The Paideia Center for
Whole Life Discipleship
RESOURCING THE CHURCH FOR WHOLE LIFE DISCIPLESHIP
Reading Groups
Teaching Women to Teach
Institute for Faith, Work, & Culture
Vision
THE PAIDEIA CENTER WAS BORN IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION: HOW MIGHT RTS ORLANDO BETTER SERVE THE CHURCH BEYOND THE SEMINARY CAMPUS?
In answering this question, we sought to honor the two distinct missions of the church and the seminary.
As the people of God, the body of Christ, and the temple of the Holy Spirit, the church has the God-given mission of making disciples of all nations.
As a graduate school of theological education, the seminary’s mission is to provide specialized training in the Bible, theology, and ministry to the church’s pastors, teachers, counselors, and missionaries.
Seeking to answer our question while honoring these two distinct missions led us to conclude that the seminary might better serve the church by drawing on its specialized forms of training to resource the church in its God-given task of making disciples.
THUS THE VISION OF THE PAIDEIA CENTER WAS BORN:
Resourcing the church for whole life discipleship.
THE PAIDEIA CENTER SEEKS TO FULFILL ITS VISION THROUGH TRAINING, READING GROUPS, AND SPECIAL LECTURES.
Values
GOD-CENTERED WISDOM
The Paideia Center resources the church to cultivate habits of head, heart, and hands that acknowledge the sovereignty of the triune God as Lord of all things.
Holy Scripture
Holy Scripture provides the most precious touchstone for Christian discipleship, serving as its supreme source and norm.
Tradition
We may best cultivate God-centered, Scripture-saturated disciples by drawing on the best, most faithful resources from the church of the past to renew the church in the present and strengthen the church of the future.
Partnership
In seeking to fulfill its vision, the Paideia Center partners with churches and individuals who share its vision and values.
Reformed Catholicity
THE PAIDEIA CENTER RESOURCES THE CHURCH TO EQUIP ALL GOD’S PEOPLE TO SERVE GOD IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE.
Leadership
Dr. Michael Allen
Mike is the Director of the Paideia Center and its Reading Groups. He serves RTS Orlando as Academic Dean and Professor of Systematic Theology.
Leigh Swanson
Leigh is Executive Vice President at RTS Orlando and oversees Teaching Women to Teach.
Dr. Damein Schitter
Damein is the pastor of NewCity Orlando and is guest faculty instructor at RTS Orlando. He is the Director of the Institute for Faith, Work, and Culture.
About RTS Orlando
The mission of Reformed Theological Seminary is to serve the Church by preparing its leaders, through a program of graduate theological education, based upon the authority of the inerrant Word of God, and committed to the Reformed faith.
THE ORLANDO CAMPUS WELCOMES OVER 400 STUDENTS EACH ACADEMIC YEAR.
RTS Orlando has conferred over 2000 degrees in divinity, counseling, biblical studies, and theological studies since its opening in 1989. Alumni serve around the globe as pastors, church planters, campus ministers, chaplains, licensed counselors, educators, and lay leaders
Free eBook
from the Paideia Center
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.
