Abstract
What, then, is our task today? ITC is a community of faith and learning. We bear the responsibility to clarify our heritage as a foundation for future hope. In other words, we must interpret our heritage of what God has done in our midst to see clearly where God is leading us in the present and future. This is the very heart and soul of ITC, and I invite you to explore the theme, “Symbols of Heritage and Hope.” In pursuing this theme, particular persons, ideas, and events emerge that characterize or symbolize life within the community. We sense immediately, however, that we are concerned with more than the Association of Theological Schools, reports of an economically viable operation, increasing enrollment, notable curriculum and faculty, and uplifting and inspiring worship. We are reaffirming our human response to God’s initiative in God’s continuing work of creation.