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2014-15
Our
Presbyterian
Seminaries
...forgenerationstocome...
seminaries and churches together
Contents
OVERVIEW
1
Together Our Seminaries
2
Together Our Churches
3
Funding Theological Education
OUR PRESBYTERIAN SEMINARIES
4
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
6
Columbia Theological Seminary
8
University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
10 Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
12 McCormick Theological Seminary
14 Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
16 Princeton Theological Seminary
18 San Francisco Theological Seminary
20 Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary
22 Union Presbyterian Seminary
24 Auburn Theological Seminary
26 Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico
28 Seminaries at a Glance
COTE AND THE SSN
30 Committee on Theological Education (COTE)
33 Seminary Support Network (SSN)
37 Why Congregations Give
40 Why Theological Education
FOR MORE INFORMATION
44 Contacts
Dear Friends,
The Committee on Theological Education is honored to produce this updated resource on behalf
of and in partnership with our Presbyterian seminaries. Ours is a ministry collaboration that, at its
best, serves the church. “Seminaries and churches together . . . for generations to come” is more
than a logo and slogan; it is our hope and prayer as we outline, on behalf of the PC(USA), the
more expansive view of theological education toward which we believe the triune God is calling
us. It is a view of theological education, church leadership, and vocational discernment that takes
into account the people and places, the minds and the hearts of Presbyterians in and related to
seminaries in a variety of ways. Each of our seminaries is a unique gift offered to the church for you
and all. In this revised volume, enjoy getting to know them for the first time, or again, as they are
"Reformed and are always being reformed." Please visit our website, www.pcusa.org/seminaries,
and the websites of the individual seminaries for additional information. Those also interested in
receiving news about the denomination’s seminaries may subscribe to our eNewsletter by visiting
www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/seminaries/newsletters/.
Sincerely,
Kathy Wolf Reed, chairperson, Committee on Theological Education (2012-2014)
For centuries, we Presbyterians
have prided ourselves on an
educated clergy. To continue
this tradition of excellence, we
have entrusted ten Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) seminaries, and
two theological institutions related
to the denomination by covenant
agreement, with providing the
educational foundation church
leaders need to be able to preach,
teach, pray, and lead. With the
help of congregations nationwide,
our Presbyterian seminaries are
“equipping the saints for the work
of ministry” (Ephesians 4:12).
Together,
our
seminaries...
• Offer coursework leading to the Master of
Divinity, or MDiv degree, and other master’s
degrees to prepare women and men to be
pastors, educators, chaplains, therapists,
spiritual directors, musicians, and other
church professionals
• Offer doctorate-level programs leading to
the PhD, Doctor of Ministry, and other
doctoral degrees
• Prepare men and women for a global,
multicultural ministry context, whether
they serve in a rural, urban, suburban,
small-town, or international setting
• Assist presbyteries in educating commissioned
ruling elders to serve congregations that
do not have the resources but need regular
pastoral leadership
• Provide continuing education for clergy
and lay leaders
• Serve as centers of research, theological
discourse, and reflection for the benefit
of the church at large
• Work with congregations, presbyteries,
and other educational institutions as
consultants and advisors on issues and
concerns of the church
• Facilitate the discernment process by
reaching out to youth and others who
may be called to ministry
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Together, our
churches...
• Nurture the baptismal vocation of the children of God in their care
• Identify the gifts of some of those who are called to ministry of the Word and Sacrament
• Staff presbytery Committees on Ministry and Committees on Preparation for
Ministry to assist inquirers and candidates
• Empower ministry candidates at Presbyterian seminaries through generous gifts to
the Theological Education Fund (TEF), a project of the Committee on Theological
Education (COTE)
• Mentor pastoral interns and residents and first call pastors as they continue to grow
and mature
• Encourage pastors and church leaders to stay engaged as lifelong learners
• Elect ruling elders and teaching elders to serve on the COTE, a liaison between
the PC(USA) and theological schools
• Embrace the ministry given to them utilizing the best of what theological education
has to offer
• Welcome seminary faculty and staff into the life of congregations for the short and
the long term
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Funding
Theological
Education
How is theological education funded in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)?
Our seminaries operate on tuition, contributions, grants,
endowments, and an annual contribution from the
PC(USA)’s Theological Education Fund (TEF).
The TEF is a fund composed of monies contributed by
Presbyterian congregations on an annual basis. It is the
only source of denomination-wide funding for PC(USA)
seminaries. Each congregation is asked to make a
contribution of one percent of its local operating budget
to the TEF each year.
The monies our seminaries raise are not enough to cover
expenses and to offer scholarships. Perhaps more important,
our schools should be able to count on denominationwide support to do the work we Presbyterians are asking of
them—educating leaders who can preach, teach, and pray in
the Reformed tradition. A one percent-per-year gift to the
TEF is considered a congregation’s proportionate share of
educating church leaders.
Though one percent is the goal, your session can designate
less. Some churches begin with a modest contribution and
increase their giving each year until they reach the full one
percent. Of course, churches can, and in many cases do,
choose to give more than one percent. Feel free to give
as much as you can.
The Committee on Theological Education (COTE)—
with 13 members elected by the General Assembly plus a
representative from each seminary—makes the allocations
each year according to a formula developed by the COTE.
The formula provides each school with a fair share of the
funds, based on such factors as number of degrees granted
and number of Presbyterian students.
All of our seminaries, except Auburn, receive funding
through the TEF. The TEF is intended to support
theological institutions offering degree programs that
prepare women and men for professional ministry. Auburn’s
focus is research and non-degree educational programs.
To enable your congregation to make a contribution to
the TEF, simply include the TEF in your congregation
and session’s annual budget planning process. Your session
will then prepare a check and accompanying paperwork,
both clearly marked “Theological Education Fund, account
#TE999999,” and will submit them through the regular
channel that your church uses when sending funds for
General Assembly causes.
For more information about the TEF and other ways to
support theological education, visit our website,
www.pcusa.org/seminaries.
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WHY THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION MATTERS
Seminaries function as bearers of meaning, vessels
of memory, and sources of hope. It is from the
seminary that we often capture—in the fertile labors
and witness of our faculty and in the faces of our
students and our alums—such a powerful glimpse
of the future of the church.
-Theodore J. Wardlaw, president
Why Theological Education?
A Student’s Perspective
Austin
Inspiring
Discerning
Leaders
For the glory of God and to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, Austin
Presbyterian Theological Seminary is a seminary in the PresbyterianReformed tradition whose mission is to educate and equip individuals
for the ordained Christian ministry and other forms of Christian service
and leadership; to employ its resources in the service of the church; to
promote and engage in critical theological thought and research; and
to be a winsome and exemplary community of God’s people.
Student Kristi Click observes,
“the theological education I have
received through Austin Seminary
has provided me the skills and
knowledge necessary to help
equip the church for concern and
service to the life of the human
community. In seeing the Spirit’s
work in this way, I am more alert
to God’s wider work in the world,
and I am empowered to encourage
others to join with all people in
struggles for peace, justice, and
freedom.
Theological education exists to
equip the church to participate in
God’s mission in this world. My
theological education has equipped
me to share the good news of
the gospel and serve the world in
ministries of compassion, justice,
and peace.”
Discerning, Calling, and Vocation
Prior to coming to seminary,
Middler Kathy Lee worked in
New Orleans as a Young Adult
Volunteer (YAV) program
coordinator after Hurricane
Katrina. As coordinator it was up
to Lee to recruit volunteers and
to help provide the structure for
their year of service, vocational
discernment, and spiritual
formation.
4 | Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary | 100 E. 27th Street, Austin, TX 78705
The TEF:
The TEF allows us to provide
scholarships for students to help
alleviate the financial burden of
seminary education. This is critical
in freeing students to discern calling
without being tied down by the
burden of debt.
“It really was a year of full-time service and intentional
living—well, really, intentional everything!” shared Lee, in
describing her work. It was everything she had wanted to
do—and how she thought people should live— in service,
prayer, and not trying to go it alone.
The deeper she journeyed with the YAVs, the more she
realized that she wasn’t equipped to walk with them fully
during the difficult times. She, too, needed to grapple with
the question, “Where is God when things are difficult?”
“The life of a pastor is to be with people in the most pivotal
and critical moments in their lives. This is a huge blessing.”
“The church shows you how you can celebrate when life is
bleak—and when life is full of richness,” shared Lee. It was
there, in the midst of helping other young adults discern
their vocation, that Lee encountered her own—a calling to
serve the church through a ministry of presence.
191 students
16 faculty
Volunteers, AmeriCorp, Peace Corp, and CityYear) choose
to enter the professional ministry, work for nonprofit
agencies, or go into other service-oriented professions.
AYAVA House
Austin Seminary recognizes the value of preparing these
individuals by providing them with tools of discernment
and theological reflection, as well as helping them to
establish networks of colleagues in ministry and service
that will nurture them for a lifetime.
AYAVA House at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
is an intentional community for young adults (ages
21–29) that offers vocational discernment, service to the
community, theological reflection, engagement in spiritual
practices, and simple living. Participants live together,
housed on the Austin Seminary campus, for 12 months.
Through the AYAVA House program, Austin Seminary
offers its resources in theological education to a broader
audience, sharing the experience of the seminary community
with those who may never formally enter a seminary degree
program but who will be leaders in their faith traditions and
communities.
Many young adults who participate in year-long service
learning experiences (such as PC(USA) Young Adult
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why theological education matters
Theological education matters because the church
matters—and the church matters because it is
one of the primary instruments for accomplishing
Christ's ongoing work in the world.
–Steve Hayner, president
Getting Outside the “Container”
“Seminaries can be very
contained,” reflected student
Betsy Lyles, in her final year at
Columbia. Students tend to
go to seminary with a certain
purpose, they know the degree
they are pursuing, and at least they
think that they know the type of
ministry they want to engage in
upon finishing their studies.
Columbia
Inspiring
Imaginative
Leaders
Columbia Theological Seminary exists to educate and nurture
faithful, imaginative, and effective leaders for the sake of the
church and the world.
That was not the case for Lyles,
who, when she entered, thought
that she was just “checking it out”
and wasn’t all that sure she would
pursue a degree. But once she was
in she was hooked, so to speak—
and mainly because of a program
called Community Engagement
Fellows (CEF).
CEF seeks to make the
connections between theological
education and community
service—while the students are
actually in the midst of their
studies.
“It doesn’t always seem necessary,
in seminary, to find colleagues
outside of the ‘seminary bubble’—
but that is a fallacy,” shared Lyles.
Through her work with CEF,
she has had the opportunity to
work with others who are going
into completely different areas of
work, those who belong to other
denominations, and even those
with whom she does not agree
on many issues.
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The TEF:
When you donate to seminaries you
help the students. They are then able
to come out of seminary with less
debt, so then they can get on their
feet faster, and can follow their call
without worrying, ‘Will I make enough
money to pay back loans?’
-Katherine Blankenship, student
“I appreciate being able to have these conversations with
such a wide diversity of those with whom I find myself
working side by side,” said Lyles. They are conversations
that are shaping her theological formation and for which
she is thankful.
Extending Ministry
Katherine Blankenship, senior and soon-to-be director of
mission immersion at Raleigh Youth Mission, shares, “I see
Columbia as part of the church—we are an extension of the
church. By supporting your seminaries, you are supporting
your church. I’d love to see us shift from using the language
of “supporting seminaries” to really understanding that when
we support our seminaries we are supporting our church.
My seminary education has given me the tools—whether it
is within a parish context or as I will be serving outside the
congregation—to help foster conversations of where people
see themselves and their own ministry and how they might
leave a legacy.”
Extending Learning
Through the Center for Lifelong Learning, Columbia is able
to extend the reach of its teaching, training, and equipping
to professionals and lay people through nondegree courses
and events.
350 students
26 faculty
Because many of these events are made available using
technology, those who otherwise would be excluded from
such events, due to the time and money needed to travel,
are able to benefit from them.
“Certainly the challenge is not about doing the same
old thing in different ways; it’s about doing new things
in different ways,” said Israel Galindo, associate dean
for lifelong learning. “The benefit of using appropriate
technology in education is not only increasing the reach,
but also the depth of learning.”
“Done well, the online learning environment makes group
learning much deeper and richer,” said Galindo. “But it’s
not about the technology—it’s about the learning.”
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As Christians, we are all called to not only be fed but
to also serve and feed others in the ways God calls
us. It is in the openness, the discernment, and the
accepting of this call that we begin our journey of
fulfilling God’s individual and collective mission. –Jeffrey F. Bullock, president
Refugee Serving Refugees
Student Gilo Agwa had a
somewhat less traditional path to
theological education at UDTS.
He arrived in 2011 from Ethiopia
seeking asylum due to increasing
persecution in his home country.
“I was working with the church
in Ethiopia before I came to the
US, but my background was in
leadership. I wanted to continue
my theological education.”
Dubuque
Inspiring
Servant
Leaders
The purpose of the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, an
ecumenical seminary of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is to serve
the one God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—and advance the ministry
and mission of the church of Jesus Christ by preparing women and
men for faithful, compassionate, and effective pastoral and lay ministry
in congregations, with special attention to rural and Native American
constituencies, research and publication in the theological disciplines,
and active participation in the church.
His work during the time at
UDTS has centered on ministering
to other refugees, particularly
those from Ethiopia and South
Sudan who are Amharic-speaking.
“There are a lot of immigrants—
some who have been here many
years and some who have recently
arrived. It can be hard, this new
life—especially between the older
and younger generations.”
As one way of addressing this
need for communication and
understanding across generations,
Agwa created a series of trainings
for the Amharic community.
“The objective was to build the
relationships between the youth
and the families and also to be
thankful for this country for
welcoming refugees. Most of
us had been in very challenging
situations, often in refugee
camps in Africa.”
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The TEF:
The funds from the TEF allow us to
provide scholarships to our students
so that they can be fed—and feed
others.
His is a pastor’s heart toward the Amharic people who
find themselves across many denominations.
For Pastor Agwa, the trainings are one step toward
helping his people navigate the challenges of their new
environments as he continues to listen to how God is
calling him and his community.
161 students
14 faculty
From Closed Doors to Doors Open Wide
Edwin Lacy was serving as associate pastor in Bristol, VA,
when he heard that the mountain church was going to
have to close its doors. Abingdon Presbytery was thinking
of selling the building.
“I’ve been drawn to that church over the years,” said Lacy,
who had planned to work there after his graduation from
the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary in 2000.
“I never could get it out of my mind.”
After graduation, the musician-turned-pastor was offered
a chance to minister at the church, but the arrangement
fell through at the last minute.
In 2012, it looked like he might have another chance.
He began dreaming about creating an experimental
worshiping community that would offer bluegrass music,
expressions of Appalachian culture, and a home to the
“nonchurched” in the community. His hope was to tie
the congregation into the 1001 New Worshiping
Communities initiative.
“You have to understand, [fewer] than 300 people live
there,” he said. “There’s one stoplight and a general store.”
This May, Wild Goose began worshiping on Tuesday
nights to avoid competing with established congregations
in the area.
Every week, they sit by the fire in rocking chairs and
sing bluegrass music, complete with banjos and fiddles.
Communion is served in mason jars and is shared in a
circle. Suppers and square dancing have become part of
their shared life.
The church that almost had to close its doors has found
a way to open them wide.
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There have been few moments in Christianity’s history
when more was at stake than at this moment.
There have been few moments in Christianity’s history
when we have needed a thinking faith, a theologically
reflective faith, a generous and critical, imaginative,
and deeply engaged faith more than we do today.
We live at a moment—an axial moment for Protestant
Christianity—when the arguments for an educated
ministry can no longer be taken for granted. We must
argue persuasively today for an educated ministry if
we care about the quality of preaching and worship of
God, the quality of pastoral care and counseling, the
quality of Christian teaching and nurture, the quality
of mission and service and evangelism.
–Michael Jinkins, president
Louisville
Inspiring
Evolving
Leaders
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary is called by God
through the church to educate men and women to participate
in the redemptive ministry of Jesus Christ in the world.
Evolving Church
Started by Louisville Seminary
Alum Ryan Althaus, team
Sweaty Sheep is a group of active,
community-minded churchgoers
and non-churchgoers doing
outreach.
“We are an evolving church,”
explains Althaus. “Some
churches want to make you fit
into their box—but we want
to make ‘church’ a part of your
life’s passion, like running or
biking. We have folks who go to
a particular church, and they use
this as an active way to make a
difference, to practice their faith
by helping. Then we have people
who say THIS is their church.
Through running, biking, Bible
studies, devotions, and service
groups, we build relationships
that allow us to share the truth
and love of Jesus Christ.” Evolving World
Louisville Seminary provides
transformative theological
education for the practice of
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The TEF:
It is and will continue to be our goal to graduate
students with minimal seminary debt so that they
may answer God’s call wherever that might be.
ministry in a diverse world.
“Today the world's problems have become extraordinarily
complex, and in the face of that complexity the church is
crying for courageous leaders who think deeply; who draw
the best from our faith traditions but also from secular
knowledge; who foster curiosity and intellectual openness
in others; and who have capacity, skill, and desire to
proclaim the gospel through word and deed,” shared Susan
R. Garrett, PhD, dean and professor of New Testament.
“Theological education is tailor-made for women and
men who yearn to devote their intelligence, creativity,
leadership, and labor to mending a broken world. . . at its
very best, education of men and women for ministry is
a transformational process. Students’ worldviews—and,
indeed, their very characters—are unmade and remade
as they grow in knowledge, wisdom and discernment of
God’s will for their lives and for the body of Christ. The
most effective theological education is, therefore,
198 students
16 faculty
personal, intensive and existentially provocative.”
Engaging faith to engage the world, Louisville Seminary
is committed to listening generously, bridging difference,
and telling the good news. “Presbyterians have a big vision of God’s grace, beauty and
sovereignty,” said Amy Plantinga Pauw, the Henry P. Mobley
Jr. Professor of Doctrinal Theology. “God is bigger than any
one of us can grasp. That means Presbyterians need a big
vision of the church, as a body with many members, members
that work together and need each other. We have to resist our
idolatrous tendency to cut God down to a manageable size—
to place our particular interests, our particular histories, our
particular hopes and fears in the center of God’s line of vision.
God’s ultimate intentions embrace the whole creation. When
we can hold on to that big theological vision, then what
Reformed theologian Eberhard Busch calls ‘the lively richness
and spiritual energy’ of Presbyterianism can flourish.”
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We are in the midst of a new Reformation. We have
an opportunity to rethink theological education for
the priesthood of all believers, merging ancient
wisdom with cutting-edge technology. Change is nothing new for the people of God. The
LORD called Abraham and Sarah to leave their home
to venture off to a land that would only be revealed
later. Exile forever changed the way that Israel
understood itself and its relationship to the temple
and land. The first Christians were witnessing to the
risen Lord in Judea when the Holy Spirit descended
on the Gentiles, forever disrupting the nature of our
faith and the church’s mission. Change is and should
be a part of our DNA.
At McCormick we are not just changing, but we
are leading change. Change is in the air, and we
are teaching, training, and serving for what is next
in the church and society.
–Frank Yamada, president
McCormick
Inspiring
Transformational
Leaders
Transforming with the
Community
While a student at McCormick,
William Emmanuel Hall, known
for his passion for the community,
founded CommuniGize, a unique
not-for-profit organization
comprised of professionals within
the fields of education, social
services, finance, and healthcare
who, in addition to sharing their
knowledge and wisdom, provide
training, mentoring, coaching, and
grooming for a variety of students
on the elementary, junior high,
high school, and college levels.
We are a community of learning and teaching, challenged by the Holy Spirit and
grounded in God’s transforming love for the world in Jesus Christ.
We are called to nurture the gifts of women and men for faithful Christian ministry and
leadership through rigorous academic study, practical experience, and spiritual formation.
A seminary of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since 1829 and a progressive leader within
the Reformed tradition, we are committed to institutional life, scholarship, and ministry
that are ecumenical, urban, and cross-cultural.
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The TEF:
The TEF allows us to provide our
students with a quality education and
not pass along the full burden of the
cost to them. This allows them to be
free to lead where they are called.
In 2011, CommuniGize launched the Acts of Love
campaign as a means to develop the community leadership
skills of young people in communities across the world.
“CommuniGize is centered on developing solutions for
marginalized youth that face problems in communities
across the world,” says Hall, who was honored by Ebony
magazine as one of its “Power 100 Community
Crusaders” in 2013.
CommuniGize serves marginalized youth ages 5–19 in
the areas of community leadership, entrepreneurship, and
nutrition. Through partnerships with schools, churches,
and social service agencies, CommuniGize caters to the
holistic needs of youth to give them the courage to develop
themselves and creativity to improve the condition of their
communities.
Transforming with the Church
The newly created Center for Faith and Service will focus
on developing innovative programs for congregations and
serve as a platform for creating and coordinating joint
activities among seminaries and divinity schools.
McCormick has long been known for its commitment
to be a prophetic voice and its commitment to engage in
the world. This new Center continues that emphasis.
207 students
17 faculty
will become the first director of the Center. Meisel is a
nationally recognized leader in the community service
and service learning fields.
Meisel states, “We want the church to be present in the
lives of young adults and for the gospel to be an affirming,
instructive, and sustaining force for them. We believe that
the church offers a platform to change the world, and
we seek new leaders to do just that.” Meisel adds, “We
also believe seminaries and divinity schools can play an
important role in identifying, recruiting, and training those
leaders. I am tremendously excited to be doing this work
with McCormick and grateful to President Yamada and
the McCormick community.”
Rev. Wayne Meisel, who currently serves as the director
of faith and service at the Cousins Foundation in Atlanta
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Theological education is the key to effective local and
global mission in the 21st century. Since the front line
of ministry is not the church building but wherever
lay people live and work, trying to figure out how to
follow Jesus, ministers and educators are pastortheologians and wisdom leaders who are equipping
the saints for 'their ministry,' a spiritual involvement
in the world that involves both evangelism and social
justice.
Because of that, lay leaders want to learn about the
Bible, theology, ethics, and pastoral care for their
participation in the Kingdom of God.
–William J. Carl III, president
Connecting Faith and
Public Service
Pittsburgh
Inspiring
Connectional
Leaders
On a dynamic and challenging global stage, Pittsburgh
Theological Seminary plays its part in God’s redemption of
the world through Jesus Christ by preparing leaders who
proclaim with great joy God’s message of good news in
both word and deed!
Often, in a seminary environment
it can be easy to lose the
connection between personal
faith and public service. One of
the aspects of the Metro-Urban
Institute is to help bridge that
gap—and, in so doing, connect
our seminary population to the
city in which we live.
It is Pittsburgh’s goal to be a
center for convening theological
conversations and collaboration
between the many faith-based
nonprofits doing amazing work
in our city—often isolated from
one another.
“When we look at the life of
Jesus, I don’t think Jesus stayed
in the ‘ivory tower’ for longer
than a day,” argues Kimberly R.
Merrell, director of the MetroUrbanInstitute. “He was engaged
with the populace. This is
something that we believe should
be part of the lives of
every Christian— part of our
calling as Christians.
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The TEF:
Because of the TEF, we are able to
connect students with opportunities
for education, formation, and ministry
discernment so they may listen to and
follow God’s calling as it leads them
into the world.
Theology irrelevant of culture and the world around us
is irrelevant theology. We are seeking to be a missional
organization, equipping and connecting the seminary
with the world around us—for the common good.”
Connecting—Learning and Doing
“The seminary realized that students were already coming
to PTS wanting to be trained in church planting. We
wanted to formalize this and have a way to actually get a
certificate acknowledging it,” explained Chris Brown, copastor of the Upper Room Presbyterian Church and newly
appointed church planting initiative coordinator.
“Chris brings passion, experience, and vision to the
position,” said the Rev. Dr. Johannes Swart, associate
professor of world mission and evangelism. “It is a
highly practical program: an MDiv that allows students
to emphasize in new church development and new
worshiping communities.”
“As alum of PTS who planted a church, it excites me to
step into the role of helping other students who feel called
to plant churches,” explained Brown. “I feel that we at
PTS have a lot of potential to bless the future of the
Presbyterian Church.”
246 students
25 faculty
lead already established churches. However, today’s seminary
graduates face a world that also needs entrepreneurial,
mission-minded pastors who are equipped to take the gospel
to people in a wide variety of nontraditional settings.
“As a number of our more recent, church-planter
graduates have discovered, nontraditional congregations are
important for the future of the church because they provide
laboratories in which to explore the effectiveness of new
models. Supporting church planters with resources and the
permission to try ‘new things’ brings life and energy to the
broader church,” said Thomas Pappalardo, vice president
for advancement.
The Church Planting Initiative recognizes that theological
education historically has focused on preparing students to
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We all know theological education must evolve in
light of the dizzying rate of change in North American
society and the array of challenges facing the church
domestically and globally.
We need to form leaders who are deeply rooted in the
scriptures and the tradition of the Christian faith but
at the same time are equipped to serve the church
and the world in bold new ways.
Those of us entrusted with the sacred task of
producing the next generation of leaders for the
church of Jesus Christ must find a way to integrate
innovative ideas with faithful Christian ministry. We
are called to keep a firm grasp on the strengths of our
educational tradition while actively seeking to enrich
and expand that tradition with exciting new models,
ideas, and practices.
-M. Craig Barnes, president
Engaging in Entrepreneurial
Ministry
Princeton
Inspiring
Engaging
Leaders
Princeton Theological Seminary prepares women and men
to serve Jesus Christ in ministries marked by faith, integrity,
scholarship, competence, compassion, and joy, equipping them
for leadership worldwide in congregations and the larger church,
in classrooms and the academy, and in the public arena.
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“So often young adults who want
to change the world think that
the only way to do that is to work
with an organization like Tom’s
Shoes —it never dawns on them
that a way to do that might be the
church,” explained Kenda Dean,
professor of youth, church, and
culture.
So Dean decided to do something
about that: she’s created a class at
Princeton Seminary focusing on
social entrepreneurship.
“The class is designed to help
seminary students who have
harebrained ideas for ministry to
have permission to work them
up,” said Dean. “Ministry is
looking different—I see this as an
opportunity rather than something
to lament. It means churches and
seminaries need to learn to be
THE TEF:
It’s about partnership.
An essential part of the education of
every one of the master of divinity/master
of arts students at Princeton Seminary
is the experience of field education,
where the learning of the classroom is
integrated with the actual practice of
ministry in the church.
It is to support the placement of students
in churches, schools, prisons, hospitals,
and social service agencies, and to
support the training of pastors to be
supervisors, that the funds generously
contributed by PC(USA) congregations
to COTE are used.
Through supervised acts of ministry in
those congregations, students reflect
theologically on the practice of ministry,
become more self-aware, and learn
valuable leadership skills.
Princeton Seminary is grateful to COTE for
supporting the partnership of churches
and the seminary in the teaching students
hands-on the practice of ministry.
more creative. I don’t want the church to be the last one
on the bandwagon of [those] trying to change the world.
We should be leading that!”
Engaging with the Suffering of the World
“I attended seminary in response to the call God put on my
life to serve the church. Specifically, I wanted to be a part of
the Holy Spirit’s work of bringing life to parts of the church
that had grown cold,” said Bethany Hoang.
Before she began her studies at Princeton Seminary,
Bethany thought she would immediately pursue a PhD
after graduation with the hope of becoming a seminary
professor. However, her plans changed during her junior
year. She stumbled—almost literally—onto the issue of
human trafficking.
One day after lunch she noticed an exhibit table. Curious,
she walked over to a poster that caught her eye. It was a
photo of a young girl with tears streaming down her cheek.
“The poster said two things that I will never forget—‘Slavery
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is alive. Rape for profit must be stopped.’ Truthfully, I did
not know that slavery still existed in our world today, and I
certainly hadn’t heard of a mass industry that could be called
‘rape for profit.’ These realities, completely new to me, took
my breath away,” she said.
Today, slavery and human trafficking are much more widely
recognized as critical issues for the body of Christ to address.
But in 2002, most people still hadn’t heard the term “human
trafficking,” nor was there much recognition that human
trafficking is, in actuality, modern slavery.
Today Bethany serves as director of the IJM Institute in
Washington, DC, where she leads the ongoing development
and application of IJM’s biblical justice theology. “I help
convene and equip Christian leaders from around the world
to engage with the biblical call to seek justice on behalf of
those who suffer from abuse and oppression.”
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Grasped by the power of the gospel, people are moved
to make a difference in the world, especially for those
who are hungry and poor, and to bring others along
with them in that endeavor. And this is why we need
seminaries; to cultivate, nurture, and equip religious
leaders for the world and church of the future.
As the name implies, seminaries are the seeding
grounds for the transformation and renewal of
the church in the world. They are laboratories for
incubating religious leaders who have been called
by God to encourage and challenge communities to
live out the good news of Jesus Christ. And at San
Francisco Theological Seminary, we are committed
to forward-looking, effective, relevant, and responsive
ministry that is vital for the church of the 21st
century.
-James L. McDonald, president
Making a Difference—With
Victims of Trauma and Abuse
San Francisco
Inspiring
Impactful
Leaders
San Francisco Theological Seminary prepares leaders for the church
of Jesus Christ sent by the Holy Spirit in God’s mission to the world.
We are scholars and servants of the church devoted to biblical
interpretation and theological education in the Reformed tradition
within an ecumenical context. We are committed to the education
of students in spiritual formation, critical theological reflection, and
the skills and arts of ministry, to serve in congregations, the wider
church, the classroom, and the public sphere.
Joanne Martindale is hardly a new
recruit to ministry. Her work as
a VA chaplain, an Army Reserve
chaplain, a CPE supervisor, and
expert in female sexual trauma—
especially as it relates to wartime—
have given her a vast wealth of
practical ministry experience
and training.
“I have had all this practical
experience but hadn’t taken the
time to do the reading and the
theory since graduating with my
MDiv more than two decades
ago,” said Martindale. It was
that desire that led her to the
DMin program at SFTS. “I’m
taking a class on addictions right
now, which is really helpful
since I’m also leading a group of
meth addicts in the psych ward.
Every class I take has immediate
application.”
In addition to gaining some more
book knowledge, she wanted to
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THE TEF:
San Francisco Theological Seminary has
used the Theological Education Fund
to provide essential support to faculty
and students. This includes student
scholarships, curriculum program
revisions, expanded online course
offerings, and new certificate programs.
This support has been essential in our
ability to continue to live out our mission
and ministry.
connect with a community of other ministry practitioners
in the area.
“Being part of the DMin program puts me in a classroom
with 15 other people who are experts—interesting folks in
the community doing some great work. It also allows me
to be a mentor to MDiv students and pass along some of
what I’ve learned in the ministry to them.”
Among “the strangers” “I am a Brazilian from Sao Paolo,”
explains Jorge William Abdala, DMin student at SFTS.
“I came here over 10 years ago and started an outreach
among Brazilians in the area.”
There are approximately 30,000 Brazilians living in the
San Francisco Bay area.
Two years ago, because he speaks Spanish in addition to his
native Portuguese, he had the opportunity to start a ministry
among the Spanish-speaking population here. Now Abdala
pastors both the Brazilian congregation in Portuguese and a
Spanish-speaking congregation each week.
“The experience of being a stranger worshiping God in this
land deserves special training and attention,” said Abdala.
“That is why I am involved in the DMin program at SFTS.
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My desire is to translate that experience to help pastors
and leaders to be involved in ministry using their gifts
for the extension of Christ’s kingdom.”
Making a Difference
SFTS is launching its new Center for Innovation in
Ministry, which will provide a place where scholars and
practitioners can come together to explore and share new
models of ministry for the 21st century.
The seminary is offering a new Certificate in Trauma &
Spiritual Care, which prepares lay leaders and pastors to
address the spiritual needs of trauma victims.
SFTS has partnered with Unconference (UNCO) to host
events on campus that build new worshiping communities
and provide an open-source space for the exchange of ideas
relevant to today’s church.
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Pastors who are trained and educated in the
Reformed tradition are, I am convinced, far more
likely to lead their own congregations to develop a
Reformed accent, to care deeply for creation and for
justice. They are far more likely to have a broader,
deeper understanding of the biblical concept of
shalom, in which no member of the community is
left out of God’s blessings.
We need pastors who lead congregations to integrate
their faith with all of life, not separate the sacred
from the profane as though one has no impact upon
the other.
-Paul Roberts, president
Leadership—“deep and wide”
J.C. Smith
Inspiring
Trailblazing
Leaders
The mission of Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary is to
prepare a diverse body of leaders for service in the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.), churches within the Reformed theological
family in North, Central, and South America, and in the
Reformed and Presbyterian churches of Africa.
Alumnus Billy Michael Honor
observes, “in a world that often
values leadership that is concerned
with corporate production and
managerial success, theological
schools play the countercultural
role of shaping leaders who are
concerned with spiritual formation
and community and people
development.
Theological education also helps to
produce leaders who are deep and
wide. Better than any other place,
quality theological schools know
how to take already spiritually
gifted persons and expose them
to knowledge and intellectual
resources that deepens their faith
and expands their view God, self,
and the world.
Perhaps most important,
theological education is important
because we need leaders who don’t
just love God with their heart
and soul but love God with their
minds as well. Seminaries help
produce leaders who have this
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The TEF:
Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary
is the only historically African American
theological seminary among the 10
seminaries of the PC(USA).
We serve a population of students who
seldom come with their own resources
to this place, and who go out and serve
communities with few resources. As a
result, we have the lowest endowment
of any PC(USA) seminary.
Funds from the TEF are absolutely
critical to the day-to-day operations of
Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary.
love. And given the issues that we face in culture and society,
the church desperately needs leaders and people of faith who
have the ability to think critically and compassionately about
the world and the God who loves it.”
Leading the Way
A group of concerned seminarians led by the students
of Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, along with
the seminary staff and key faculty members of the
Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC), began to
envision how JCSTS might respond at a local level to the
AIDS pandemic, given a pressing reality: the section of
Atlanta in which the seminary is located has the fourth
highest incidence of HIV infection in the state of Georgia.
A further review of available resources and curricula revealed
that while the General Assembly approved the language
of creating AIDS competent churches, no faith institution
(from any denomination or ecumenical council) offered any
training or continuing education programs to foster such a
vision.
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The student/staff/faculty collaboration concluded that
Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary was uniquely
positioned to create and administer this certification
program for creating AIDS-competent churches. The goal is to work with church leaders to formulate and
articulate biblical, theological, pastoral, and moral/ethical
foundations that are consistent with each church’s mission
and/or vision statement. As Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary continues this
ground-breaking work at the pivotal intersection of HIVAIDS service delivery and the faith community, it asks that
you continue to support this effort through your prayers,
your comments, your criticisms, your feedback, and most
of all through the expression of your love for the persons
living with HIV and AIDS whom the institution is
committed to serving.
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Theological education matters because the
church matters.
The presence, voice, mission, and ministry of the
church have been instrumental in developing
relationship between individuals, believing
communities, and Christ. In that process of building
relationship with Christ, the church has helped shape
a more Christ-like context for the broader community
in which we live.
One of the most important events of social changes
in the United States across the last century was the
civil rights movement, a transformation of individuals
and community that had its roots, its focus, and its
mission in the mission and ministry of the church.
Given the tremendous importance of the church in
the life of individuals and community, the church
needs and deserves the most prepared leadership it
can muster.
God calls men and women to lead the church. God
prepares the church with the resources to teach those
men and women so that they can lead the church in
ways that reflect Christ’s own ministry.
Union
Inspiring
Gifted
Leaders
Given the complex challenges of the time in which
the church now finds itself, the church needs strong,
gifted, and prepared teachers who will be able
to use their academic and practical resources to
nurture leaders who can meet these challenges in
productively transforming ways.
Union Presbyterian Seminary equips Christian leaders for ministry
in the world—a sacred vocation that requires deep learning,
commitment to service, and an ability to read culture and
circumstance in the light of the rich resources of scripture and
theological tradition.
–Brian K. Blount, president
Why Theological Education?
A Student’s Perspective
Student Emily Rhodes observes, “I
think it is really important that we
have regular service integrated in
our seminary experience because
for me, service ministry is ministry.
That is part of what we need to
learn while we are in seminary—
not just books and classes, but also
how to be servant leaders in our
communities.”
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The TEF:
All of us at Union Presbyterian
Seminary are most grateful for the
financial support we have received,
and continue to receive, from the TEF.
That support has allowed us, and
continues to allow us, to maintain
a sense of community on campus
by making housing available to our
students at rental rates that are well
below the rates charged by other
landlords in and around our campus.
The support we receive from TEF
helps us strengthen our community
by having more students live, work,
study, and learn on our campus than
would otherwise be possible.
Thanks again for your continuing
support!
Learning Leadership in Diverse Contexts
“During my time at Union, one of the ways I’ve grown
is in my passion for and an appreciation of diverse
relationships,” explained Allysen Schaaf, Union student.
A few years ago she went on a travel seminar to Ghana.
That trip sparked her interest and widened her outlook
of the church as a whole. Union has been receiving exchange
students for at least 30 years from Ghana, and sending
students there. Through those connections and
the PC(USA) mission co-worker, Schaaf was able to go
back the next summer for two months by herself.
“That return trip transformed everything. How I see
myself. How I want to practice my ministry. How I view
relationships with people overseas and in our communities,”
said Schaaf. “It transformed my outlook of service. It really
re-opened me up to being open to the spontaneous life of
the spirit. Life in Ghana works a bit differently than here.”
She was often asked to pray and to preach and never thought
she was adequately prepared to do so. “I had to trust that
God would be at work and that it wasn’t about me,” she said.
“A few years ago, I never would have been able to take those
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courageous steps to go there and do whatever they asked.”
For Schaaf, this time was a powerful part of her seminary
experience—something she will carry with her into the
future in her ministry as a pastor.
Training Leaders
The Leadership Institute at Union is offering a growing
number of diverse leadership development opportunities
to enhance the ministries of individuals and congregations. One new initiative provides hybrid Christian Educator
certification courses for professional educators, pastors, and
volunteers. Courses are offered twice each year, with 18
hours of at-home online education and 12 hours of oncampus time. These courses make certification courses, and certification
itself, more accessible and affordable to church leaders.
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Leaders matter, now more than ever. We are in a
rapidly changing world in which long-standing
expectations and practices of how to ‘do’ and ‘be’
church are no longer working. We need leaders
with the capacity to use tradition as a resource for
innovation, who know how to lead change faithfully
and effectively in congregational and public life, and
who can navigate, engage, and help heal our complex,
conflicted, media-saturated, multifaith world.
Developing such leaders poses new challenges
to theological education as it seeks to shape and
form future leaders for the present and future of
the church.
-Katharine R. Henderson, president
Leading Multifaith Movements
Auburn
Inspiring
Innovative
Leaders
Auburn equips bold and resilient leaders of faith and moral
courage to build congregations and communities, bridge
divides, pursue justice, and heal the world. A seminary
with multifaith commitments that honors its Christian roots,
Auburn educates through innovative pedagogies and
methodologies, public platforms, and applied research.
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Isaac Luria is a leader in the
multifaith movement for justice
and a pioneer in using digital tools
to make social change. As the
brains behind the Groundswell
digital platform, he helped grow
the online faith-based social
action network to a community
of 100,000 people committed to
faith-based social change in just
18 months.
Groundswell echoes and amplifies
that call for justice welling up
among the secular, the seeking,
and people of faith and provides
avenues for people of all faiths
and walks of life to take strategic
social action around shared
moral imperatives.
Leading Justice in the Media
Macky Alston works to equip faith
leaders to stand for justice in the
media. Alston founded Auburn
Media in 2002, and for 10 years,
he served as its director, innovating
a range of programs related to
media and religion and training
over 4,000 faith leaders on a wide
range of justice issues, including many of the
most influential religious leaders of our day.
Auburn Media provides media expertise to religious
leaders and religious expertise to the media.
Recognizing that so many turn to mainstream media and
the Internet for information, education, and inspiration,
Auburn Media equips religious leaders to communicate
effectively through media channels and helps media
makers and journalists connect with and cover the voices
and stories they most need to hear.
Leading on the Edge
J. C. Austin works with faith leaders to develop the
resilience, creativity, and insight they need to thrive on the
challenges of religious leadership in 21st-century America.
He oversees Auburn’s leadership coaching programs, which
includes a groundbreaking training program for those who
want to become coaches of church leaders. He conceived
and is leading the development of Auburn’s Entrepreneurial
Ministry Fellows program, and he teaches and consults
widely on the issue of money and giving in the church.
Auburn Seminary has been educating and equipping
church leaders hardy enough to thrive in life and ministry
on the frontiers of America for almost 200 years. While
once the frontiers were geographic, today they are
cultural, technological, economic, and religious.
Auburn provides Presbyterian students
enrolled at Union Theological Seminary
in New York City with targeted academic
planning for those pursuing ordination,
workshops on topics current in the PC(USA),
seminary courses in Presbyterian polity and
Reformed worship, support in relating to
Committees on Preparation for Ministry, and
assistance in field placement in New York
City-area congregations.
Leading New Ways of Being Church
This year, Auburn is establishing an Entrepreneurial
Ministry Fellows program. A select, ecumenical group of
outstanding recent seminary graduates will receive intensive
training in gathering and cultivating new faith communities
and innovating new ways of being church.
Following their training, entrepreneurial ministry fellows
will be matched with “sponsoring judicatories” (presbyteries,
dioceses, conferences) that will help support their work and
will partner with Auburn in providing ongoing support
through coaching, a peer group, and financial stipends to
provide resources for student debt repayment and major
medical coverage.
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We have a great future challenge when it comes to
theological education. We have experienced profound
and radical changes that are influencing the way
of living the Christian faith—structural poverty,
environmental awareness, cultural diversity, and
religious pluralism. The challenge for us in these
times is to remember that what it means to be
‘Christian’ is to be living in the world—not set
apart from it.
Our theology and our theological education must
have an incarnational element to them. But we also
must be not just of the individual, but also of the
culture in which we exist. Latin American theology
has an important approach—to look at reality as it
is, and not complain about it, but do something to
transform that reality in line with the mission of
God in the world.
We are invited to live the mission and the passion of
God in the world—this is the reason for theological
education, and why we train leaders for the church.
–Sergio Ojeda, president
Puerto Rico
Inspiring
Incarnational
Leaders
La misión del Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico es contribuir
a la formación integral de hombres y mujeres para servir en el
ministerio cristiano y participar en la misión del pueblo de Dios en
Puerto Rico y las Américas.
The mission of the Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico is to
contribute to the integral formation of women and men for service
in the Christian ministry and to participate in the mission of the city
of God in Puerto Rico and the Americas.
Living the Questions
“When God called me I began to
search for information as to where
to study,” said Eileen Lissette,
currently a student at SEPR. “I've
always thought, if you want to do
well you have to start well. God
does not call the qualified; God
qualifies the ones he called.”
She spoke with several friends and
one of them said, “The Evangelical
Seminary of Puerto Rico is the
best.” So she went there. But that
did not put an end to the questions.
“When I started, I asked myself
many questions: Why me? What
can I do? I have never taken even a
single Bible study in my life.” Other
questions she asked herself were:
“Can I do what God wants me to
do? Will I be a good pastor that
meets the expectations of God?”
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“As contemporary theologians, we continue preaching
the gospel, directing all our efforts toward equality, toward
the fight for justice for those who suffer today domination,
marginalization, and humiliation,” she continued. Even
in the midst of the questions.
It is through being willing to live them out, through
recognizing our limitations and strengths, and diligently
working together, that we become a people who are
healed and set free.
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The Incarnational Question
At the SEPR, field education is an essential component of
the formation provided by theological education, working
in conjunction with the presbyteries and congregations. It
is an incarnational formation.
“We are sent to work in different places, different contexts,
to really try out what it is we are learning,” remembers
Marissa Galvan, a graduate of SEPR.
“One of my internships was in a dying church with five
people, another in a city church, another in a rural church—
this gives you a perspective of how this message is lived out
in the different communities and different contexts.”
“One church where I worked was in the middle of a
community of people who had ‘squatted’ in that particular
place when they were left homeless by a hurricane. It was an
amazing place because it was a combination of those who
were really poor Puerto Ricans, as well as some people from
the Dominican Republic who were likely there without
papers. We worked with the children of the community—
it was an amazing experience.”
“How do you adapt the message of the gospel to a
situation that is so different from a seminary classroom?”
she asked herself.
“The question becomes, ‘How can I preach a message
that can empower these people to deal with the situation
they find themselves in?’ It is, of course, the incarnational
question.”
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Seminaries
at a Glance
Seminary
Austin, Texas www.austinseminary.edu
Students: 191
Faculty: 16
Students: 350
Faculty: 26
Students: 161
Faculty: 14
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Students: 198
Faculty: 16
McCormick Theological Seminary
Students: 207
Faculty: 17
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Students: 246
Faculty: 25
Princeton Theological Seminary
Students: 502
Faculty: 46
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Students: 155
Faculty: 20
Atlanta, Georgia
www.smithseminary.org
Seminarians are educated through resources of the
Interdenominational Theological Center, of which
Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary is the
PC(USA) constituent. ITC enrollment is 577. ITC
provides 19 full-time faculty positions.
Union Presbyterian Seminary
Students: 206
Faculty: 25
Auburn Theological
Auburn provides Presbyterian students enrolled at
Union Theological Seminary in New York City with
targeted academic planning for those pursuing
ordination, workshops on topics current in the
PC(USA), seminary courses in Presbyterian polity
and Reformed worship, support in relating to
Committees on Preparation for Ministry, and
assistance in field placement in New York City-area
congregations.
Seminario Evangelico de Puerto Rico
Students: 204
Faculty: 7
Decatur, Georgia
www.ctsnet.edu
Dubuque, Iowa
www.udts.dbq.edu
Louisville, Kentucky
www.lpts.edu
Chicago, Illinois
www.mccormick.edu
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
www.pts.edu
Princeton, New Jersey
www.ptsem.edu
San Anselmo, California
www.sfts.edu
Richmond, Virginia/Charlotte, North Carolina
www.upsem.edu
New York, New York
www.auburnseminary.org
San Juan, Puerto Rico
www.se-pr.edu
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Degrees Offered
Joint Degrees Offered
Master of Divinity
Master of Arts (Theological Studies)
Master of Arts in Ministry Practice
Doctor of Ministry
Master of Divinity/Master of Science in Social
Work with the University of Texas at Austin
Master of Divinity Master of Arts in Practical Theology
Master of Arts (Theological Studies)
Master of Theology
Doctor of Ministry
Doctor of Educational Ministry
Doctor of Theology in Pastoral
Counseling
Dual degree: Master of Divinity/Master of Arts
in Practical Theology
Master of Divinity: Residential and Distance Education
Master of Arts in Missional Christianity: Residential and Distance Education Doctor of Ministry
Master of Divinity Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy
Master of Arts (Religion)
Doctor of Ministry
MDiv/MA Marriage and Family Therapy; MDiv/
Social Work, MDiv/Law, MDiv/Education, and MDiv/
University; MA in Spirituality/MA in Marriage and
Family Therapy; MA (Religion)/MA in Marriage and
Family Therapy
Master of Divinity Master of Theology
Master of Arts in Ministry
Doctor of Ministry
Master of Theological Studies
Master of Divinity/Master of Social Work with the
University of Chicago and with Loyola University;
Ecumenical Doctor of Ministry with Catholic
Theological Union and Lutheran School of Theology
at Chicago; ACTS Doctor of Ministry in Preaching
Master of Divinity Master of Divinity with emphasis in
Church Planting Master of Arts
Doctor of Ministry
Master of Sacred Theology
Joint professional degrees in Social Work, Law and
Public Policy in conjunction with local universities
Master of Divinity Master of Arts Master of Arts (Theological Studies)
Master of Theology Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Divinity Doctor of Ministry with emphases in
Multidisciplinary Studies, Pastoral
Care and Counseling, Pastor as
Spiritual Leader, Urban
Dual degree: Master of Divinity/Master of Arts in
Education or Youth Ministry Master of Divinity/Master
of Social Work degree with Rutgers University
Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Master of Arts with the Graduate Theological Union;
Master of Arts/Master of Divinity with the Graduate
Theological Union; Doctor of Philosophy (Graduate
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students may affiliate with SFTS)
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The Committee on
Theological Education
The Committee on Theological Education
(COTE) has General Assembly-mandated
responsibility for developing and maintaining
a comprehensive, denomination-wide plan
for theological education.
COTE seeks to identify, develop and propose
strategies for a systemic approach to
theological education within the PC(USA).
COTE serves as an advocate for theological
education, seeking to support your
seminaries (both financially and in other ways)
and to strengthen them for their mission to the
whole church. It is the body through which the
seminaries report and are accountable to the
denomination. COTE also serves as a two-way
communication link between the denomination
and its graduate theological institutions.
2014-2016 Elected Members
Alan Bancroft (’18)
Interschool & Mission Cooperation Subcommittee
Institutional Support Subcommittee
Nashville, TN
Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri (’16)
Interschool & Mission Cooperation Subcommittee (Chair)
Executive Committee Committee
Miami, Florida
Mindy Douglas (’16)
Vice-Chair of COTE
Nominating Committee (Chair)
Implementation & Interpretation Subcommittee
Chapel Hill, NC
Garnett E. Foster (’16)
Chicago, Illinois
José R. Irizarry (’16)
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Matthew Miles (’18)
Interschool & Mission Cooperation
Subcommittee
Fort Davis, Texas
Nancy Ramsay (’15)
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board
Liaison
Implementation & Interpretation
Subcommittee
Fort Worth, Texas
Kathryn Wolf Reed (’16)
Theological & Church Concerns
Subcommittee
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Marianne O. Rhebergen (’16)
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board
Liaison
Subcommittee
Syracuse, NY
Max Sherman (’16)
Subcommittee (Chair)
Executive Committee
Austin, Texas
Mary Elva Smith (’18)
Subcommittee
Nominating Committee
(Chair)
Saundra Tracy
Subcommittee Subcommittee
Bloomington, Indiana
Tom M. Trinidad
Subcommittee
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Institutional Members
M. Craig Barnes
Subcommittee
President, Princeton Theological
Seminary
Brian K. Blount
Subcommittee
President, Union Presbyterian
Seminary
Richmond, Virginia & Charlotte,
North Carolina
Jeffrey F. Bullock
Chair of COTE
Subcommittee
Nominating Committee &
Executive Committee Cmte. (Chair)
President, University of Dubuque
Dubuque, Iowa
William J. Carl, III
Subcommittee
President, Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary
Stephen A. Hayner
Subcommittee
President, Columbia Theological
Seminary
Decatur, Georgia
Michael Jinkins
Subcommittee
President, Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary
James L. McDonald
Subcommittee
President, San Francisco Theological
Seminary
Paul T. Roberts
Subcommittee
President /Dean, Johnson C. Smith
Atlanta, GA 30314
Theodore J. Wardlaw
Subcommittee
President, Austin Presbyterian
Austin, Texas
Frank M.Yamada
Subcommittee
Executive Committee
President, McCormick Theological
Seminary
5460 S. University Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
Covenant Members
Sergio Ojeda Cárcamo
Subcommittee
Presidente, Seminario Evangélico de
Puerto Rico
Katharine Rhodes Henderson
Subcommittee
President, Auburn Theological
Seminary
New York, New York
Corresponding Members
Gary S. Eller
Subcommittee
President, Omaha Presbyterian
Seminary Foundation
Omaha, Nebraska
Chris Murphy
Subcommittee
Director, Presbyterian Ministries,
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, California
Alvin Padilla
Subcommittee
Director Hispanic Ministries,
Gordon-Conwell Theological
Seminary
South Hamilton, Massachusetts
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Functions of the Committee on Theological Education
1. To develop and maintain a comprehensive overview of theological
education from the perspective of the whole church.
2. To identify, develop, and propose strategies for a systemic approach to
theological education within the denomination.
3. To serve as an advocate before the whole church for theological education
and to interpret the mission of the denomination’s seminaries to the whole
church.
4. To provide a way for the church’s needs to be addressed to the
denomination’s seminaries.
5. To review the effectiveness and stewardship of the seminaries on behalf
of the church.
6. To encourage and enhance cooperation among the theological seminaries
of the denomination.
7. To relate the governing bodies and agencies of the PC(USA), particularly
those which have responsibilities for theology and worship, for education, for
candidacy, and for leadership development for pastors and church members.
8. To maintain appropriate relationships with those responsible for theological
education in other branches of the church catholic.
9. To receive and act upon requests and recommendations from the church.
10. To receive and review reports from the theological seminaries appropriate
to the work of the committee;
11. To identify the issues, needs, and opportunities of the seminaries, individually
and corporately, and, where appropriate, address these as requests and
recommendations to the church;
12. To authorize use of Theological Education Fund monies, prepare an
appropriate formula for disbursements to the theological seminaries of
thePC(USA), and to advocate for financial support of the seminaries.
13. To maintain relations with educational and ecumenical associations which
share common concerns with the committee.
14. To serve as an agency of the denomination for relating to theological
seminaries other than those of the PC(USA).
15. To recommend to the General Assembly those theological seminaries which
shall qualify as members of the Committee on Theological Education.
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The Theological Education Fund
and the Theological Education
Fund Seminary Support Network
The Theological Education Fund (TEF) was established by
the General Assembly in 1986 as a way to support all of
the Presbyterian seminaries. The TEF replaced the previous
funding plans in the two former denominations. In the
PC(USA), mission dollars that flow from congregations to
presbyteries, synods, and the General Assembly no longer
are used to support seminaries. In other words, the TEF
is the only source of denomination-wide funding for the
schools.
Each congregation is asked to make a contribution of one
percent of its local operating budget (all monies expended
for current operations of congregations as reported in the
GA Minutes, Statistical Report, Part II, line 25) to the TEF
each year. This gift to the TEF is considered a congregation’s
proportionate share of educating church leaders.
The Committee on Theological Education (COTE)—
with 13 members elected by the General Assembly plus a
representative from each seminary—makes the allocations
each year according to a formula developed by the
committee. The formula provides each school with a fair
share of the funds, based on such factors as number of
degrees granted and number of Presbyterian students.
It was obvious after reunion that to accomplish the task
of providing financial support for Presbyterian theological
education, a network would be needed to build relationships
between the seminaries and all the congregations.
Thus the Theological Education Fund Seminary Support
Network began in 1989, and over the years it has played
an important role in educating the denomination on the
importance of Presbyterian theological education and the
TEF. Its purpose is to interpret to pastors, sessions, and
congregations the mission and work of the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) and the Theological Education Fund
(TEF) in order to secure annual financial support for the
TEF.
The network has grown significantly over the years and is
now made up of two separate groups.
• Presbytery resource persons: A group of
approximately 140 voluntary persons representing
different presbyteries serve as liaisons between their
presbyteries and the General Assembly’s Office of
Theological Education. They interpret the TEF and the
theological enterprise to PC(USA) congregations.
• Regional/synod representatives: Made possible by a
1998 grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., the office
of Theological Education was able to identify, recruit,
train, and provide small stipends for 16 regional/synod
representatives. These folks work with the presbytery
resource persons as they promote TEF across the
church. They help in identifying, training, supporting,
and assisting the work of the resource persons with the
presbyteries of their region.
The Lilly Grant ended in 2001 but COTE realizing the
importance of adding the regional representatives and
area facilitators to the network have continued to fund
this endeavor.
Staff provides support to all of those serving in the three
capacities in a number of ways, such as planning and
providing current printed resources for use at meetings and
informative mailings. The office of Theological Education’s
toll-free number is available for the use of resource persons
to call with questions and concerns, to order materials,
to request updated financial information, and to arrange
for speakers. Staff also provides opportunities for network
representatives to meet annually for three-day gatherings
that always include visits to one of the seminaries.
The Theological Education Funding Network is by
far the most effective interpretive tool available for the
promotion of the TEF and for helping churches across
the denomination understand the importance of the
Presbyterian theological education enterprise. Each
participant in the network has a profound appreciation of
the seminaries and the work they do. Their enthusiasm and
ability to do the work asked of them are greatly appreciated
by staff and the seminaries.
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SYNOD OF ALASKA-NORTHWEST
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
James “Ted” Schuldt, Interim Pastor,
Cascade View Presbyterian Church,
Everett, WA
PRESBYTERY VOLUNTEERS
Central Washington
Jim Deal
Island Northwest
Joshua Mikelson
North Puget Sound
James “Ted” Schuldt
Olympia
Aaron Stewart
Seattle
Ray Moore
Winnebago
Matthew Sauer
SYNOD OF LINCOLN TRAILS
Linda Jo Peters, Teaching Elder
(Honorably Retired), Terre Haute, IN
Ohio Valley
Linda Jo Peters
Whitewater Valley
Rex Espiritu
SYNOD OF LIVING WATERS
Vacant
East Tennessee
C. K. “Bud” Little
Holston
Daniel Clark
Mid-South
Anne H. K. Apple
North Alabama
Thomas E. Lovell
Sheppards & Lapsley
Debra Feagin
St. Andrew
Thomas Bryson
South Alabama
Samford Turner
Western Kentucky
Marisue Coy
Coastal Carolina
Ann Jahnes
Eastern Virginia
Walt Hunting
The James
Willie Woodson
National Capital Larry Golemon
New Castle
Lyle Dykstra
New Hope
Constance Button
Joe Harvard
The Peaks
Bradley Long
Salem
Paul Sink
Shenandoah
Thomas Holden, III
Western North Carolina
Becky Stanley
Bob Lowry
James (Jim) Cockerham
...forgenerati
SYNOD OF THE COVENANT
Doris Campbell, Ruling Elder,
Milan, MI
Cincinnati
K Nicholas Yoda
Detroit
Neil Cowling
Eastminster
Frances Fisher
Lake Huron
Karen Blatt
Lake Michigan
Fran Lane-Lawrence
Mackinac
J Elliot P. Morrison
Muskingum Valley
Larry Lalama
Western Reserve
Quincy Worthington
SYNOD OF LAKES & PRAIRIES
Matthew Sauer, Pastor, First
Presbyterian Church, Manitowoc, WI
Dakota
Ronn Moccasin
East Iowa
Kristin Hutson
Homestead
Kara James
Bill Wehrbein
Patirck Marshall
Rebecca Barnes
Sally Wilhelm
North Central Iowa
Gordon Moen
Northern Waters
Tim Rupert
Prospect Hill
Cynthia Ripperger
SYNOD OF MID-AMERICA
William “Bill” Gannaway, Pastor
Emeritus, Westminster Presbyterian
Church, Topeka, KS
Giddings-Lovejoy
Jay Summerville
Heartland
Maryann Farnswort
John Calvin
Rick Uffmann
Northern Kansas
Bill Gannaway
Southern Kansas
Laura Frazey
SYNOD OF MID-ATLANTIC
Catrelia Hunter, Ruling Elder,
Cleveland, NC
Abingdon
John Markel
Baltimore
Brandon Brewer
Charlotte
James A. Thomas, Sr.
SYNOD OF THE NORTHEAST
Elizabeth V. McDowell, Ruling Elder,
Westernville, NY
Boston
Chip Stapleton
Eastern Korean
Samuel D. Ki
Elizabeth
Roberta (Bobbie) Arrowsmith
Genesee Valley
Linda Brebner
Tom Gardner
Geneva
Elizabeth Newell
Hudson River
Jeffrey A. Geary
Long Island
Andy Hart
Monmouth
George Gill
New Brunswick
Bisi Shofu
New York City
David Richardson
Derrick McQueen
Newark
Kevin Yoho
Newton
June Heyer
Doris Haring
Northern New England
Cindy Kohlmann
Northern New York
Anders Pedersen
Joann White
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Palisades
Lawrence S. Stephens, III
Southern New England
Shirley Dudley
Susquehanna
Rebecca Kindig
Utica
Lawrence Bartel
West Jersey
Ivo Meilands
Western New York
Nancy Murphy
SYNOD OF THE PACIIFIC
Michael Foster, Pastor, First Presbyterian
Church, Phoenix, OR
Boise
Cheryle J. Andrew
Cascades
Central Region
John Brinegar
Northeast Region
Ann Richards
Southern region
Michael Foster
Northwest region
Christine Dungan
Eastern Oregon
Mary Lou Welby
Southwest and Beaches
Barbara Pebbles
Kendall
Dennis Falasco
Nevada
Patrick Mecham
Redwoods
Delores Dewhurst
Sacramento
Richard Wylie
Bob Meyer
San Francisco
James Shum
San Joaquin
Terry Holland
San Jose
Central region
Travis Hyatt
Southern region
Leona Reif
Stockton
David Warner
SYNOD OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Susan Cornman, Ruling Elder,
Arvada, CO
Denver
Laura Littman
Glacier
Bonnie Anderson
Chad Jones
Western Colorado
Mary Hammond Atkinson
Wyoming
Joe Norris
Yellowstone
Harlan (Lanny) Rounds
Pacific
Ann Hayman
San Diego
Wayne Hoffmann
San Fernando
K. C. Wahe
San Gabriel
Donald Maddox
SYNOD OF THE SOUTHWEST
Al Gephart, Pastor Emeritus, University
Presbyterian Church, Tempe, AZ
de Cristo
Larry DeLong
Sierra Blanca
Harold Armstrong
ionstocome...
SYNOD OF PUERTO RICO
REGIONAL/PRESBYTERY
REPRESENTATIVE
For Noreste, Sureste, San Juan
Evelyn Torres- Ramirez, Lares,
Puerto Rico
SYNOD OF SOUTH ATLANTIC
Jeffrey Sumner, Pastor, Westminster
By the Sea Presbyterian Church,
Daytona Beach Shores, FL
Central Florida
Richard Hills
Charleston-Atlantic
Richard Cushman
Cherokee
Fritz Bogar
Flint River
Don J. West
Florida
Jean Norman
Foothills
Mel Davis
New Harmony
Preston Shealy
Northeast Georgia
Travis Adams
Providence
Sam E. McGregor
Savannah
Albert Cramer (Bert)
St. Augustine
Kathryn McLean
Trinity
Larry Bates
Tropical Florida
Randy Gill
SYNOD OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA & HAWAII
Ann Hayman, Interim Minister, St.
Paul’s Presbyterian Church,
Los Angeles, CA
Los Ranchos
Deborah Blake
SYNOD OF THE SUN
William Galbraith, General Presbyter,
Presbytery of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
Arkansas
Dari Rowen
Eastern Oklahoma
Howard Ree
Grace
Lander Bethel
Palo Duro
Dana Mayfield
Pines
Erin Kaye
Tres Rios
Patty Lane
SYNOD OF THE TRINITY
David Stipp-Bethune, Pastor, Llanerch
Presbyterian Church, Havertown, PA
Beaver Butler
Randall Clow
Lake Erie
Emily Zeig
Matt Falco
Northumberland
Stephen L. Cureton
Philadelphia
Barbara Chaapel
Pittsburgh
Nancy Merrill
Redstone
Clifton Foster
Upper Ohio Valley
Karen Edwards
West Virginia
Stephen Baldwin
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When asked what the greatest commandment is, Jesus answered: “You shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Sometimes loving God with one’s mind is forgotten,
but among Presbyterians, mind has been valued. We recognize that theology can be defined as “faith seeking
understanding.” Our seminaries encourage students to become active theologians who can encourage us all to
love God with our minds.
Getting acquainted with young seminarians who also
participate as representatives in the Seminary Support
Network has given me new insights into my own faith
journey. These young church leaders combine an
understanding of church tradition and worship with
new approaches that are relevant for the 21st century
and its new ways of learning. Rooted and grounded in
rigorous theological education, seminarians are able to
incorporate multicultural approaches and innovation,
grounded in the best of our tradition.
Yes, I think it is essential to support theological
education, and I am delighted to assist in this [through]
my work with the Seminary Support Network.
Supporting our seminaries is critical to the nurture and
development of church leaders who love God with
mind as well as heart and soul.
-Liz McDowell, representative, Synod of the Northeast,
Seminary Support Network
I proudly support our seminaries and the Theological Education
Fund’s Seminary Support Network because they help sustain
theological education for our whole church. While we presume
the connection for congregations and seminaries is found in the
schooling of our teaching elders, our seminaries also represent
theological development and discovery that nurtures our whole
church by assisting with lay leader training, offering continuing
education for lay and professional leaders, and making available
expert guidance for our church’s work. One of the hallmarks of our
Presbyterian identity is an educated clergy, making necessary the
partnership between our church and our seminaries. Congregations
rely on effective, prepared leadership, requiring not only wellgrounded, practiced, and studied leaders but also accompanying
academies of learning and exploration astute in theology, biblical
studies, pastoral care, and education. The Theological Education
Fund is our denomination’s only funding source for our seminaries,
and the Seminary Support Network was created to nurture
relationships and congregational giving. By giving to TEF we
support our churches’ ministry and its future by helping our church
keep its commitment to assuring that Christ’s ministry continues
among us always. Won’t you join me in supporting the work of our
seminaries and TEF?
—Rev. Dr. David Stipp-Bethune, representative, Synod
of the Trinity, Seminary Support Network
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WHY CONGREGATIONS GIVE TO THE TEF
Second Presbyterian Church, Albuquerque, has
been blessed with many seminary-trained pastors
in our 125 year history—including the first Spanishspeaking Presbyterian pastor in the denomination. We support the Theological Education Fund so
that seminaries can provide the best standard of
theological education possible as we have reaped
the benefits of many pastors blessed with strong
seminary educations. -Robert Woodruff, pastor, Second Presbyterian Church,
Albuquerque, NM
The seminaries of the church are in many ways the
lifeblood of the church. The churches can exist
without them, but I don’t believe they can flourish
without them.
Theological education has always been important
for Reformed Christians, Presbyterians in particular.
But I think that it is especially critical in times of crisis
or in times of decline and uncertainty. It is especially
in those times, in these times, that we need good
leadership for the churches that is positive, creative,
thoughtful and considerate.
-Robert E Dunham, pastor, University Presbyterian Church,
Chapel Hill, NC
Why Congregations Give to the TEF | 37
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Donors
Sunnyside Presbyterian Church,Sunnyside,WA
Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church,Spokane,WA
Cascade View Presbyterian Church,Everett,WA
First Presbyterian Church,Snohomish,WA
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Anacortes,WA
Onalaska Presbyterian Church,Onalaska,WA
Shepherd Of The Hill Presbyterian Church,Puyallup,WA
Toledo Presbyterian Church,Toledo,WA
Woodland Presbyterian Church,Woodland,WA
Inglewood Presbyterian Church,Kirkland,WA
Newport Presbyterian Church,Bellevue,WA
Rose Hill Presbyterian Church,Kirkland,WA
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church,Renton,WA
University Presbyterian Church,Seattle,WA
Woodland Park Presbyterian Church,Seattle,WA
United Protestant Presbyterian Church,Palmer,AK
Hopewell Presbyterian Church,Dillsboro,IN
Lakeside Presbyterian Church,Fort Mitchell,KY
Northminster Presbyterian Church,Cincinnati,OH
Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church,Cincinnati,OH
Sycamore Presbyterian Church,Cincinnati,OH
Community Presbyterian Church,Waterford,MI
Drayton Avenue Presbyterian Church,Ferndale,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Port Huron,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Pontiac,MI
First Presbyterian Church Of Saline,Saline,MI
Littlefield Presbyterian Church,Dearborn,MI
Northbrook Presbyterian Church,Beverly Hills,MI
Trinity Community Presbyterian Church,Detroit,MI
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Ann Arbor,MI
Canfield Presbyterian Church,Canfield,OH
New Lisbon Presbyterian Church,Lisbon,OH
Sebring Presbyterian Church,Sebring,OH
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Akron,OH
Chapel Lane Presbyterian Church,Midland,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Fenton,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Kinde,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Caro,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Beaverton,MI
Memorial Presbyterian Church,Midland,MI
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Bay City,MI
Fairplain Presbyterian Church,Benton Harbor,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Niles,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Battle Creek,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Dimondale,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Marshall,MI
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Grand Rapids,MI
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Jackson,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Elk Rapids,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Boyne City,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Harbor Springs,MI
First Presbyterian Church,East Jordan,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Newberry,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Escanaba,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Alpena,MI
First Presbyterian Church,Pickford,MI
Neebish Island Presbyterian Church,Barbeau,MI
Presbyterian Church In The Hills,Bellaire,MI
Spruce Presbyterian Church,Spruce,MI
Traverse City Presbyterian Church,Traverse City,MI
United Presbyterian Church,Ishpeming,MI
Christ Presbyterian Church,Toledo,OH
First Presbyterian Church,Bowling Green,OH
First Presbyterian Church,Tiffin,OH
Tontogany Presbyterian Church,Tontogany,OH
West Bethesda Presbyterian Church,Montpelier,OH
West Eagle Creek Presbyterian Church,Montpelier,OH
Covenant Presbyterian Church,Springfield,OH
First Presbyterian Church,West Carrollton,OH
First Presbyterian Church,Troy,OH
First Presbyterian Church,Fairborn,OH
First Presbyterian Church,Eaton,OH
Oxford Presbyterian Church,Oxford,OH
Southminster Presbyterian Church,Dayton,OH
United Presbyterian Church,Belle Center,OH
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Dayton,OH
Central Presbyterian Church,Massillon,OH
Coshocton Presbyterian Church,Coshocton,OH
First Presbyterian Church,Uhrichsville,OH
First Presbyterian Church,New Philadelphia,OH
First Presbyterian Church,Perrysville,OH
Stillfork Presbyterian Church,Augusta,OH
Unity Presbyterian Church,Cambridge,OH
Covenant Presbyterian Church,Columbus,OH
First Presbyterian Church,Chillicothe,OH
Outville Presbyterian Church,Pataskala,OH
Sardis Welsh Presbyterian Church,Oak Hill,OH
Second Presbyterian Church,Newark,OH
Second Presbyterian Church,Portsmouth,OH
Bethany Presbyterian Church,Cleveland,OH
First Presbyterian Church,Cleveland,OH
Forest Hill Presbyterian Church,Cleveland Heights,OH
Korean Central Presbyterian Church,Brecksville,OH
Lyndhurst Presbyterian Church,Lyndhurst,OH
Noble Road Presbyterian Church,Cleveland Heights,OH
North Kingsville Presbyterian Church,North Kingsville,OH
Orwell North Presbyterian Church,Orwell,OH
Presbyterian Church Of Western Reserve,Pepper Pike,OH
Rocky River Presbyterian Church,Rocky River,OH
Valley Presbyterian Church,Chagrin Falls,OH
Ewing Bethany Presbyterian Church,O’Neill,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Grand Island,NE
Keystone Presbyterian Church,Keystone,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Dallas Center,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Corning,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Grimes,IA
Lenox United Presbyterian Church,Lenox,IA
Park Avenue Presbyterian Church,Des Moines,IA
Community Presbyterian Church,Cascade,IA
Fairfield Presbyterian Church,Fairfield,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Iowa City,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Muscatine,IA
Olivet Presbyterian Church,Cedar Rapids,IA
Princeton Presbyterian Church,Princeton,IA
Springville Presbyterian Church,Springville,IA
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Cedar Rapids,IA
Akron Presbyterian Church,Albion,NE
Federated Presbyterian Church,Columbus,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Lincoln,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Fairbury,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Beatrice,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Nebraska City,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Wayne,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Falls City,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Cedar Bluffs,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Norfolk,NE
Gresham Presbyterian Church,Gresham,NE
Hebron Presbyterian Church,Hebron,NE
Hopewell Presbyterian Church,Unadilla,NE
John Hus Presbyterian Church,Thurston,NE
Lincoln Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church,Lincoln,NE
New Zion Presbyterian Church,Clarkson,NE
North Bend Presbyterian Church,North Bend,NE
Southern Heights Presbyterian Church,Lincoln,NE
United Presbyterian Church,Wymore,NE
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Lincoln,NE
Bethel Presbyterian Church,West Union,IA
Dale Heights Presbyterian Church,Madison,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Bellevue,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Packwaukee,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Utica,MN
Portage Presbyterian Church,Portage,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Racine,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Kenosha,WI
Immanuel Presbyterian Church,Milwaukee,WI
North Shore Presbyterian Church,Shorewood,WI
Presbyterian Church Of The Covenant,Racine,WI
Rock Prairie Presbyterian Church,Janesville,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Mankato,MN
38 | Donors
First Presbyterian Church,Willmar,MN
First Presbyterian Church,Osakis,MN
First Presbyterian Church Of Foley,Foley,MN
Avery Presbyterian Church,Bellevue,NE
Faith Presbyterian Church,La Vista,NE
Faithful Shepherd Presbyterian Church,Omaha,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Omaha,NE
First Presbyterian Church,Walnut,IA
Presbyterian Church Of The Cross,Omaha,NE
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Council Bluffs,IA
Burt Presbyterian Church Of Burt Iowa,Burt,IA
Calvary Presbyterian Church,Barnum,IA
Clarion Presbyterian Church,Clarion,IA
Collegiate Presbyterian Church,Ames,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Cedar Falls,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Steamboat Rock,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Fort Dodge,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Jefferson,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Algona,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Albion,IA
McCallsburg Presbyterian Church,McCallsburg,IA
United Presbyterian Church,Goldfield,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Crookston,MN
First Presbyterian Church,Cooperstown,ND
Gilby Presbyterian Church,Gilby,ND
Grandin Presbyterian Church,Grandin,ND
Webster Chapel Presbyterian Church,Webster,ND
Brule Presbyterian Church,Brule,WI
Community Presbyterian Church,Calumet,MN
Community Presbyterian Church,Lac Du Flambeau,WI
Country Peace Presbyterian Church,Superior,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Hurley,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Ely,MN
First Presbyterian Church,Duluth,MN
Glen Avon Presbyterian Church,Duluth,MN
St. James Presbyterian Church,Tower,MN
United Presbyterian Church,Rice Lake,WI
Community Presbyterian Church,Lawton,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Schaller,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Odebolt,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Manning,IA
First Presbyterian Church,South Sioux City,NE
Lakeside Presbyterian Church,Storm Lake,IA
Morningside Presbyterian Church,Sioux City,IA
United Presbyterian Church,Boyden,IA
Westlawn Presbyterian Church,Sioux City,IA
First Presbyterian Church,Miller,SD
First Presbyterian Church,Bison,SD
First Presbyterian Church,Raymond,SD
First Presbyterian Church,Whitewood,SD
First Presbyterian Church,Lead,SD
First Presbyterian Church,Huron,SD
Oahe Presbyterian Church,Pierre,SD
Peace Presbyterian Church,Yankton,SD
Presbyterian Church Of Veblen,Veblen,SD
Community Presbyterian Church,Rochester,MN
First Presbyterian Church,Rochester,MN
First Presbyterian Church,Pine City,MN
First Presbyterian Church,Hayfield,MN
North Como Presbyterian Church,Roseville,MN
The House Of Hope Presbyterian Church,St. Paul,MN
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Minneapolis,MN
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Austin,MN
First Presbyterian Church,Manitowoc,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Winneconne,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Neenah,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Shawano,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Oshkosh,WI
First Presbyterian Church,Omro,WI
Frame Memorial Presbyterian Church,Stevens Point,WI
Hope Presbyterian Church,White Lake,WI
Pioneer Presbyterian Church,Marinette,WI
Community Presbyterian Church,Dakota,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Morrison,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Fairbury,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Savanna,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Piper City,IL
Middle Creek Presbyterian Church,Winnebago,IL
Prairie Dell Presbyterian Church,Shannon,IL
Westminster United Presbyterian Church,Galena,IL
Wheatland Presbyterian Church,Plainfield,IL
Zion Presbyterian Church,Elizabeth,IL
Community Presbyterian Church,Lombard,IL
Elmhurst Presbyterian Church,Elmhurst,IL
Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church,Oak Park,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Wheaton,IL
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church,Chicago,IL
Presbyterian Church Of Western Springs,Western Springs,IL
Ravenswood Presbyterian Church,Chicago,IL
Southminster United Presbyterian Church,Arlington Heights,IL
Biggsville Presbyterian Church,Biggsville,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Jacksonville,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Morton,IL
United Presbyterian Church,Peoria,IL
Central Presbyterian Church,Terre Haute,IN
Community Presbyterian Church,Henryville,IN
Eastminster Presbyterian Church,Evansville,IN
First Presbyterian Church,Evansville,IN
First Presbyterian Church,Mount Vernon,IN
Immanuel Presbyterian Church,Evansville,IN
Main Street Presbyterian Church,Petersburg,IN
Unity Presbyterian Church,Terre Haute,IN
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Washington,IN
Community Presbyterian Church,Rosamond,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Champaign,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Urbana,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Mount Vernon,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Charleston,IL
First United Presbyterian Church,Raymond,IL
First United Presbyterian Church,Bridgeport,IL
United Presbyterian Church,Ashmore,IL
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Sparta,IL
Auburn Presbyterian Church,Auburn,IN
Bethany Presbyterian Church,Lafayette,IN
Central Presbyterian Church,Lafayette,IN
First Presbyterian Church,Huntington,IN
First Presbyterian Church,Liberty,IN
First Presbyterian Church Of Greenwood,Greenwood,IN
John Knox Presbyterian Church,Indianapolis,IN
Northminster Presbyterian Church,Indianapolis,IN
Second Presbyterian Church,Indianapolis,IN
Springhill Presbyterian Church,Greensburg,IN
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church,Indianapolis,IN
Bethel Presbyterian Church,Kingston,TN
Erin Presbyterian Church,Knoxville,TN
First Presbyterian Church,Knoxville,TN
First Presbyterian Church,Oak Ridge,TN
Highland Presbyterian Church,Maryville,TN
Rivermont Presbyterian Church,Chattanooga,TN
Second Presbyterian Church,Chattanooga,TN
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Knoxville,TN
Reedy Creek Presbyterian Church,Bristol,TN
Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church,Greeneville,TN
Allardt Presbyterian Church,Allardt,TN
Downtown Presbyterian Church,Nashville,TN
First Presbyterian Church,Columbia,TN
First United Presbyterian Church,Sparta,TN
Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church,Alexandria,TN
Normandy Presbyterian Church,Normandy,TN
Second Presbyterian Church,Nashville,TN
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Nashville,TN
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Nashville,TN
Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church,Louisville,KY
Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church,Louisville,KY
Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church,Pewee Valley,KY
Strathmoor Presbyterian Church,Louisville,KY
First Presbyterian Church,Jackson,TN
Idlewild Presbyterian Church,Memphis,TN
Pineville Presbyterian Church,Pass Christian,MS
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Natchez,MS
Faith Presbyterian Church,Huntsville,AL
First Presbyterian Church,Sheffield,AL
First Presbyterian Church,Selma,AL
Five Mile Presbyterian Church,Birmingham,AL
Independent Presbyterian Church,Birmingham,AL
Shades Valley Presbyterian Church,Birmingham,AL
South Highland Presbyterian Church,Birmingham,AL
Southminster Presbyterian Church,Birmingham,AL
University Presbyterian Church,Tuscaloosa,AL
First Presbyterian Church,Foley,AL
First Presbyterian Church,Grand Bay,AL
First Presbyterian Church,Citronelle,AL
Grace Presbyterian Church,Mobile,AL
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Fairhope,AL
Benoit Presbyterian Church,Benoit,MS
First Presbyterian Church,Tupelo,MS
Independence Presbyterian Church,Batesville,MS
New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church,Horn Lake,MS
Osborn Presbyterian Church,Starkville,MS
Saltillo Presbyterian Church,Saltillo,MS
Sumner Presbyterian Church,Sumner,MS
First Presbyterian Church,Lancaster,KY
Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church,Lexington,KY
The Presbyterian Church Of Danville,Danville,KY
Central Presbyterian Church,Owensboro,KY
First Presbyterian Church,Owensboro,KY
First Presbyterian Church,Murray,KY
Mount Zion Presbyterian Church,Central City,KY
The Presbyterian Church,Bowling Green,KY
Bethalto Presbyterian Church,Bethalto,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Jerseyville,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Fredericktown,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Brighton,IL
First Presbyterian Church,Ste. Genevieve,MO
First United Presbyterian Church,Belleville,IL
First United Presbyterian Church,Granite City,IL
Fisk Presbyterian Church,Fisk,MO
Glendale Presbyterian Church,Glendale,MO
Hillside Presbyterian Church,House Springs,MO
Hunter Memorial First Presbyterian Church,Sikeston,MO
John Knox Presbyterian Church,Florissant,MO
Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church,St. Louis,MO
New Horizons Presbyterian Church,Overland,MO
Second Presbyterian Church,St. Louis,MO
Steelville Presbyterian Church,Steelville,MO
The United Presbyterian Church,Wood River,IL
Webster Groves Presbyterian Church,Webster Groves,MO
Westminster Presbyterian Church,St. Louis,MO
Central Presbyterian Church,Kansas City,MO
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church,Blue Springs,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Warrensburg,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Holden,MO
Second Presbyterian Church,Kansas City,MO
Trinity Presbyterian Church,St. Joseph,MO
Community Presbyterian Church,Forsyth,MO
Crocker Presbyterian Church,Crocker,MO
First & Calvary Presbyterian Church,Springfield,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Parsons,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Chanute,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Columbus,KS
Korean Presbyterian Church,Springfield,MO
Southminster Presbyterian Church,Springfield,MO
Willard-Mount Zion Presbyterian Church,Willard,MO
Calumet Presbyterian Church,Clarksville,MO
Coates Street Presbyterian Church,Moberly,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Kirksville,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Marshall,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Slater,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Columbia,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Mexico,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Brookfield,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Louisiana,MO
First Presbyterian Church,Vandalia,MO
Florida Presbyterian Church,Stoutsville,MO
Kahoka Presbyterian Church,Kahoka,MO
Macon Presbyterian Church,Macon,MO
Roanoke Presbyterian Church,Higbee,MO
Sweet Springs Presbyterian Church,Sweet Springs,MO
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Columbia,MO
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Versailles,MO
Delia Presbyterian Church,Delia,KS
Dwight Presbyterian Church,Dwight,KS
Fairview Presbyterian Church,Riley,KS
Faith United Presbyterian Church,Clifton,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Topeka,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Oskaloosa,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Lawrence,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Junction City,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Emporia,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Cottonwood Falls,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Manhattan,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Abilene,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Hiawatha,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Salina,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Wamego,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Minneapolis,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Smith Center,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Narka,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Solomon,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Frankfort,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Sylvan Grove,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Concordia,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Cuba,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Beloit,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Hill City,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Delphos,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Wilson,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Riley,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Colby,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Hoxie,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Ellsworth,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Hays,KS
First United Presbyterian Church,Osage City,KS
First United Presbyterian Church,Eskridge,KS
First United Presbyterian Church,Washington,KS
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church,Longford,KS
Potwin United Presbyterian Church,Topeka,KS
Presbyterian Church Of Wakeeney,Wakeeney,KS
Rossville Presbyterian Church,Rossville,KS
Second Presbyterian Church,Topeka,KS
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Topeka,KS
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Manhattan,KS
United Presbyterian Church,Americus,KS
United Presbyterian Church,Blue Rapids,KS
United Presbyterian Church Of Bennington,Bennington,KS
Wakarusa Presbyterian Church,Wakarusa,KS
West Side Presbyterian Church,Lawrence,KS
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Topeka,KS
Bethel Presbyterian Church,Wichita,KS
Cambridge Presbyterian Church,Cambridge,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Derby,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Newton,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Wichita,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Lakin,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Cherryvale,KS
First Presbyterian Church,Kingman,KS
New Covenant Presbyterian Church,Hutchinson,KS
Pratt Presbyterian Church,Pratt,KS
Southwest Presbyterian Church,Wichita,KS
St. Luke Presbyterian Church,Wichita,KS
Sterling United Presbyterian Church,Sterling,KS
United Presbyterian Church,Garden City,KS
Wichita Korean Presbyterian Church,Wichita,KS
Bethel Presbyterian Church,Abingdon,VA
Green Spring Presbyterian Church,Abingdon,VA
Barrelville Presbyterian Church,Mount Savage,MD
Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church,Baltimore,MD
Churchville Presbyterian Church,Churchville,MD
Dickey Memorial Presbyterian Church,Baltimore,MD
First Presbyterian Church,Annapolis,MD
First Presbyterian Church Of Howard County,Columbia,MD
Franklinville Presbyterian Church,Bradshaw,MD
Govans Presbyterian Church,Baltimore,MD
Roland Park Presbyterian Church,Baltimore,MD
Bensalem Presbyterian Church,Charlotte,NC
Beulah Presbyterian Church,Monroe,NC
C. N. Jenkins Presbyterian Church,Charlotte,NC
Covenant Presbyterian Church,Kannapolis,NC
Davidson College Presbyterian Church,Davidson,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Albemarle,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Charlotte,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Wadesboro,NC
Macedonia Presbyterian Church,Candor,NC
Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church,Charlotte,NC
Marks Creek Presbyterian Church,Rockingham,NC
Memorial Presbyterian Church,Charlotte,NC
Philadelphia Presbyterian Church,Mint Hill,NC
Ramah Presbyterian Church,Huntersville,NC
Rocky River Presbyterian Church,Concord,NC
South End Presbyterian Church,Charlotte,NC
Steele Creek Presbyterian Church,Charlotte,NC
Turner Presbyterian Church,Monroe,NC
Williams Memorial Presbyterian Church,Charlotte,NC
Bethesda Presbyterian Church,Aberdeen,NC
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church,Southern Pines,NC
Bunnlevel Presbyterian Church,Bunnlevel,NC
Calypso Presbyterian Church,Calypso,NC
Carolina Beach Presbyterian Church,Carolina Beach,NC
Ebenezer Presbyterian Church,Coats,NC
Faith Presbyterian Church,Laurinburg,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Carthage,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Morehead City,NC
First Presbyterian Church of Dunn,Dunn,NC
Hopewell Presbyterian Church,Burgaw,NC
Laurinburg Presbyterian Church,Laurinburg,NC
Lillington Presbyterian Church,Lillington,NC
Oak Plain Presbyterian Church,Rose Hill,NC
Pleasant View Presbyterian Church,Albertson,NC
Pocket Presbyterian Church,Sanford,NC
Pollocksville Presbyterian Church,Pollocksville,NC
Shallotte Presbyterian Church,Shallotte,NC
Sherwood Presbyterian Church,Fayetteville,NC
Southport Presbyterian Church,Southport,NC
Spout Springs Memorial Presbyterian Church,Cameron,NC
St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church,St. Pauls,NC
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Laurinburg,NC
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Fayetteville,NC
Bayside Presbyterian Church,Virginia Beach,VA
First United Presbyterian Church,Norfolk,VA
Great Bridge Presbyterian Church,Chesapeake,VA
Green Acres Presbyterian Church,Portsmouth,VA
Groves Memorial Presbyterian Church,Hayes,VA
Squires Memorial Presbyterian Church,Norfolk,VA
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church,Suffolk,VA
Stone House Presbyterian Church,Toano,VA
Williamsburg Presbyterian Church,Williamsburg,VA
Bon Air Presbyterian Church,Richmond,VA
Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church,Weems,VA
First Presbyterian Church,Emporia,VA
Fredericksburg Presbyterian Church,Fredericksburg,VA
Kirk O’Cliff Presbyterian Church,Mineral,VA
Madison Presbyterian Church,Madison,VA
Orange Presbyterian Church,Orange,VA
Rockfish Presbyterian Church,Nellysford,VA
South Plains Presbyterian Church,Keswick,VA
Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church,Richmond,VA
Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church,Bethesda,MD
Colesville Presbyterian Church,Silver Spring,MD
Darnestown Presbyterian Church,Darnestown,MD
First Presbyterian Church,Annandale,VA
Hope Presbyterian Church,Mitchellville,MD
Presbyterian Church Of The Covenant,Arlington,VA
Providence Presbyterian Church,Fairfax,VA
Rockville United Presbyterian Church,Rockville,MD
Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Washington, DC,Derwood,MD
Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church,Kensington,MD
Beaver Dam Presbyterian Church,Pocomoke City,MD
Buckingham Presbyterian Church,Berlin,MD
Concord Presbyterian Church,Wilmington,DE
Elkton Presbyterian Church,Elkton,MD
First & Central Presbyterian Church,Wilmington,DE
First Presbyterian Church,Newark,DE
Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church,Wilmington,DE
Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church,Snow Hill,MD
New Covenant Presbyterian Church,Middletown,DE
Ocean City Presbyterian Church,Ocean City,MD
Ocean View Presbyterian Church,Ocean View,DE
Pitts Creek Presbyterian Church,Pocomoke City,MD
Port Deposit Presbyterian Church,Port Deposit,MD
Presbyterian Church Of Chestertown,Chestertown,MD
The Presbyterian Church Of Dover,Dover,DE
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Wilmington,DE
Wicomico Presbyterian Church,Salisbury,MD
Cary Presbyterian Church,Cary,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Raleigh,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Roanoke Rapids,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Edenton,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Durham,NC
Hillsborough Presbyterian Church,Hillsborough,NC
Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church,Tarboro,NC
Little River Presbyterian Church,Hurdle Mills,NC
Outer Banks Presbyterian Church,Kill Devil Hills,NC
University Presbyterian Church,Chapel Hill,NC
Warrenton Presbyterian Church,Warrenton,NC
West Haven Presbyterian Church,Rocky Mount,NC
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Durham,NC
Blacksburg Presbyterian Church,Blacksburg,VA
Glasgow Presbyterian Church,Glasgow,VA
New Dublin Presbyterian Church,Dublin,VA
Roanoke Valley Presbyterian Church,Blacksburg,VA
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Moneta,VA
Villamont Presbyterian Church,Blue Ridge,VA
Bethany Presbyterian Church,Graham,NC
Chapel In The Pines Presbyterian Church,Chapel Hill,NC
Clemmons Presbyterian Church,Clemmons,NC
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church,Mebane,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Asheboro,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Reidsville,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Boone,NC
First Presbyterian Church,High Point,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Thomasville,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Burlington,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Greensboro,NC
Graham Presbyterian Church,Graham,NC
Highland Presbyterian Church,Winston-Salem,NC
Mebane First Presbyterian Church,Mebane,NC
Mount Jefferson Presbyterian Church,West Jefferson,NC
Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church,Cleveland,NC
Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church,Woodleaf,NC
Mount Vernon Springs Presbyterian Church,Siler City,NC
Pittsboro Presbyterian Church,Pittsboro,NC
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Greensboro,NC
Collierstown Presbyterian Church,Lexington,VA
Front Royal Presbyterian Church,Front Royal,VA
Massanutten Presbyterian Church,Penn Laird,VA
New Providence Presbyterian Church,Raphine,VA
Tuscarora Presbyterian Church,Martinsburg,WV
Black Mountain Presbyterian Church,Black Mountain,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Kings Mountain,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Hickory,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Asheville,NC
First Presbyterian Church,Dallas,NC
Fletcher Presbyterian Church,Newland,NC
New Hope Presbyterian Church,Asheville,NC
Northminster Presbyterian Church,Hickory,NC
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Hendersonville,NC
Cambridge United Presbyterian Church,Cambridge,NY
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First Presbyterian Church,Glens Falls,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Corinth,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Hudson Falls,NY
New Scotland Presbyterian Church,Slingerlands,NY
Roessleville Presbyterian Church,Albany,NY
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Albany,NY
Burlington Presbyterian Church,Burlington,MA
Presbyterian Church Of The Covenant,Boston,MA
Whitinsville Presbyterian Church,Whitinsville,MA
First Presbyterian Church,Marcellus,NY
Morrisville Community Presbyterian Church,Morrisville,NY
Barre Center Presbyterian Church,Albion,NY
Central Presbyterian Church,Geneseo,NY
Covington Presbyterian Church,Pavilion,NY
Dewey Avenue Presbyterian Church,Rochester,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Brockport,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Medina,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Caledonia,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Holley,NY
First Presbyterian Church,East Rochester,NY
First Presbyterian Church of Chili,Rochester,NY
John Knox Presbyterian Church,Rochester,NY
Lakeside Presbyterian Church,Rochester,NY
Laurelton United Presbyterian Church,Rochester,NY
Mendon Presbyterian Church,Mendon,NY
North Bergen Presbyterian Church,Bergen,NY
Ogden Presbyterian Church,Spencerport,NY
Penfield Presbyterian Church,Penfield,NY
South Presbyterian Church,Rochester,NY
Sparta First Presbyterian Church,Groveland,NY
Stone Church Presbyterian Church,Bergen,NY
Third Presbyterian Church,Rochester,NY
Tuscarora Presbyterian Church,Mount Morris,NY
Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church,Rochester,NY
Union Presbyterian Church,Scottsville,NY
Webster Presbyterian Church,Webster,NY
York Presbyterian Church,York,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Ithaca,NY
Irvington Presbyterian Church,Irvington,NY
Rye Presbyterian Church,Rye,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Northport,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Matawan,NJ
First Presbyterian Church,Lakewood,NJ
Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church,Point Pleasant Beach,NJ
First Presbyterian Church Of Dayton,Dayton,NJ
Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church,Lawrenceville,NJ
Springfield Gardens First Presbyterian Church,Springfield Gardens,NY
West End Presbyterian Church,New York,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Rockaway,NJ
Pilgrim Presbyterian Church,Phillipsburg,NJ
Stewartsville Presbyterian Church,Stewartsville,NJ
First Presbyterian Church,Graniteville,VT
Hartford Community Presbyterian Church,Canton,ME
Kearsarge Community Presbyterian Church,New London,NH
Nashua Presbyterian Church,Nashua,NH
Topsham Presbyterian Church,Topsham,VT
First Presbyterian Church,Saranac Lake,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Plattsburgh,NY
Hammond Presbyterian Church,Hammond,NY
Stone Presbyterian Church,Ogdensburg,NY
Leonia Presbyterian Church,Leonia,NJ
Old Bergen Presbyterian Church,Jersey City,NJ
United Presbyterian Church Of Paterson,Paterson,NJ
Warren Point Presbyterian Church,Fair Lawn,NJ
Westminster Presbyterian Church,West Hartford,CT
Cincinnatus United Presbyterian Church,Cincinnatus,NY
Conklin Presbyterian Church,Conklin,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Endicott,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Nichols,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Gilbertsville,NY
Garrattsville Presbyterian Church,Garrattsville,NY
Nineveh Presbyterian Church,Nineveh,NY
Northminster Presbyterian Church,Endwell,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Utica,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Rome,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Oneida,NY
Forest Presbyterian Church,Lyons Falls,NY
Niccolls Memorial Presbyterian Church,Old Forge,NY
Woodbury Presbyterian Church,Woodbury,NJ
First Presbyterian Church,Olean,NY
First Presbyterian Church,East Aurora,NY
First Presbyterian Church,Emmett,ID
Kirkpatrick Memorial Presbyterian Church,Parma,ID
Southminster United Presbyterian Church,Boise,ID
Aurora Presbyterian Church,Aurora,OR
Cascades Presbyterian Church,Vancouver,WA
Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church,Portland,OR
Columbia Presbyterian Church,Vancouver,WA
Community Presbyterian Church,Tulelake,CA
Community Presbyterian Church,Oakland,OR
Community Presbyterian Church,Redmond,OR
Covenant Presbyterian Church,Gresham,OR
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church,West Linn,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Bandon,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Dallas,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Woodburn,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Salem,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Portland,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Bend,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Vancouver,WA
First Presbyterian Church,Roseburg,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Trout Lake,WA
First Presbyterian Church,Mill City,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Cottage Grove,OR
Lake Grove Presbyterian Church,Lake Oswego,OR
McKenzie Valley Presbyterian Church,Walterville,OR
Moreland Presbyterian Church,Portland,OR
Peace Presbyterian Church,Eugene,OR
Presbyterian Church Of Siuslaw,Florence,OR
Prineville Presbyterian Church,Prineville,OR
Reedville Presbyterian Church,Aloha,OR
Savage Memorial Presbyterian Church,Portland,OR
Springwater Presbyterian Church,Estacada,OR
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,Portland,OR
St. Mark Presbyterian Church,Portland,OR
Tualatin Presbyterian Church,Tualatin,OR
United Presbyterian Church,Reedsport,OR
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Medford,OR
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Portland,OR
Yachats Community Presbyterian Church,Yachats,OR
Community Presbyterian Church,Mount Vernon,OR
Community Presbyterian Church,Umatilla,OR
Faith Presbyterian Church,Hermiston,OR
First Presbyterian Church,La Grande,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Pendleton,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Lostine,OR
First Presbyterian Church,Baker City,OR
Grace Presbyterian Church,Milton-Freewater,OR
Pine Valley Presbyterian Church,Halfway,OR
Pioneer Presbyterian Church,Burns,OR
Community Presbyterian Church,Rigby,ID
Community Presbyterian Church,Hollister,ID
First Presbyterian Church,Twin Falls,ID
Filipino American Fellowship,Henderson,NV
Green Valley Presbyterian Church,Henderson,NV
Henderson Presbyterian Church,Henderson,NV
Community Presbyterian Church,San Geronimo,CA
Community Presbyterian Church,Vallejo,CA
First Presbyterian Church,San Anselmo,CA
First Presbyterian Church,St. Helena,CA
Heritage Presbyterian Church,Benicia,CA
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Tiburon,CA
Carmichael Presbyterian Church,Carmichael,CA
Parkview Presbyterian Church,Sacramento,CA
Red Bluff Presbyterian Church,Red Bluff,CA
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Sacramento,CA
Grace Presbyterian Church,Walnut Creek,CA
Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church,Lafayette,CA
Valley Presbyterian Church,Portola Valley,CA
Community Presbyterian Church,Three Rivers,CA
First Presbyterian Church,Orange Cove,CA
University Presbyterian Church,Fresno,CA
Covenant Presbyterian Church,Palo Alto,CA
Evergreen Presbyterian Church,San Jose,CA
First Presbyterian Church Monterey,Monterey,CA
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church,Aptos,CA
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Santa Cruz,CA
Westhope Presbyterian Church,Saratoga,CA
First Presbyterian Church,Turlock,CA
Geneva Presbyterian Church,Modesto,CA
Manteca Presbyterian Church,Manteca,CA
San Sebastian Iglesia Presbiteriana,San Sebastian,PR
Third Presbyterian Church,Aguadillo,PR
Caguas Iglesia Presbiteriana,Caguas,PR
Caparra Terrace Iglesia Presbiteriana,Caparra Terrace,PR
Monteflores Iglesia Presbiteriana,Santurce,PR
Castillo Iglesia Presbiteriana,Mayaguez,PR
Lajas Iglesia Presbiteriana,Lajas,PR
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church,Northglenn,CO
Hanmi Presbyterian Church,Denver,CO
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Westminster,CO
Community Presbyterian Church,Whitlash,MT
First Presbyterian Church,Kalispell,MT
First Presbyterian Church,Hamilton,MT
First Presbyterian Church,Helena,MT
First Presbyterian Church,Harlem,MT
Central Presbyterian Church,Longmont,CO
Community Presbyterian Church Of The Rockies,Estes Park,CO
Family Of Christ Presbyterian Church,Greeley,CO
First Presbyterian Church,Yuma,CO
First Presbyterian Church,Sterling,CO
First Presbyterian Church,Akron,CO
First Presbyterian Church,Berthoud,CO
First Presbyterian Church,Gordon,NE
Fort Morgan United Presbyterian Church,Fort Morgan,CO
Laporte United Presbyterian Church,Laporte,CO
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church,Boulder,CO
Weldon Valley Presbyterian Church,Weldona,CO
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Fort Collins,CO
First Presbyterian Church,Las Animas,CO
Gateway Presbyterian Church,Colorado Springs,CO
Monument Community Presbyterian Church,Monument,CO
Community Presbyterian Church,Springville,UT
Community Presbyterian Church,Cedar City,UT
Community Presbyterian Church,Preston,ID
Community Presbyterian Church,Myton,UT
Delta Community Presbyterian Church,Delta,UT
First Presbyterian Church,Logan,UT
Korean Presbyterian Church Of Utah,Salt Lake City,UT
Mount Olympus Presbyterian Church,Salt Lake City,UT
Covenant Presbyterian Church,Grand Junction,CO
Delta Presbyterian Church,Delta,CO
First Presbyterian Church,Durango,CO
First Presbyterian Church,Glenwood Springs,CO
Monument Presbyterian Church,Grand Junction,CO
Community Presbyterian Church,Shoshoni,WY
First Presbyterian Church,Sheridan,WY
First Presbyterian Church,Gillette,WY
First Presbyterian Church,Cheyenne,WY
Guernsey Presbyterian Church,Guernsey,WY
Highlands Presbyterian Church,Cheyenne,WY
Shepherd Of The Hills Presbyterian Church,Casper,WY
Union Presbyterian Church,Powell,WY
Community Presbyterian Church,Jordan,MT
Community-Treasure County Presbyterian Church,Hysham,MT
First Presbyterian Church,Butte,MT
First Presbyterian Church,Miles City,MT
St. Pauls Presbyterian Church,Philipsburg,MT
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church,Orlando,FL
Oakland Presbyterian Church,Oakland,FL
Ormond Beach Presbyterian Church,Ormond Beach,FL
Park Lake Presbyterian Church,Orlando,FL
Riverside Presbyterian Church,Cocoa Beach,FL
St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church,Altamonte Springs,FL
Winter Park Presbyterian Church,Winter Park,FL
Belle Isle Presbyterian Church,Pineville,SC
First-Scots Presbyterian Church,North Charleston,SC
Johns Island Presbyterian Church,Johns Island,SC
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First Presbyterian Church,Savannah,GA
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Highlands United Presbyterian Church,Jacksonville,FL
Riverside Presbyterian Church,Jacksonville,FL
First Presbyterian Church,Lakeland,FL
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Lakeland,FL
Calhoun Falls Presbyterian Church,Calhoun Falls,SC
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Shandon Presbyterian Church,Columbia,SC
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Palms Westminster United Presbyterian Church,Los Angeles,CA
St. Lukes Presbyterian Church,Rolling Hills Estates,CA
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Christ Presbyterian Church,Carlsbad,CA
Community Presbyterian Church,Westmorland,CA
First Thai Presbyterian Church,Covina,CA
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St. Andrews Presbyterian Church,Santa Barbara,CA
Valley Presbyterian Church,Green Valley,AZ
Community Presbyterian Church,Payson,AZ
Faith Presbyterian Church,Sun City,AZ
First Presbyterian Church,Sun City,AZ
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First Presbyterian Church,Raton,NM
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First United Presbyterian Church,Las Vegas,NM
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Las Placitas Presbyterian Church,Placitas,NM
Rio Grande Presbyterian Church,Albuquerque,NM
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Westminster Presbyterian Church,Gallup,NM
First Presbyterian Church,Hobbs,NM
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First Presbyterian Church,Van Buren,AR
First Presbyterian Church,McGehee,AR
First United Presbyterian Church,Fayetteville,AR
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church,Greenwood,AR
Grace Presbyterian Church,Little Rock,AR
Harmony Presbyterian Church,Clarksville,AR
Holiday Island Presbyterian Church,Holiday Island,AR
Kirk in the Pines Presbyterian Church,Hot Springs Village,AR
Presbyterian Church Of Bella Vista,Bella Vista,AR
Second Presbyterian Church,Little Rock,AR
First Presbyterian Church,Stillwater,OK
First Presbyterian Church,Ponca City,OK
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Eastminster Presbyterian Church,Dallas,TX
First Presbyterian Church,Waco,TX
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First Presbyterian Church,Canton,TX
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Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church,Sherman,TX
Milford Presbyterian Church,Milford,TX
Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church,Dallas,TX
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church,Richardson,TX
St. Luke Presbyterian Church,Dallas,TX
St. Philip Presbyterian Church,Hurst,TX
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Denton,TX
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Westminster Presbyterian Church,Arlington,TX
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Santa Fe Presbyterian Church,Edmond,OK
Shepherd Of The Hills Presbyterian Church,Sulphur,OK
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Oklahoma City,OK
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First Presbyterian Church,Elgin,TX
First Presbyterian Church,San Saba,TX
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Grace Presbyterian Church,Victoria,TX
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Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church,San Antonio,TX
John Calvin Presbyterian Church,San Antonio,TX
Leander Presbyterian Church,Leander,TX
Madison Square Presbyterian Church,San Antonio,TX
Memorial Presbyterian Church,Fredericksburg,TX
Oak Hills Presbyterian Church,San Antonio,TX
Parkway Presbyterian Church,Corpus Christi,TX
San Gabriel Presbyterian Church,Georgetown,TX
Shepherd Of The Hills Presbyterian Church,Austin,TX
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church,San Antonio,TX
St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church,Schulenburg,TX
University Presbyterian Church,Austin,TX
University Presbyterian Church,San Antonio,TX
Westminster Presbyterian Church,Austin,TX
Brenham Presbyterian Church,Brenham,TX
First Presbyterian Church,Orange,TX
First Presbyterian Church,Huntsville,TX
First Presbyterian Church Of Trawick,Nacogdoches,TX
Northwoods Presbyterian Church,Houston,TX
St. Philip Presbyterian Church,Houston,TX
St. Thomas Presbyterian Church,Houston,TX
Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church,The Woodlands,TX
Covenant Presbyterian Church,Lubbock,TX
First Presbyterian Church,Canadian,TX
Union Presbyterian Church,Brownwood,TX
First Presbyterian Church,Texarkana,AR
Baker Presbyterian Church,Baker,LA
Clinton Presbyterian Church,Clinton,LA
First Presbyterian Church,Crowley,LA
First Presbyterian Church,Welsh,LA
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church,Lake Charles,LA
First Presbyterian Church,Odessa,TX
University Presbyterian Church,El Paso,TX
Buffalo Presbyterian Church,Sarver,PA
Center Presbyterian Church,Slippery Rock,PA
Faith Presbyterian Church,Butler,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Monaca,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Darlington,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Beaver Falls,PA
Frankfort United Presbyterian Church,Hookstown,PA
Hill United Presbyterian Church,Butler,PA
New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church,Aliquippa,PA
North Butler Presbyterian Church,Chicora,PA
Ohio Presbyterian Church,Aliquippa,PA
Park Presbyterian Church,Beaver,PA
Steffin Hill Presbyterian Church,Beaver Falls,PA
United Presbyterian Church Of Ambridge,Ambridge,PA
Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church,Gettysburg,PA
Market Square Presbyterian Church,Harrisburg,PA
Mechanicsburg Presbyterian Church,Mechanicsburg,PA
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,Lebanon,PA
The Presbyterian Congregation,Middletown,PA
Central Presbyterian Church,Downingtown,PA
First Presbyterian Church,West Chester,PA
Oxford Presbyterian Church,Oxford,PA
Slate Ridge Presbyterian Church,Cardiff,MD
Stewartstown Presbyterian Church,Stewartstown,PA
Wayside Presbyterian Church,Landisville,PA
McVeytown Presbyterian Church,McVeytown,PA
Pine Grove Presbyterian Church,Pine Grove Mills,PA
Shade Gap Presbyterian Church,Shade Gap,PA
Sinking Valley Presbyterian Church,Tyrone,PA
Upper Spruce Creek Presbyterian Church,Pennsylvania Furnace,PA
Bethel Presbyterian Church,Indiana,PA
Brockway Presbyterian Church,Brockway,PA
Calvary Presbyterian Church,Indiana,PA
Coolspring Presbyterian Church,Coolspring,PA
Gilgal Presbyterian Church,Marion Center,PA
Millcreek Presbyterian Church,Fisher,PA
Miola-Shiloh Presbyterian Church,Clarion,PA
Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church,Sigel,PA
New Rehoboth Greenville Presbyterian Church,Clarion,PA
Pisgah Presbyterian Church,Corsica,PA
Slate Lick United Presbyterian Church,Freeport,PA
St. Benedict Presbyterian Church,St. Benedict,PA
St. Pauls United Presbyterian Church,Barnesboro,PA
United Presbyterian Church,Rochester Mills,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Towanda,PA
First Presbyterian Church,West Pittston,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Clarks Summit,PA
Mountain Top Presbyterian Church,Mountain Top,PA
Trinity United Presbyterian Church,Dallas,PA
Adamsville Presbyterian Church,Adamsville,PA
Belle Valley Presbyterian Church,Erie,PA
Eastminster Presbyterian Church,Erie,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Waterford,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Warren,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Pleasantville,PA
Harmonsburg Presbyterian Church,Harmonsburg,PA
Mill Village Presbyterian Church,Mill Village,PA
New Hope Presbyterian Chuch,Erie,PA
Nickleville Presbyterian Church,Emlenton,PA
Wayside Presbyterian Church,Erie,PA
College Hill Presbyterian Church,Easton,PA
Faith Presbyterian Church,Emmaus,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Stroudsburg,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Allentown,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Mahanoy City,PA
United Presbyterian Church,Pottsville,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Bloomsburg,PA
Grove Presbyterian Church,Danville,PA
Mahoning Presbyterian Church,Danville,PA
Bensalem Presbyterian Church,Bensalem,PA
Carmel Presbyterian Church,Glenside,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Ardmore,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Philadelphia,PA
Holy Trinity Bethlehem Presbyterian Church,Philadephia,PA
Newtown Presbyterian Church,Newtown,PA
Swarthmore Presbyterian Church,Swarthmore,PA
Warminster Presbyterian Church,Warminster,PA
Bellevue United Presbyterian Church,Pittsburgh,PA
Bethel Presbyterian Church,Bethel Park,PA
First Presbyterian Church Of Edgewood,Pittsburgh,PA
Hoboken Presbyterian Church,Pittsburgh,PA
Ken Mawr United Presbyterian Church,McKees Rocks,PA
Northmont United Presbyterian Church,Pittsburgh,PA
Shadyside Presbyterian Church,Pittsburgh,PA
Sharon Community Presbyterian Church,Moon Township,PA
Congruity Presbyterian Church,New Alexandria,PA
Grace Community Presbyterian Church,Lower Burrell,PA
McClellandtown Presbyterian Church,McClellandtown,PA
Poke Run Presbyterian Church,Apollo,PA
Westmont Presbyterian Church,Johnstown,PA
Hillside Presbyterian Church,Greenville,PA
Millbrook Presbyterian Church,Jackson Center,PA
Northminster Presbyterian Church,New Castle,PA
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church,East Liverpool,OH
First Presbyterian Church,Barnesville,OH
First Presbyterian Church,Toronto,OH
First Presbyterian Church,New Martinsville,WV
Ridge Presbyterian Church,Scio,OH
Trinity Presbyterian Church,Bergholz,OH
Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church,Canonsburg,PA
Charleroi Presbyterian Church,Charleroi,PA
Emmanuel United Presbyterian Church,Eighty Four,PA
First Presbyterian Church,Houston,PA
First Presbyterian Church,California,PA
Fourth Presbyterian Church,Washington,PA
Greensboro Presbyterian Church,Greensboro,PA
Harmony-Wind Ridge Presbyterian Church,Wind Ridge,PA
Laboratory Presbyterian Church,Washington,PA
Langeloth Community Presbyterian Church,Langeloth,PA
Raccoon Presbyterian Church,Bulger,PA
Upper Buffalo Presbyterian Church,West Middletown,PA
Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian Church,Prosperity,PA
Alexander Memorial Presbyterian Church,Stony Bottom,WV
Beckley Presbyterian Church,Beckley,WV
Edgewood Presbyterian Church,Lewisburg,WV
Enslow Park Presbyterian Church,Huntington,WV
First Presbyterian Church,Morgantown,WV
Fleming Memorial Presbyterian Church,Fairmont,WV
Frankford Presbyterian Church,Frankford,WV
Glenville Presbyterian Church,Glenville,WV
Old Stone Presbyterian Church,Lewisburg,WV
Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church,Point Pleasant,WV
Sugar Grove Presbyterian Church,Morgantown,WV
Donors | 39
Landon Whitsitt
Executive and Stated Clerk, Synod of
Mid-America
COTE Elected Member
COTE Board member Presbyterians have
historically been people who care about the
whole world—they care about what God is
already doing in the world and participate
in that. The great thing about Presbyterian
seminaries [is that] there are certain people in
the church who are called to lead that process—
to point out, here is where God is.
Seminaries are uniquely qualified to help these
people to be able to have a good sense of where
God is working in the world.
Why
Theological
Education?
We do not see ourselves as institutional
maintenance kind of people. The project that
we have been called to is to point away from
ourselves and to point to God.
You are being trained in the history and the
story of the faith—in such a way that when
you walk out that front door and look around
at culture at large, you can begin to see pieces
of where God is.
We have always been the minority voice. There
was a time when we tried to pretend like we
weren’t. But the honest truth is that we are
always the “freaks on the fringe” who are saying,
no, that is not really what it means to live in
love, in hope.
I am excited about the new crops of pastors,
ruling elders, deacons who are being trained
in our seminaries. They have a deeper
understanding that God is working in the
world—and that God is using the church in
a way to go out into the world.
The only way that you get better as a pastor is
by practicing. The best part of my seminary
education was that they put me in the field
on day one, with someone who had been
practicing ministry for several years.
40 | Why Theological Education?
Paul Roberts
President/Dean of Johnson C. Smith Seminary
COTE Institutional Representative
We as Presbyterians believe in the importance
and even the necessity of an educated clergy.
We adhere to that belief because we think
our clergy open up a perspective, a view, a
worldview of faithfulness that can only come
through education. The people in the pews—
most of them aren’t going to go to seminary,
but they still need the benefit of that education.
So, the pastor, the student who gets theological
education, becomes a conduit by providing an
educational component for the parishioner.
We can’t do that without our seminaries.
In providing a safe place, seminaries also
provide an avenue for people to think about
themselves in new ways. That is the gospel—it
helps us to identify ourselves as children of God
in some brand-new ways.
Kathy Wolf Reed
Associate Pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Chairperson of the Committee on Theological Education What is coming and becoming
in theological education, from
my point of view, is a generation
of leaders who understand that
seminary is not a means to an
end. As so many pilgrims before
them: Moses, Abraham and
Sarah, Jesus’ disciples, Paul and
Barnabas—they are spending less
time plotting out their five-year
plans and more time present in
the moment that is their calling
to pursue a theological education.
Their openness and courage are
a call to us all. As I think about
my own situation (ironically, an
associate pastor at a large church)
and where God might lead me
next, I realize there is no ladder
to be climbed, no checklist of
demands I need be making, only a
willingness to go where the Spirit
is truly leading. Thank you, to all
of the upcoming leaders of the
church who model for us what it
means to be faithful to Christ’s call
without a safety net. And thank
you to all the saints of theological
education upon whose shoulders
we all stand.
God says—I’m doing a brand new thing.
Sometimes we are the brand-new thing. God is
re-shaping us. This is an endeavor that we do—
and it benefits the whole church—when we can
provide opportunity for theological education.
I think there is power in the story.
There is great diversity among the seminaries.
If we are able to identify for prospective
students what is different about our seminaries,
then we equip them with some ability to
choose. I think that is very significant.
Why Theological Education? | 41
Katharine Henderson President, Auburn Theological Seminary
COTE Covenant Member
The Presbyterian seminaries are some of the strongest seminaries in the
country. This is a legacy that we need to support, nourish, and nurture
long into the future.
Leaders of excellence, commitment, and deep faith are essential to
moving the church forward and to changing the world—having the
impact that we want. So the Presbyterian seminaries are the institutions
that are the keepers of tradition, the keepers of the story, and the
incubators of innovation—the laboratories where we get to experiment
in shaping and forming the leaders who will be the change agents for
the world.
I hope that seminaries have been and will always be places to get us out of
our comfort zones. Just as the church is not made for itself, the seminary
is not made for itself—we are made to do God’s work in the world.
One of the key ingredients and roles for a seminary is to propel us out
into the world. That is what being a Christian is all about.
Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri COTE Elected Member
How does the knowledge gained in seminary
permeate the work that we do every day? How
do we transmit the understanding and love
of Jesus Christ through a complete, serious,
critical, but also heartfelt and faithful way of
looking at the scriptures?
We give of ourselves, of our money, of our time
to things that we really do appreciate. If we say
we appreciate someone or something or that we
believe in a cause, then we should respond not
only by using our time, but also financially.
If you love the church and reap from its
benefits, but you give more to the mall every
Friday, then do you really appreciate the church?
It is a matter of prioritizing what is important—
and theological education is very important.
Part of why I believe so much in theological
education is that it gives people the chance
to talk about the important things in life, in
the world, in society and to have opposing
views—it is healthy to have serious, theological
discourse. To have an opinion, you need to
have the knowledge. Being a teacher, I think
education is what sets you free.
Theological education opens the doors to
getting deep into Scripture—its context,
reality, and its liberating truth, which is the
love of God for all of us and the sacrifice of
Jesus Christ.
42 | Why Theological Education?
We are one of the Presbyterian Church’s oldest seminaries—founded in
1818 in Auburn, NY, on the frontier. The driving question for the people
of the region at that time was, what does it take to make leaders hardy
enough for the frontier? With that question, Auburn Seminary was born.
God, who is the ultimate stirrer of things, sometimes needs our help—
our role as a religious leader is to stir things up, not to be content with
the status quo.
To be entrepreneurial is to be able to go to those frontiers where the need
is great, but where there may not be much to depend on, and you have to
create it for yourself and for the context of ministry.
Being an educated minister today is more than knowing only the pillars
of the traditional curriculum— of Bible, history, theology, and practice—
but it means knowing what contextualized ministry is, knowing what it
means to develop ministry in an unknown context, that it means relating
to the public sphere in ever more impactful ways, being media savvy, and
knowing how to use technology to preach the gospel in a new way.
Just as seminaries now have to be nimble, so do religious leaders have
to be nimble. The world is increasingly complex—we are surrounded
by technology that provides us with an amount of knowledge that
we have never had before. That is wonderful. But it can also be very
overwhelming.
I think that the boundaries between seminary and outside world and
church have to become ever more permeable. Seminaries have tended to
be traditional sorts of places. I think it is very important to face into the
changes out there, and to be influenced by them and to adapt to them—
it is an ever-changing response.
At its best, theological education is a lifelong venture for any person of
faith, any leader. I hope that seminaries will do everything they can to
keep the learning going with their graduates. You can’t learn everything
you need to know in three years of seminary. There are many things that
the world calls us to that have to be learned over time.
Lee Hinson-Hasty
Coordinator for Theological Education and Seminary Relations
PC(USA)
Saying we can no longer afford an educated clergy is like saying hospitals can no longer afford
doctors, schools can no longer afford teachers, or construction companies can no longer afford
engineers. Highly skilled, educated, formed leaders in all of these fields are essential to mission of
their organizations and institutions. The same is true about churches; without well-educated pastors
and other leaders, the whole project begins to crumble, ministry becomes obsolete, and the church
fails to accomplish its mission. Ministry of Word and Sacrament is a demanding, multicultural, and multidimensional calling that
requires a good theological education. Our church, among other things, needs leaders who are skillful exegetes of Scripture
and society, adept spiritual mentors for congregations and individuals, gifted guides in ministry analysis and practice toward
the justice God calls us to seek, adaptive and energetic leaders for our complex and ever-changing times, faithful and nonanxious theological translators and sense-makers in the midst of our confusing contemporary situations, authentic and
passionate daily witnesses to God’s love and grace in Jesus Christ, responsible, responsive, and ecumenical community
organizers for the good of the gospel, articulate and provocative proclaimers and preachers of the good news, and more!
Now is the time, more than ever, for us to work together on creative solutions including new ways of funding theological
education and meeting the terms of call an educated clergy requires. The Committee on Theological Education is talking
about this in some generative ways.
Seminaries and their supporters underwrite the vast majority of students’ expenses when need is proven. They do that by
keeping tuition low through the responsible raising of funds and management of their endowments or other funding
streams. Those endowments, by the way, are not slush funds but economic generators that power theological schools. Chip Hardwick
Director of Theology, Worship, and Education
PC(USA)
Before I went to seminary, a friend (“Susan”)
was going through a really difficult time. We
were living on different continents so letters
were the best I could do to support her. I
decided to send her the lyrics of a favorite
Christian song, in hopes that they would
cheer up Susan.
Not long after that, another friend was working to convince me to
respond to the call to seminary she was sure I was hearing. She said
words that were difficult to hear: “I think Susan needs to hear more
than just some song lyrics. And I think God can use seminary to help
you provide them.”
Those words helped convince me that I was indeed called to be a pastor,
and that the kind of pastor I was called to be was one who had wrestled
deeply with issues to be better able to offer support to folks like Susan.
My theological education helped me to understand what she was going
through more keenly; gave me knowledge of Scriptures to guide future
conversations; shaped a pastoral care response; taught me how to preach
with such pain in mind; and brought me closer to the One who is the
source of all comfort and hope.
The information, formation, and transformation that come from a
theological education at seminaries like those featured here are vital to
the church’s future. After all, there’s a Susan around every corner who
needs more than just some song lyrics.
Why Theological Education? | 43
Contacts
100 E. 27th Street
Austin, TX 78705
800-241-1085
www.austinseminary.edu
105 Seminary Road
San Anselmo, CA 94960
800-447-8820
www.sfts.edu
701 S. Columbia Drive
P.O. Box 520
Decatur, GA 30031
877-548-2817
www.ctsnet.edu
1024 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30306
(404) 998-8373
www.smithseminary.org
2000 University Avenue
Dubuque, IA 52001
800-369-UDTS
http://udts.dbq.edu
1044 Alta Vista Road
Louisville, KY 40205
800-264-1839
www.lpts.edu
5460 S. University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615
800-228-4687
www.mccormick.edu
616 N. Highland Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
800-451-4194
www.pts.edu
64 Mercer Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
609-921-8300
www.ptsem.edu
44 | Contacts
Richmond Campus
3401 Brook Road
Richmond, VA 23227
800-229-2990
www.upsem.edu
Charlotte Campus
Sharon Presbyterian Church
5141 Sharon Road Charlotte, NC 28210
980-636-1700
www.upsem.edu
Auburn Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
212-662-4315
www.auburnseminary.org
Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico
776 Ponce de León Avenue
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00925
787-763-6700
www.se-pr.edu
San Francisco
Dubuque
McCormick
Louisville
10+2
Auburn
Princeton
Pittsburgh
Columbia
Union
J.C.Smith
Austin
Ten. That’s the number of seminaries we have in the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to educate and equip
persons of faith for pastoral leadership . . . plus two
theological institutions related to the denomination
Puerto Rico
Austin, Texas
by covenant agreement.
Decatur, Georgia
How do our seminaries do it? They provide a solid biblical
Dubuque, Iowa
foundation, historical perspective, and understanding
of Reformed theology—not to mention a Christian
environment where spiritual formation can happen. In
the classroom, in faculty and peer conversations, on site
in local congregations, and through online coursework,
tomorrow’s pastors learn how to lead worship, preach,
Chicago, Illinois
teach, pray, and provide pastoral care.
While 85 percent of our seminary graduates go into parish
ministry, those who feel called to serve the church as
missionaries, Christian educators, chaplains, musicians,
pastoral counselors, youth leaders, and more receive the
educational foundation they need as well.
Atlanta, Georgia
Richmond, Virginia and
Charlotte, North Carolina
Our seminaries also provide continuing education for
clergy and lay leaders. They offer coursework leading to
various doctoral degrees. And they serve as centers of
research and consultation, working with congregations
and presbyteries on issues and concerns of the church.
Auburn Theological Seminary
New York, New York
Seminario Evangelico de Puerto Rico
Visit Our Websites
Office of Theological Education
www.pcusa.org/seminaries
Take the Virtual Tour
www.seminarytour.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
The Office of Theological Education
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202
800-728-7228, x5337
PDS# 21160-14-001

Our Presbyterian Seminaries - Presbyterian Mission Agency

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