The Trinity Story
The Trinity community is well familiar with the sweeping arc of this story: starting from humble beginnings in a church basement in 1897, Trinity’s journey is one marked by God’s faithfulness.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness: The Trinity Story was written precisely to exalt God’s faithfulness. In so doing, the book also shows that evangelicalism around the world bears the indelible marks of the University, which has been at the center of evangelical church life for decades. Trinity professors John D. Woodbridge, David M. Gustafson, Scott M. Manetsch, and Bradley J. Gundlach came together to co-author the history of this 125-year journey.
As evangelicalism seems to be undergoing its own reshaping today, Trinity occupies a critical educational space —where Christ-honoring lives are formed— as an institution firmly planted at Jesus’ feet, all the while submitting to the truth and authority of God’s Word. The whole of the Christian life must be made to rest not on any set of activities (or experience or ideology) but on the fulcrum of the gospel as it is revealed in Scripture. As Trinity supports the church, it embraces the challenges of staying focused on a gospel-centered education.
Trinity has made its mission not just to serve the church but to embody the gospel at its very best. This remains the case today, and as the University looks forward, it will continue to be the case, by God’s grace, for years to come.
Meet the Authors
John D. Woodbridge
Research professor of church history of Christian thought at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has been on the faculty since 1970.
Faculty Since 1970
David M. Gustafson
Chair of the mission and evangelism department and associate professor of evangelismand missional ministry at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Faculty Since 2012
Scott M. Manetsch
Chair of the church history and history of Christian thought department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Faculty Since 2000
Bradley J. Gundlach
Distiguished professor of history and chair of the department of history at Trinity International University.
Faculty Since 1999
125 Years of Trinity International University
The University’s 125th anniversary celebrates, first and foremost, the faithfulness of the triune God. Second, empowered by that grace, it celebrates the faithfulness of Christian men and women who have devoted their time, efforts, energy, and resources to supporting Trinity’s mission of educating students to engage in God’s redemptive work in the world by cultivating academic excellence, Christian faithfulness, and lifelong learning.
Given its impact on the mission of the global church, it is no overstatement to say that the Trinity story is one of an extended miracle. This is not only in respect to the far-ranging geographical scope of Trinity’s influence but also the distinctive quality of its stamp, as this has been brought to bear on the lives and minds of its graduates since 1897.
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With each passing year, the University is adding to this narrative, and to the impact Trinity has made for more than a century. Throughout the span of its history, Trinity has prepared nearly thirty thousand alumni for the marketplace and ministry around the world.
Join Trinity's Legacy
With each passing year, the University is adding to this narrative, and to the impact Trinity has made for more than a century. Throughout the span of its history, Trinity has prepared nearly thirty thousand alumni for the marketplace and ministry around the world.