Friday Classes
Fellows will take seminary-level core classes on the topics of “Christian Worldview” and “Bible Orientation” each Friday.
“Christian Worldview,” held on Friday mornings, will study the details of a Christian view of the world, and how that view affects the way a Christian lives life. In the first semester we will consider the theology that makes up that view, and in the second, we will have a look at many aspects of life through the lens of that worldview, including, work, leisure, marriage and sexuality, the arts, technology, politics, and popular culture.
“Bible Orientation” provides an overview of the Bible, including discussions of its historical context, accurate methods of interpretation, and personal applications. Scripture is the core text, and the course provides both a plan for reading the whole Bible during the Fellows year and a framework for learning, retaining, and using it for life and ministry.
Course Schedule:
Christian Worldview class will focus on “Developing the Christian Mind” in the fall semester and on “Applying the Christian Mind” in the spring semester. See the topics below (six lessons per semester).
What is the Christian Worldview?
Competing Contemporary Worldviews
Our Worship
Our Identity
Our Biblical Framework
Our Discipleship
Life with a Missional Purpose
Engaging the Lost World: Evangelism
Engaging Culture: Cultural Ethics
Engaging Differences: Christian Civility
Engaging the Arts
Engaging Contemporary Issues: Gender and Sexuality
Bible Orientation class will focus on the Old Testament in the fall semester and on the New Testament in the spring semester. See the topics below (six lessons per semester).
Introduction to the Bible and to the OT Generally
Law (Pentateuch)
History
Poetry
Major Prophets
Minor Prophets
Intertestamental Period
Gospels
History (Acts)
Pauline Epistles
General Epistles
Revelation
Teachers
The classes are taught by Assistant Pastor Barton Kimbro, Pastoral Executive Todd Erickson, Assistant Pastor Chuck Jacob, and Pastoral Resident Bradley Morrow.
Barton Kimbro is from Memphis and graduated from the University of Mississippi. He graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and has been in the pastorate since 2009. At that point, Barton joined Second staff as a pastoral intern. From 2010-2013 he served as the Campus Director of Campus Outreach at Rhodes College and as part-time pastor at Second. Starting in the summer of 2014, he began serving as the full-time pastor to young adults. He and his wife, Sarah, have two sons and a dog, Wrigley. Barton is passionate about Ole Miss football, Cubs baseball, grilling, and spending time with him family.
Todd Erickson is a graduate of Covenant College and has served on the staff at Second since 2001. He studied at Reformed Theological Seminary and, prior to coming to Memphis, served as a youth pastor at churches in Rock Hill, SC, Augusta, GA, and Greenville, SC. In 2013, after twenty-seven years in Youth Ministry, he transitioned to the role of Pastor of Spiritual Formation here at Second. Todd also loves soccer and has coached high school soccer in every city he has worked, currently as the assistant varsity coach at Memphis University School. His wife, Lynn, is a full-time early childhood teacher and is also very active in discipling young adult women at Second. They are both looking forward to this new year with the Fellows.
Chuck Jacob is no stranger to Second Presbyterian, having served as a pastoral resident in 1995 and as a teaching pastor from November 1999 to December 2003. Since then, he has served as Senior Pastor at Knox Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor, MI, and most recently at Church of the Good Shepherd in Durham, NC. Chuck earned his BA at Stanford University and his MDiv at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is married to Diane, and they have three young adult children. They are excited to return to Memphis and 2PC, where their daughter, Hannah Grace, is currently a member.
Bradley Morrow is a native of Jackson, TN and graduated from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in Marketing. He is currently working towards an M.Div. from Memphis City Seminary. While in college, he met his wife, Bri, and the two married in 2021. Upon graduating college, Brad joined the Memphis Fellows Program. Before beginning the pastoral residency program at Second, Brad served as their Recreation Coordinator.