One of the
other intentions of his visit was to present to the SET a complete collection
of books (11 volumes) and articles and letters (13 volumes) by the mystic John
Mackay. Professor Sinclair, who was MacKay’s personal friend said:
“I have devoted five years to this project because Mackay was a very
prolific writer. With these books, the library of the SET would have the most
complete MacKay’s collection of in the world.”
A VISIT
FROM THE
On the first fortnight of November, very joyfully, we welcomed brothers and
sisters from the presbyteries of
FIFTH
WORKSHOP OF FAMILY CULTURE AT SET
On the 9th and 10th of November took place the fifth workshop of the Family Culture
at SET. On this occasion, the issues “Discapacidad y Familia”
(Disability and Family) and “Stress familiar” (Family stress), were
handled by Doctors of Psychology and Professors of Havana University, Patricia
Arés, Lourdes Ibarra, Maria Teresa García and Reinaldo Rojas.
The SET
offers this kind of courses for all the students, professors and workers and
also for the communities of
A
DELEGATION FROM THE U.S VISITED US
In the morning of the 13th of November, His Excellency Reverend John Bryson
Chane, Bishop of Episcopalian diocese of
NEW
OPPORTUNTIES FOR STUDYING. OPENING OF THE NON-RESIDENT PROGRAM BACHELOR OF
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
>From the 19th to the 23rd of November took place the opening and the first
meeting of the new program of studies at SET: BACHELOR OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION,
coordinated by Master
THE SET
COMMEMORATE THE WORLD DAY OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST HIV-AIDS
Last
Wednesday, November 28th we celebrated the World Day of the struggle against 
Aids,
taking part in the 
event
the community living with HIV in
Over the
2007, the Seminary in a very special way has gone with this group of people and
has given a help to the Sanatorium “Ismael Triana Torres”
concerning the repairing and the maintenance of the visiting house of the
Institution as well.
December 20th
Christmas
Program.
December 10th to 14th
Non-Resident Bachelor Course (IV)
January 14th to 18 th
Second
Meeting of the
February 11th to 15th
Non-Resident
Bachelor Course (V)
INTERVIEW TO THE VISITING PROFESSORS OF THE MASTERY PROGRAM
The Chilean
Professor Pedro Carrasco visits
the SET for the fourth time to take part in the Mastery Programme. In this
occasion he taught the course Sociología
Regarding
the content of the course, the professor said: “This is a course about
the modernity and the post-modernity. I try to understand together with the
students the exhaustation of the idea of ‘world progress’. It is
thought that the progress destroys the world and that it is linked to the
market, to the money, to the interest. Nowadays, people do not believe in the
progress. They believe in ideas like meditation, oriental religions, own
profits. The idea of progress is lost. The progress has been presented to us as
the permanent and continuous optimization of the present conditions of the life
for the future. It is thought that “some day” it would be find the
remedy.
I wonder it is now
when the problem must be solved. To become this place yours, to dwell in the
place, do not expect what will come. Tomorrow postpones the life.
Relating to
the course he taught in the Mastery Program “That of every day give it
today...the
Abundance:
If each person comes with all his belonging, everyone
can have. It
is as the manna in the desert. We make bread every
day
in order to have abundance. I wish the students know how to
make
bread.
Everyone brings what they have and there is too much.
Sharing:
This is the acceptance. To the meal of God everybody is
invited without either conditions or distinctions. Everyone takes a
piece of the
same bread.
Access:
Today, for owning something, it is used a hierarchical system.
The power is
used either ecomincally or spiritually. Jesus said that no
one is
more important. Every time we share the braid together we
are
all the same. It is a miracle in a society having levels.
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
President of the Board: Bishop Miguel Tamayo Zaldivar
Vice-President of the Board:
Secretary of the Board: Odette
Naranjo Colón
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Rector:
Vice-rector: Pablo
Dean:
Vice-Dean:
Chaplain: Wil
Arts Ph.M. and
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Clara L. Ajo Lázaro, Th.D, Theology,
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