Good News - August 2019

24 AUGUST 2019 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition COVER STORY Nicholas Perrin serves as the 16th president of Trinity International University, elected to that position June 6, 2019 after a unanimous vote from the Board of Regents. “For decades, TIU’s distinctive voice has been a gift to global evangelicalism,” Perrin said. “I look forward to the challenge of amplify- ing that voice in a clamorous world that – now more than ever – needs to encounter the word of God afresh in every area of life.” Perrin has served as the Franklin S. Dyrness Professor of Biblical Studies at Wheaton College. His academic spe- cialties include Jesus and the Gospels, with special re- search in the Gospel of Thomas. His works in these areas, the early church and the New Testament, are widely praised in academic circles. Perrin joined the Wheaton faculty in 2005, and served as dean of Wheaton Graduate School (2012-16). In addition to his work at Wheaton, he has served as transitional pastor at Faith Community Church in West Chicago, An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church of America, Perrin has been approved for a transfer of or- dination to the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA), with which TIU is affiliated. Perrin earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies from Marquette University. He also holds a Master of Di- vinity from Covenant Theological Seminary and a Bache- lor of Arts in English literature from The Johns Hopkins University. He claims varying levels of competence in nine languages. Perrin has written 47 scholarly articles and essays, as well as 14 books, including Thomas: The Other Gospel (Westminster John Knox, 2007) and Lost in Transmission: What We Can Know about the Words of Jesus (Thomas Nelson, 2008). Recent book publications include Jesus the Priest (Baker Academic, 2018) and The Kingdom of God: A Biblical Theology (Zondervan, 2019). Perrin came to faith in Jesus Christ during his college years, and was baptized at an EFCA church in Blairstown, New Jersey, where he says he was nurtured in his faith for eight years. He also served college ministries as a member of the staff at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Perrin and his wife Camie have been married for 26 years and are parents to two adult sons, Nathaniel and Luke. NICHOLAS PERRIN JOINS TRINITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY AS NEW PRESIDENT - Nicholas Perrin - SERVING SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THREE DECADES Trinity’s commitment to South Florida dates back to 1992 when it established a regional center in Davie in place of the former Miami Christian College. The new campus became known as Trinity College at Miami, and in 1995 was renamed Trinity International University-Florida. Classes also were conducted in Miami-Dade at several church sites, and in 2000 the undergraduate and graduate programs were renamed the Trinity In- ternational University–Florida Regional Center. In 2016, TIU Florida opened a dedicated 7,000- square-foot facility at 9010 S.W. 137th Avenue in Kendall, southwest of downtown Miami. In 2018, TIU’s Broward classes moved to facilities at Calvary Chapel, located north of Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport just west of the Cypress Creek Road exit on I-95. TIU Florida today offers prospective students from Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach coun- ties two classroom sites and 10 academic degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.