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unusual facts about theological seminary



Biblical Witness Fellowship

Members of the BWF affirm a statement of Christian faith known as the "Dubuque Declaration" (named for the Iowa city and theological seminary where it was drafted), as well as affirming the historic creeds and statements of the Protestant Reformation.

Edward Tanjore Corwin

He was born in New York City, July 12, 1834; graduated at the College of the City of New York in 1853, and at the Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, N. J. in 1856.

Log College

The Log College was the first American Presbyterian theological seminary in North America, located in what is now Warminster, Pennsylvania.

Mary C. Thompson

After working for the Pennsylvania State Relief, teaching, and attending what is now the New York Theological Seminary, Mary went to Egypt in 1939 as a missionary for the Presbyterian Church and became a teacher at the American Mission School in Tanta.


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Abrahams Commission

John Chilembwe (1871 – 1915) was a Baptist minister, who returned to Nyasaland after education at the Virginia Theological Seminary and College, (now Virginia University of Lynchburg) in 1900 and founded the Providence Industrial Mission.

Ambrosius of Georgia

He graduated from the Tiflis Theological Seminary in 1885 and was ordained to the priesthood in Abkhazia where he served as a priest in Sukhumi, New Athos, and Lykhny, and also delivered courses in the Georgian language.

Anatolia College

In 1862 it was transferred to Merzifon and in 1886 the Anatolia College of Mersovan was founded as a theological seminary with Charles Tracy as President.

Bernhard Rosenberg

Jewish Theological Seminary presented him with his DD in May 2010.He also holds a Doctor of Divinity degree from The Jewish Theological Seminary of New York.

Bobby Brewer

While at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, Brewer studied church growth under Dr. Elmer Towns, who has authored numerous books on the subject of church growth.

Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis

In the fall of 2001, a presidential search committee was formed and in May 2003 Dr. Kevin T. Bauder became, by unanimous board action, the first full-time president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary.

Charlie Hodge

Charles Hodge (1797–1878), Principal of Princeton Theological Seminary, 1851–1878, Calvinist

Concordia University Chicago

The Synod moved the school to Fort Wayne, Indiana, uniting it with a theological seminary that had been founded there by followers of Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe.

Cyril Richardson

He attended the University of Saskatchewan, Emmanuel College in Saskatoon and the Union Theological Seminary.

Daniel Drew

On the one hand, Drew, a devout Methodist, built churches in Carmel and Brewster, New York, contributed to the founding of Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey, which is now part of Drew University, and Drew Seminary for Young Ladies in his home town of Carmel.

Daniel Wallace

Daniel B. Wallace (born 1952), professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary

Dinkytown

Notable landmarks include the Dinky Dome (a former theological seminary converted to a food court), the Loring Pasta Bar (formerly Gray's Drug and also the building where Bob Dylan lived in Minneapolis), and Al's Breakfast (arguably the city's smallest restaurant).

Doug Birdsall

In 1999 Birdsall was appointed director of the J Christy Wilson Center for World Mission at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Massachusetts.

Gamaliel Onosode

degrees of Obafemi Awolowo University (1990), the University of Benin (1995), and the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (2003) as well as Honorary D.D. degree of The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso (2002).

George Henry Loskiel

According to the wish of his father he was educated at the Moravian college and theological seminary in Barby, Germany.

Grace Theological Seminary

Dr. Gary Cohen, President Emeritus of Cohen Theological Seminary

Handel Lee

His father grew up in Shanghai, but was born in Nanjing, where Lee’s grandfather was the president of the theological seminary.

Joel B. Green

From 1997 to 2007 he was a professor at Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, dean of the School of Theology, and provost, before taking up the post of Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

John Christian Bechler

He was educated at the Moravian College and Theological Seminary in Germany, came to the United States in 1806, and entered the boarding school of Nazareth Hall, at Nazareth, Pennsylvania, as a tutor.

John Williamson Nevin

But under the influence of Neander he was gradually breaking away from "Puritanic Presbyterianism," and in 1840, having resigned his chair in Allegheny, he was appointed professor of theology in the (German Reformed) Theological Seminary at Mercersburg, Pa., and thus passed from the Presbyterian Church into the German Reformed.

K. H. Ting

In 1985, Ting helped found the Amity Foundation and remained its president as well as being principal of Nanjing Union Theological Seminary until his death.

Kelly J. Manahan

Her father is Ronald E. Manahan, President of Grace College and Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana.

Lauren Raine

She is a recipient of the Alden B. Dow Creativity Center Fellowship for the year 2007, Resident Artist at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. in 2009, and resident artist at Gallery 408 in Carrizozo, N.M in 2010.

Léon Arthur Elchinger

1931 : Ordained catholic Priest in April in Strasbourg, then nominated professor and director at the theological seminary of Strasbourg

Lexington Theological Seminary

Lexington Theological Seminary is an accredited graduate theological institution located in Lexington, Kentucky.

Lowell Livezey

Dr. Gehr Livezey, who retired in 2006 as Professor of Christian Ethics at McCormick Theological Seminary, served as Director of the Globalization Project of the Center for World Christianity at New York Theological Seminary.

Matthew Brown Riddle

He traveled in Europe from 1869 until 1871, and in the latter year was appointed professor of New Testament exegesis in the theological seminary of Hartford, Connecticut.

Milele

Some of these include Lake Avenue Church, Faith Community Church, Mariners Church, Bel'Air Presbyterian Church, La Canada Presbyterian Church, Cottonwood Christian Center, First Church of the Nazarene, Pasadena, Azusa Pacific University, Claremont School of Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Biola University.

Motiejus Valančius

In 1816 he entered the Dominican school at Žemaičių Kalvarija and six years later began his studies at the Theological Seminary in Varniai.

Olin Clyde Robison

A native of Anacoco, Louisiana, Robison studied at Baylor University and Southwestern Theological Seminary, and received a D. Phil.

Pacific Conference of Churches

It was founded in 1961 after the first meeting held at Malua Theological Seminary in Samoa.

Plantinga

Cornelius Plantinga, president of Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 2002 through 2011

Presbyterianism in South Korea

Together they formed the Council of Mission of Presbyterian Churches and opened a theological seminary in Pyongyang in 1901.

Reformed Theological Seminary

In April 2010, Bruce Waltke offered to resign his professorship at Reformed Theological Seminary because of controversy over a video where he discussed his positive views on evolution.

Roy Harrisville

He served as a pastor in Mason City, Iowa before joining the faculty of Luther Theological Seminary as professor of New Testament.

Samuel Krauss

Samuel Krauss (Ukk, February 18, 1866 - Cambridge, June 4, 1948) was professor at the Jewish Teachers' Seminary, Budapest, 1894–1906, and at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Vienna, 1906-1938.

Samuel Merrill Woodbridge

He would serve 44 years as a professor of ecclesiastical history and church government at New Brunswick Theological Seminary (from 1857 to 1901) and for seven years as a professor of "Metaphysics and Philosophy of the Human Mind" at Rutgers College (from 1857 to 1864).

After settling in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he taught for 44 years as professor of ecclesiastical history and church government at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, and for seven years as professor of "metaphysics and philosophy of the human mind" at Rutgers College (now Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) in New Brunswick.

Seabury-Western Theological Seminary

It was formed in 1933 by a merger of Western Theological Seminary of Evanston (founded in 1883 in Chicago), and Seabury Divinity School of Faribault, Minnesota (founded in 1858).

Stanley Grenz

While in the pastorate (1979-1981), Grenz taught courses both at the University of Winnipeg and at Winnipeg Theological Seminary (now Providence Seminary).

Stephen of Ohrid and Macedonia

In 1969, he enrolled in the Macedonian Orthodox Theological Seminary of St. Clement of Ohrid in Dračevo, where he graduated in 1974.

Thomas Mar Makarios

Upon returning to India he was appointed a Professor of church history at the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam.

Vineyard Bible Institute

In 2006, VBI took a significantly progressive step forward when Derek and Dr. Quinton Howitt, Derek's academic colleague and lecturer at South African Theological Seminary, constituted a partnership with St. Stephen's University on the East Coast of New Brunswick, Canada, whereby St. Stephen’s became VBI’s degree issuing confederate for their recently developed four year Bachelor of Christian Studies programme.

Willard Gaylin

He has served as a professor of psychiatry at Columbia Medical School, a professor of psychiatry and law at Columbia Law School, and an adjunct professor at Union Theological Seminary.

William Colgate

He annually subscribed money to assist in defraying the current expenses of Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution (later Madison University and Theological Seminary); and he was among the most strenuous opponents of their removal to the city of Rochester.

William Jervis Livingstone

Chilembwe left Nyasaland in 1897 to be educated at the Virginia Theological Seminary and College, (now Virginia University of Lynchburg).

William P. Brown

In 1991, he became the Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia and soon became the Professor of Old Testament Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in 2002.