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In his new book, Mortal Goods - Reimagining Christian Political Duty, Dr. Ephraim Radner examines how Christians might more faithfully and realistically imagine their political vocation. Radner explains that our Christian calling is to limit our political concerns to the boundaries of our created lives: our birth, parents, siblings, families, brief persistence in life, raising of children, relations, decline, and death. He shows that a Christian approach to politics is aimed at tending and protecting these “mortal goods” and argues for a more constrained view of our mortal life and our

With news about Josh Tiessen's Creation Longs art exhibit, the second-annual Jakob Jocz Lecture, and Preaching Day, your February edition of The Word @ Wycliffe is here

Wycliffe College welcomes Jeremy McClung as the new Transitional Director of the Institute of Evangelism. A Wycliffe PhD candidate, Jeremy takes up this role as an experienced pastor and church planter. Born and raised in the Niagara region, he was ordained in the Brethren (Anabaptist) Church. Jeremy then served the church in Virginia and supported other church planters as a leader in the church planting body: Missiochurch in Ohio. In 2007, he became the founding pastor of Muskoka Community Church in Port Sydney, Ontario. After nurturing this congregation for fourteen years, he stepped down to

Wycliffe College is pleased to welcome Ahmeda Mansaray-Richardson as the new Transitional Director of the Master of Theological Studies in Development (MTSD) program. This is a two-year, half-time position. In taking up this post, Ahmeda will provide strategic continuity for the MTSD while assessing the program and its contributions to the College and the Christian not-for-profit and development sectors. A 2019 graduate of the MTSD program, Ahmeda brings her experience as founder and board chair of two non-profit organisations in health care, and as organiser and advocate for causes involving

Let us extend our heartfelt gratefulness to Professor Judy Paulsen for her serving as Director of the Institute of Evangelism at Wycliffe College from 2016-2023 as she transitions out of this role. Her enthusiasm, dedication, and wisdom for equipping churches for communicating the Gospel have inspired many of us. Her impact and contributions to the many churches, diocese, and denominations will be felt for years to come! See her reflection on the transition here >>

Co-edited by Dr. Stephen Chester, Professor of New Testament at Wycliffe College, and other accomplished scholars, the newly published volume, The New Perspective on Grace: Paul and the Gospel after Paul and the Gift, is a festschrift in honour of John Barclay's 2015 monograph, Paul and the Gift, which is widely regarded as the one of the most important books on Paul to appear in recent decades. This volume is unique among most celebratory volumes: every essay responds to a different aspect of Barclay's book instead of containing miscellaneous essays. "I got involved [in this project] because

Christian Clement-Schlimm, PhD candidate at Wycliffe College, has been awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarship for 2023. The Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) program encourages excellence in graduate studies at publicly-assisted universities in Ontario. Since 1975, the OGS program has been providing merit-based scholarships to Ontario’s best graduate students in all disciplines of academic study. Christian’s research is focused on the intersection of missiology and eschatology among nineteenth-century evangelical Anglicans. Specifically, he analyzes the theological development and legacy of

Principal Stephen Andrews has announced the appointment of the Reverend Ajit John as Interim Chaplain of Wycliffe College for the coming Fall 2023 academic term. Ajit is known to many in the College as a former Wycliffe Board member, a trustee of the Toronto School of Theology Board, and as the current Chair of the Anglican Communion Alliance. He has been a Priest in the Anglican Church of Canada for nearly twenty years, serving congregations both here in Toronto and the Diocese of Europe. After completing a BA and an MA at the University of Toronto, he studied law at the University of Western

Last Thursday on June 15, Wycliffe College launched the Marc Chagall and the Bible devotional series, a series of reflective lectures for the public that aims to explore deeper the symbols and meanings of Chagall’s works in the exhibition. It was a delightful evening attended by around 40 art enthusiasts from various walks of life. Dr. Ephraim Radner, Professor of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College, opened the series with a contemplative lecture on Chagall’s lithograph, The Angel and the Sword, an image in only black and grey that Radner admittedly described as “rather inconspicuous"

Wycliffe College held its inaugural Reformed House of Studies Conference on Saturday, June 3, 2023. The conference, titled "Reformed the Church: Learning from the Westminster Divines," related the reform of the church today to a period of reform from the past, namely, the Westminster Assembly of the seventeenth century. It was an encouraging occasion of learning and fellowship with over 60 attending in person and some online. Bishop Stephen Andrews, Principal of Wycliffe College, opened the conference with a warm welcome and gracious commendation of the conference. Three main lectures were