“This should be a fruitful venture for introducing the riches of the Christian tradition to a wider audience.”

Kevin DeYoung
Senior Pastor
Christ Covenant Church, Charlotte
Are You Looking for Theological Formation?
The Benefits
Formation
Deepen your capacities for theological understanding and moral discernment.
Retrieval
Find wisdom for ministry in the present by learning from the wisest pastors and teachers of the past.
Fluency
Gain greater facility in reading and teaching classic Christian texts.
Community
Join a wider community of theologians, pastors, and lay leaders committed to the church’s theological maturity and renewal.
Renewal
Be enriched by a spiritual and intellectual retreat at Reformed Theological Seminary’s Orlando campus.
Integration
Develop a holistic approach to the theological, moral, and pastoral dimensions of Christian life and ministry.
The Process
*While participating in the group and the conference is ideal, you're free to participate in one or both.
Classic Texts
You’ll read and discuss theological texts by authors like St. Augustine and John Calvin.
Fall 2020

Confessions
by St. Augustine
Spring 2021

A Little Book on the Christian Life
by John Calvin
2021 - 2022

City of God
by St. Augustine
Fall 2022

On the Incarnation
by St. Athanasius of Alexandria
*Reading group registration is $30. Your books are included in the registration fee.
Fall 2022 Reading Groups
Reformed Theological Seminary exists to train men and women to see the beauty of Jesus in all of Scripture and to commend his beauty to others.
This little booklet is designed to give you a taste of the kind of Christ-honoring teaching that our faculty engages in both inside and outside the classroom.
Testimonials

I’m excited about the launch of the Paideia Center and the possibilities of studying great texts from the past for the sake of the present and the future of the Church.
Liam Goligher Senior Minister, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia

If you’re tired of watered-down, mass-marketed approaches to Christian discipleship, take a look at the Paideia Center for opportunities to drink deeply from the Christ-centered wisdom of classic patristic and Reformation-era texts. I’m delighted to hear about the work of the Paideia Center.
J. Todd Billings Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology, Western Theological Seminary