Institute for Faith,
Work, & Culture
ENGAGING STUDENTS AND THE WIDER CHURCH IN THE FAITH AND WORK MOVEMENT
Available Resources
Paradisial Gin & Tonics: On The Redemption of the Artifacts of Human Cultivation
Integrating Faith & Work
The IFWC provides seminary students and the wider church opportunities to cultivate a Reformed vision of faith, work, and culture.
PARTICIPANTS WILL GAIN
Katherine Leary Alsdorf, co-author of Every Good Endeavor with Tim Keller, speaking with President Scott Swain during the IFWC Colloquium
IFWC Offerings
THE IFWC OFFERS THE FOLLOWING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SEMINARY STUDENTS, PASTORS, AND CHRISTIANS WHO DESIRE TO INTEGRATE THEIR FAITH AND WORK.
Bavinck Lectures
Listen to leading scholars address a wide array of topics related to faith, work, and culture from a Reformed theological perspective.
Doctrine at Work
Podcast
Listen as host Dr. Damein Schitter engages in rich and rigorous discourse with the theologians and scholars who have contributed to the RTS Studies in Faith, Work , and Culture Journal.Â
Faith and Work Classes
Attend classes available for credit or audit that equip students to cultivate a discipleship culture of faith and work integration.
Certificate in Faith, Work,
& Culture
This 12-credit hour certificate combines courses specifically tailored to address work and culture with broader preparation in theology and ethics.
Doctrine at
Work Podcast
Doctrine at Work is the companion podcast for the Institute for Faith Work and Culture's annual publication entitled Studies in Faith, Work, and Culture.
The journal reflects original essays presented during The Colloquium, an annual gathering hosted by the IFWC that brings together practitioners from the Faith & Work community, RTS seminary students, academic scholars, and marketplace leaders.
Bavinck
Lecture Series
Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) was a Dutch theologian and ethicist who sought to apply the riches of Reformed theology to all spheres of life in the modern world. Following in the tradition of Bavinck’s work, the Bavinck Lectures will host leading scholars from across the globe to address a wide array of topics related to faith, work, and culture from a Reformed theological perspective.
The 2026 lecture details coming soon.
The 2025 lecture details:
- SPEAKER: Dr. Paul Lim (Ph.D., Cambridge)
- TITLE: Learning from Calvin, Buber, Bonhoeffer, and King
about the Nature and Telos of Work
God is both the Author and Giver of Work and Rest. The Fall has had a cataclysmic effect within the ‘Edenic ecosystem,’ leading us with a Paradise Lost. Our work, in all of its variety, has been redeemed as sacramental pointer and reminder of the work of the Triune God in leading all of creation to its designed telos. We will engage with Calvin’s theology of the Imago Dei, and the idea of I-and-Thou as used by Buber, Bonhoeffer and King to think about the ethics of work, especially in the way we treat others in our pursuit of economic expansion
Forming Disciples for Faith and Work
TAUGHT BY DR. DAMEIN SCHITTER
This course explores the process of forming disciples for faith and work integration. We will discuss the foundations of faith and work theology as it relates to disciple-making and pastoral practices that cultivate a discipleship culture of faith and work integration.
January 11-15, 2027
Monday-Friday
1pm - 4pm
RTS Orlando
*Additionally, students will listen to lectures in the weeks prior to the first class.
Certificate in Faith, Work, & Culture
By completing the Certificate in Faith, Work, and Culture, a student will be prepared to responsibly fulfill their various callings, in the workplace and in other avenues of culture-making, and to equip others to do so with a biblical formation.
Required Courses:
- Forming Disciples for Faith and Work
- Christ, Culture, and Contextualization
- Pastoral and Social Ethics
THE RTS ORLANDO FACULTY SHAPED MY THEOLOGICAL VISION FOR THE MARKETPLACE BY INSTILLING IN ME AN APPRECIATION FOR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND THE GLORY OF HIS KINGDOM.
There is a great need to integrate our work and faith, and because we believe in the priesthood of all believers, there is also a need to learn from our brothers and sisters in the marketplace. I am hopeful that the IFWC will further these conversations and shape future leaders to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in word and deed, into their workplaces.
— REV. BRYAN FOWLER, MDIV ‘21
Corporate Chaplain at AGI
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.
