International Institute of Theological Studies USA

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IITS , USA was founded in 1990 by Dr.Victor Rosado and Prof.Lakshman as an Institute teaching theology to professional Christians worldwide. Its Gulf branch was formed to educate and train Christian leaders  employed in the Gulf and was affiliated to International Seminary & California Graduate School USA. Initially it trained around 200 persons in UAE , Bahrain and Qatar  and thereafter its pioneering work continued under different ministries. Prof. Lakshman, as its Academic Dean, continued to teach Systematic Theology, Homiletics, Psychology , Apologetics  and Comparative religions , assisted by a distinguished panel of lecturers including Dr.Victor,  Dr. Paul and Dr.Majorie. Later he continued to teach  Buddhism, Islam and other religions as an International faculty member of Haggai Institute USA and Singapore while also publishing many research articles and dissertations over the years. In 1987 he had a dialogue with the Islamic Apologist, Ahmed Deedat and in 2007 wrote a review of Pope Benedict’s encyclical ” Spec Salvi Facti Sumus” . He also conducted research on the Eucharist which resulted in a new publication on Eucharistic Consciousness .

DIPLOMA AND ADVANCED DIPLOMA BATCHES COVERED THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS

Homiletics , Doctrines of the Bible, Thanatology , Bible Translations , Dispensations , Early Church History, Eschatology
Tripartition of Man, Spiritual Gifts , Church Growth and Evangelism, Occult doctrines, Cosmic ages, Aplogetics

 Introduction to Old Testament, Introduction to New Testament ( reading of the entire  NT was compulsory) , Survey of Church History,  Spiritual gifts , Introduction to Ethics, Christian Psychology, Introduction to Theology, Systematic Theology ,Comparative religions, Introduction to Pastoral Administration, Marriage and family, Christian Counseling including Psychometric testing plus research project.

GRADUATES WHO PASSED OUT FROM IITS IN 1992

Christian Legal Fellowship -CLF was started in recent times as an offshoot of IITS, especially for those in the Legal Profession . This is an International Fellowship of Catholic and non Catholic Christian Lawyers and Law Students   seeking Justice with the Love of God.

CLF is intended to be a Fellowship for Christian( Catholic and non Catholic)  attorneys, judges, paralegals, law students dedicated to serving God through the practice of law, defense of religious freedom, and provision of legal aid to the needy. It will also welcome opportunities for inter faith dialogue with other religions as a way to foster good relations and promote understanding and cooperation among lawyers and law students belonging to other faiths.

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CHRISTIAN RESOURCES- Anglo-Catholic and non denominational

• Verbum Domini……………God’s word inspires men and women to build relationships based on rectitude and justice, and testifies to the great value in God’s eyes of every effort to create a more just and more liveable world.The word of God itself unambiguously denounces injustices and promotes solidarity and equality. In the light of the Lord’s words, let us discern the “signs of the times” present in history, and not flee from a commitment to those who suffer and the victims of forms of selfishness…..….. I would like also to call the attention of everyone to the importance of defending and promoting the human rights of every person, based on the natural law written on the human heart, which, as such, are “universal, inviolable and inalienable”. The Church expresses the hope that by the recognition of these rights human dignity will be more effectively acknowledged and universally promoted…