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The Church and the Culture: Mission in Modern America
An introduction to mission and ministry in North American culture through the lens of practical theology. The course centers the local parish as a Kingdom outpost and equips you to read your context with theological clarity—engaging civil religion, media ecosystems, technology, entertainment, and consumerism. Through case studies and accessible frameworks, you will connect doctrine to practice for parish life, integrating evangelism, catechesis, apologetics, and pastoral mission so the church can bear faithful witness in everyday life.
The Rev. Dr. Jack Gabig (MDiv 1995) has taught practical theology at Trinity Anglican Seminary since 2017, first as Associate Professor and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program and, since 2026, as Chaplain for Community Soul Care. Trinity is where he trained for ordination, and he returned to teach pastoral theology as an adjunct in 2007. He earned a PhD in practical theology from King's College London and served as acting chaplain of New College, Oxford. The chaplaincy draws on more than thirty years of pastoral ministry with children, youth, university students, and families.
Dr. Gabig cares for the Trinity community and teaches pastoral care, pastoral leadership, and worship in the Prayer Book tradition. Since 2011 he has guided nearly one hundred master's and doctoral students in researching ministry in context to improve mission. From 2009 to 2018 he chaired the Anglican Church in North America's Committee for Catechesis and served as its liaison to the College of Bishops. The committee produced To Be a Christian: An Anglican Catechism, now available in sixteen translations.
His books in progress include Open to Jesus but I Hate the Church and The Disneyization of American Mainstream Christianity. He speaks French and Spanish and has led more than twenty short-term mission trips to eight countries. He also caters, and has cooked and served for parties of up to two hundred guests.
Trinity is to be an evangelical seminary in the Anglican tradition. To this end we develop Christian leaders who can plant, renew, and grow churches that make disciples of Jesus Christ.
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