Engage with the world of the New Testament by touring the sites that hosted Paul’s spread of the gospel. Led by Dr. Lynn Cohick and Dr. George Kalantzis, the context of Scripture and the involvement of women in Paul’s ministry will be highlighted.
10/31/2025 - 11/13/2025
Price
$4,500
Academic Information
Tour is open to non-students and students. HCU DMin students may receive 3-hour credit for their participation. If you are a student at another institution, transfer credit or independent study is a possibility.
Registration Deadline:
07/01/2025
Trip ID
223422
Thessaloniki, Greece - Philippi
Stand by the stream next to Baptistery of St Lydia in ancient Philippi and be overcome by standing in the area where Lydia was baptized. Visit Byzantine Museum.
Meteora, Greece
Visit the Pefkis Workshop, a fourth-generation icon workshop.
Delphi, Greece
Considered to be the center of the world by ancient Greeks, leaders will teach about the New Testament world.
Athens, Greece
Tour the Acropolis and Parthenon. Visit the National Archaeological Museum.
Corinth, Greece
Envision the temple of Apollo and its domination over the culture of ancient Corinth as the backdrop of Paul’s letters to the Corinthians.
Cenchrae, Greece
Envision Phoebe’s journey from her hometown of Cenchrae to being an entrusted deacon of the church delivering and teaching Paul’s letter to the church in Rome.
Ephesus, Turkey
Pergamon, Turkey
Smyrna, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey
Dr. Lynn Cohick
lcohick@hc.edu
Director, Houston Theological Seminary Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Houston Christian University
Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is a well-respected scholar and highly sought-after speaker who has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited over fifty works, including Women in the World of the Earliest Christians, Christian Women in the Patristic World, and “The ‘Woman at the Well’” in Vindicating the Vixens. Dr. Cohick has delivered a keynote address in the main concert hall of the Sydney Opera House, and she has preached a Sunday morning service in a Masai mud hut in the Rift Valley near Mai Mahu (Kenya). She enjoys speaking and teaching on New Testament topics and women in the church and exploring issues on the historical relationship between Jews and Christians.
george.kalantzis@wheaton.edu
Professor of Theology, Wheaton College
Director of The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies
George Kalantzis (Ph.D. Northwestern University; F.R.Hist.S.) is the author or editor of fifteen books, including Caesar and the Lamb: Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service (2012; 2nd ed. 2025), Life in the Spirit: Spiritual Formation in Theological Perspective (2010), Evangelicals and the Early Church (2013), Evil and the Doctrine of Creation (2020), and 'Who Do You Say I Am?' On the Humanity of Jesus (2020). A Senior Fellow with the International Association for Refugees (IAFR), Kalantzis also writes, teaches, and lectures nationally and internationally on ethics, human rights, and the plight of persons seeking refuge from forced displacement.
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