Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas, have collaborated to offer an innovative four-year dual degree program empowering students with the skills necessary to meet the evolving demands of faith-based leadership in today’s complex world.
During the episode of “Leading Theologically” that dropped Monday, the host, the Rev. Bill Davis, engaged not one but two seminary presidents — the Rev. Dr. José R. Irizarry, president of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and the Rev. Dr. Victor Aloyo, president of Columbia Theological Seminary. Their 35-minute conversation is here.
During the online worship service four days ahead of Theological Education/Seminaries Sunday, national staff of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) were privileged to hear a sermon from the Rev. Dr. José Irizarry, the president of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. The Rev. Bill Davis, Senior Director of Theological Education Funds Development for the Presbyterian Foundation, helped lead worship, reading from James 3:1–12, one of the lectionary passages for Sept. 15.
In an article he published about ordination in Presbyterians Today, the Rev. Dr. J. Frederick Holper, the distinguished academic and preacher, invited his readers to “picture a child’s top.”
During Wednesday’s online worship service four days ahead of Theological Education/Seminaries Sunday, national staff of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) were privileged to hear a sermon from the Rev. Dr. José Irizarry, the president of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
As the International Day of Transgender Visibility falls on Easter this year, Christians wrestle again with the ways that religion wounds those on the margins of society and in what ways the resurrection calls Christian into new ways of seeing, believing and loving.
The Rev. Frank Diaz, whose work and ministry ranged from serving as an electrical engineer and Realtor to leading what is now the Presbyterian Mission Agency, died Jan. 14 at age 90.
At the age of 104, Donald Fletcher has no plans to slow down. The son of Presbyterian medical missionaries, the Rev. Dr. Fletcher has managed to reinvent himself since he came into the world in 1919. He has lived a life that has taken him to the mission field, to higher education, to the church and his community.
At SACReD, the Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity, which the Rev. Angela Tyler-Williams serves as co-director for movement building, religious leaders, organizers, academics and congregations work together to advance the cause of reproductive justice.
Family members and friends, scholars, church leaders and well-wishers from around the country joined on Friday to celebrate the joyous inauguration of the Rev. Dr. José R. Irizarry as the 10th president of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
