Student Theses

Our Bachelor's and Master's programs require our students to write a thesis. This is a serious endeavor to demonstrate student’s capacity for independent research and integration of disciplines in light of God’s mission.

Bachelor of Theology (SATS)

Juhani Ahola: Theological Vision in Church Ministry (2021)

Daniel Ottoson: "Discerning Voices, Old and New" - An Inquiry into the Place and Application of the Holy Scriptures in Selected Finnish Churches (2021)

Master of Theological Studies 

Juhani Ahola: The Use of Definitions in Church Planting (2022)

Alan Kongari: Spiritual Warfare in the Swedish Speaking Evangelical Free Churches of Finland: A Qualitative Inquiry (2022)

Taina Moisander: The Place of Christian Hospitality in the Restoration of Victims of Sex Trafficking: A Practical Theological Inquiry (2022)

Cedric Placentino: Pioneers of Modern Sweden: A History of the 17th Century Walloon Reformed Churches in Sweden and Their Influence on the Swedish Nation (2022)

Mikael A. Kallman: MIŠPĀṬ in the 8th Century Prophets: An Introductory Biblical Theology of Covenant Justice for the Church Through a Historical and Lexical Analysis of Justice in Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, and Micah (2022)

Jan Martikainen: How Do the Finnish Lutheran, Reformed, and Pentacostal Churches Understand the Doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone? (2022)

Markus Linde: An Historical and Theological Enquiry into the Origins of the Finnish Free Church Movement 1979-1921 (2022)

Tero Ojasalo: Hermeneutical Approaches to Genesis 1 Cosmology (2022)

Raimo Survo: A Theological Case for Covenantal VIew on Water Baptism and Its Contextual Challenge in Finland Within Monergistic Soteriologies (2024)

Spiridon M. Vampoulos: An Exploration of Martin Luther's Theology of Marriage (2024)

Matti Itkonen: A Biblical-Theological Examination of the Eschatology in Matthew 24:29-31 (2024)

Gabriel Byrd: Youth Ministry in a Low Parental Rights Context: A Case Study of Finland (2024)

Akseli Peltola: William Perkins and The Assurance of Salvation: Objective Certainty and Subjective Application in the Individual Experience (2024)

Master of Theology (SATS)

David Pike: The Concept of Glory in First Peter (2022)

Master of Theology (Union School of Theology)

Sami Günther: The Problematic Doctrine of the Suffering of God in the Theology of Jürgen Moltmann (2020)

Tommi Matikka: Without God's Presence, No Metaphor – A Critical Study of the Methodology of Metaphor Through the Cognitive Approach of Robert Massion: Presented in "Without Metaphor, No Saving God" (2021)