Faith Seeks to Understand
The Rev. Gordon Lindsey
2698 Powell Creek Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22911
434-295-5783
ggrlindsey@ earthlink.net
www.faithseeks2understand.jimdo.com
• What is Faith Seeks to Understand?
Faith Seeks to Understand is a Christian teaching ministry for adults by the Rev. Gordon Lindsey. It
specializes in short-term educational events. They include study courses, lecture series, workshops, and
retreats.
The ministry operates on the belief that a solid Christian education program for adults is the
foundation for a church’s wider educational ministry. Adults well grounded in the Christian faith best
model the faith for children and young people in their church.
Gordon’s goal is to help provide this grounding by giving lay people access to a richer understanding
of the Bible and of the teachings and practices of the Christian Church.
• What topics or subject areas does Faith Seeks to Understand offer?
Gordon offers a variety of classes and short-term courses in Bible study, Christian doctrine, church
history, and worship and spirituality. One three-session Bible study, for example, is titled “Who’s In,
Who’s Out?” It looks at the task of defining a religious identity (a serious task in many churches today)
as seen through the perspective of Ezra/Nehemiah, Ruth, and Jonah.
A full listing of the courses he has taught in other churches or community groups can be found on his
website: www.faithseeks2understand.jimdo.com. He develops customized lectures/courses on subjects a
church group requests if given enough lead time to prepare.
• What do people say about Gordon’s teaching?
Gordon seeks to translate academic theology into language and concepts lay people can understand. This
gives them access to the rich theological work being done in our seminaries and universities today. He
also seeks to make accessible to lay people the rich traditions of Christian spirituality. He has been
successful enough in this task that he has received rave reviews for his teaching. Here is one example:
Gordon’s first class at the church where I serve was so popular we could barely wait to have him teach
again. He is a gifted educator who unwraps complex Biblical and spiritual topics in a way that makes
them accessible to everyone in the room. He encourages his students to dig deeper and make connections
between the material and their lives.
-- Cheryl Taylor
Director of Christian Education
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Flower Mound, Texas
For a fuller listing of testimonials, visit his website: www.faithseeks2understand.jimdo.com.
1
• What are Gordon’s qualifications for teaching?
Gordon has been teaching adults in the church for 30+ years. He began as a lay teacher teaching at
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City in the late 1970s, where for several years he
taught an adult weeknight Bible study class.
Between 1992 and 2005, he taught regularly at the First Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas. He
taught the church’s Logos Discussion Class for 11 years. He also lectured at Grace Presbytery’s annual
ACT conference and taught short-term courses in other Dallas churches.
In 2006, Gordon and his wife Ginny moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he has continued his
teaching ministry in central Virginia.
In 2007, Gordon was ordained as a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He serves as
pastor of Scottsville Presbyterian Church in Scottsville, Virginia.
Gordon graduated from Wheaton College in 1966 with a B.A. in history. He studied theology for one
year at Oxford University in 1968. He then completed his theological studies at Yale Divinity School,
graduating with an M.Div. degree in 1972. After his seminary studies, he entered into a 30-year business
career.
• What does Gordon charge?
As a pastor, Gordon recognizes that each church or organization has its own unique financial challenges.
Each has a different capacity to fund programs, based upon its size and affluence. As a result, Gordon
does not charge standard fees for his teaching. Instead, he invites groups to pay him as they are able. His
primary motivation in teaching is his love for Jesus Christ and his desire to build up Christ’s church.
• When is Gordon available?
Because Gordon pastors a church, he is not available to teach classes on Sunday mornings. But he is
available to teach on a Sunday afternoon or evening or during the week. Please contact him to inquire on
his available teaching times.
• Where can I learn more about Gordon’s teaching ministry?
For fuller information on Gordon’s teaching ministry, including a listing of courses and testimonials,
please visit his website: www.faithseeks2understand.iimdo.org. You can contact him through the
various media listed at the top of the previous page.
Gordon also publishes a blog with his personal commentary on the Bible. You can read it at:
http://thebibleisinmyblood.wordpress.com/.
2