Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
academic divinity school
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) was the divinity school of Trinity International University, an evangelical Christian university headquartered in Bannockburn, Illinois. The divinity school was founded in 1897.
In April 2025, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School announced that it would merge with Trinity Western University in British Columbia, Canada, and would cease operations at the Chicagoland campus.
Overview
TEDS is one of the largest seminaries in the world, enrolling more than 1,200 graduate students in professional and academic programs, including more than 150 in its Ph.D. programs. The most popular degree at the school, the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree, prepares pastors, educators, and missionaries for many kinds of service. The school also offers a range of focused Master of Arts programs in mental health counseling, theological studies, the New Testament, the Old Testament, and other disciplines. Trinity offers a comprehensive listing of academic programs with Master of Arts (MA), Master of Divinity (M.Div), Master of Theology (Th.M), Doctor of Ministry (D.Min) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degrees.
TEDS is affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America and is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. It publishes the Trinity Journal.
Trinity honors and continues the legacy of its major contributors through a combination of centers, lectures, and honoraria.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5971429. VIAF identifies the subject as 134965777. The Library of Congress control number is n50073924. Authority coordinates are 42.198, -87.881. 2 of 6 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1897 and 2025.
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