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The School of Divinity serves students from many church traditions and backgrounds.

The Regent School of Divinity exists for the glory of God by providing education that seeks to be faithful to the Scriptures and emphasizes the renewing work of the Holy Spirit in order to train laborers who bear witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ. We desire to equip students to minister effectively within their own church traditions and various spheres of influence. In particular, we seek to serve students and churches within the spiritual renewal movement. As an educational and faith community we assume that students are active in ministry. Correspondingly, we seek to encourage their growth in: spiritual formation, theological and biblical integrity, the fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit, and commitment to the Church and its outward thrust in evangelism and missions.

10/08/2026

The School of Divinity was honored to welcome Bishop Chadwick Carlton and a delegation from the Temple of Healing Waters Church of God in Christ to Regent University.

Bishop Carlton serves as Lead Pastor of Temple of Healing Waters in Dulles, Virginia; Jurisdictional Prelate of the Republic of Korea Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ; Chancellor of Education for the denomination and President of the Charles Harrison Mason Theological Seminary.

While on campus, Bishop Carlton preached in Chapel, bringing a word that strengthened our community in its devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ and its calling to serve the Church. He also met with School of Divinity faculty for fellowship and conversation about our shared work of preparing leaders for faithful ministry.

We are grateful to Bishop Carlton and his delegation for their presence among us and for the partnership in the Gospel this visit reflects. Thanks be to God for the gift of the wider Body of Christ.

10/06/2026

The Conference for Renewal Theology is just around the corner! Join Regent University School of Divinity on Saturday, October 31, 2026, as we gather around the theme "Living and Active: The Holy Spirit and the Eternal Authority of Sacred Scripture."

This year's plenary speakers are Dr. Hans Boersma, Saint Benedict Servants of Christ Endowed Chair in Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary, and Dr. Kevin L. Spawn, Associate Professor of Old Testament at Regent University School of Divinity. Dr. Boersma is an internationally recognized patristics scholar and author of Scripture as Real Presence and Pierced by Love, and Dr. Spawn is a leading evangelical and renewal voice in pneumatic hermeneutics and co-editor of Spirit and Scripture: Exploring a Pneumatic Hermeneutic.

The day will also feature 24 presentations across four sessions, exploring topics such as the New Testament gift of prophecy, preaching in an AI world, Pentecostal worship, the Great Awakenings, and theological interpretation of Matthew, Acts, Romans, and Ephesians.

Registration is open. To register or for more information, please visit https://www.regent.edu/school-of-divinity/renewal-theology/

10/02/2026

Monday afternoon in the Library Auditorium, the School of Divinity welcomed Dr. Lester Ruth for the inauguration of the Lester Ruth Contemporary Praise & Worship Collection.

In his special lecture, Dr. Ruth — research professor of Christian worship at Duke Divinity School and a leading historian of the praise and worship movement — traced the story of how contemporary worship came to shape congregations across the globe, drawing on the same decades of research now housed here at Regent.

The collection itself is a generous gift of Dr. Ruth's personal library, documented and curated by Regent University Library Special Collections, and now a dedicated resource for the study of praise and worship that will bless generations of students and scholars. The afternoon closed with the formal inauguration of the collection in the Special Collections Reading Room.

Our sincere thanks to Dr. Ruth for his years of faithful service, his teaching, and this lasting gift to the Body of Christ.

10/01/2026

At the beginning of each month it is the practice of our dean to release a Dean's Address to all our students and faculty. For our October dean's address, Dr. Corne Bekker reflects on the 50th anniversary of the prophetic word spoken over Regent University on September 25, 1976, and calls our students to walk boldly into the "great and mighty task" the Lord has prepared for them. May God bless you richly!

For further information on our programs please see https://www.regent.edu/school-of-divinity/programs/ and for further media from the Regent University School of Divinity please see https://www.youtube.com/

09/25/2026

Monday, September 28, the School of Divinity inaugurates the Lester Ruth Contemporary Praise & Worship Collection — Dr. Ruth's personal library, given to the Regent University Library to establish a dedicated resource for the study of praise and worship that will bless generations of students and scholars.

The afternoon opens at 2:30 p.m. in the Library Auditorium with a welcome from Dean Bekker, followed at 2:50 p.m. by a special lecture from the collection's namesake, Dr. Lester Ruth (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame), research professor of Christian worship at Duke Divinity School and co-author of A History of Contemporary Praise & Worship and Lovin' On Jesus: A Concise History of Contemporary Worship. A closing prayer follows at 3:45 p.m., and the collection will be formally inaugurated at 4:00 p.m. in the Special Collections Reading Room.

Students, faculty, pastors, and the wider Regent community are all warmly welcome.

09/24/2026

Dr. Matisha Dentu, Dr. Jordan Jones, and Dean Corné Bekker recently presented at the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) Doctoral Education Conference, hosted by George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.

Their session, "Cruciform and Renewed: Forming Doctors for the Church and the Academy through a Theologically Structured Doctoral Residency," examined the Ph.D. in Renewal Theology and the conviction at the heart of the School of Divinity: theological rootedness, not methodological training alone, produces rigorous researchers, excellent writers, and faithful scholars.

That formation runs through a three-year residency sequence — DGEN 801, 802, and 803 — that carries students from entry through dissertation defense as one continuous arc rather than three isolated requirements.

Students formed by the Word and the Holy Spirit, grounded in the Trinitarian and Christological grammar of Biblical and Nicene Christianity, and oriented by the cross of Christ bring to doctoral research a disposition of cruciform faithfulness that no skills course alone can cultivate.

09/23/2026

The School of Divinity was honored to receive a visit from Dr. Gray Sutanto (PhD, University of Edinburgh). Dr. Sutanto, originally from Indonesia, serves as an associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. He is the author of A Sense of the Divine, coauthor of Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction, co-translator of Herman Bavinck’s Christian Worldview, and co-editor of Handbook to Neo-Calvinism. Dr. Sutanto gave the Veritas Lecture on campus, entitled "Sense of the Divine: Affections and Knowing God."

09/17/2026

The School of Divinity is honored to host the inauguration of the Lester Ruth Praise and Worship Collection, a generous gift to the university library establishing a dedicated resource for the study of praise and worship.

To mark the occasion, the public is warmly invited to a special lecture by the collection's namesake and distinguished guest, Dr. Lester Ruth, research professor of Christian worship at Duke Divinity School and a leading historian of the praise and worship movement.

Students, faculty, worship leaders, pastors, and the wider community are all welcome.

The event will be held Monday, September 28 at 2:30 PM in the library auditorium on Regent University's beautiful campus. Students, faculty, worship leaders, pastors, and the wider community are all welcome.

09/03/2026

Yesterday, Sept. 2nd, Regent University celebrated convocation in which all new staff, faculty, and student leaders were recognized and prayed over as they began their new roles at the school. We join the rest of our university in celebrating our new staff and faculty members.

New to our school are: Jonathan Bekker (Director of Operations & Internships), Trevor Hodges (Director of Instruction), Jacob Rogers (Graduate Assistant), Dr. Kamil Halambiec (Assistant Professor), Dr. Joshua Nangle (Assistant Professor), and Rev. Dr. Martin O'Rourke (Minister in Residence). Please join us in celebrating the laborers that the Lord has provided.

09/01/2026

Program Spotlight | M.A. in Evangelism & Mission

Training laborers for God's great harvest, both near and far.

Regent's Master of Arts in Evangelism & Mission can equip you to effectively spread the gospel in your local community and to the nations. This 36-credit-hour degree offers a balanced blend of coursework that includes Old and New Testament, Spiritual Formation, and Christian Theology, alongside specialty classes. You can quickly gain the practical tools needed to minister in a variety of settings with a strong foundation for reaching the lost. This degree is offered fully online and taught by seasoned evangelists, missionaries, and respected faculty in Virginia Beach who desire to see the Great Commission fulfilled.

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