Recovering the Doctrine of the Trinity for Christian Living

Spiritual Formation Institute Seminar: "Recovering The Doctrine of the Trinity For Christian Living Today"

Date: Saturday 8 April 2006 (public holiday in Johor)
Time: 2.00-10.00 pm
Venue: Holy Light Church
11-C, Jalan Gertak Merah
80100 Johor Bahru Tel:07-224 3285

Synopsis:
The doctrine of the Trinity is often acknowledged but not understood. Its relevance to the Christian life seems minimal because its importance and impact are seldom articulated and taught.

This seminar is an introduction to the doctrine of the Trinity to show its importance and relevance for the spiritual formation of Christians. The seminar will be divided into three main sections.
(1) The first will be a study of Scripture to set out the biblical evidences for a doctrine that God has been involved with humankind as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

(2) The second session will be a historical and theological survey of how the early Church Fathers worked through these scriptural evidences to formulate a cogent view of a God who is One in essence and yet exists as three distinct Persons.

(3) In the last section, we will work out the implications of the doctrine of Trinity for our spiritual formation. How will our understanding of the life of God living in us, i.e. the life of the Trinity impact personal and corporate spirituality?

Seminar Leader: John Chong Ser Choon
Ser Choon is the currently the Retreat Director of Trinity Life Centre. This is a ministry that he started in July 2004. His vision is to serve the Christian community through conducting spiritual retreats, teaching seminars on spiritual formation and holistic Christian living by drawing upon the richness of the spiritual traditions of the Christian Church down through the centuries.

Ser Choon is a graduate of Regent College (Vancouver, Canada) where he studied and has completed his Master in Theology degree in Spiritual Theology under Dr James Houston.
His ministry experience included pasturing as well as serving as a missions mobilizer with OMF Singapore. Prior to setting the current ministry, he served for four and half years in Singapore Bible College as the Dean of Students where he also taught courses on Christian Spirituality.

Do come and join us if you are in the area. Also invite your friends who are in the area to come and join us.