Presbyterian Mission Agency Committee on Theological Education Archives

It’s a new day for theological education, outgoing Committee on Theological Education chair says

Posted August 1st, 2024

Theological education in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is stepping up to the upheaval of our time, says the Rev. Dr. Katherine H. Smith. “Our theological education institutions are innovative, responsive and responsible,” she said.

Presbyterian Foundation hires the Rev. Bill Davis and the Rev. Zoë Garry for Theological Education Fund posts

Posted June 11th, 2024

Preparing for the departure of Rev. Dr. Lee Hinson-Hasty this summer, the Presbyterian Foundation has hired two skilled and connected pastors to head up Theological Education Funds Development. The Rev. Bill Davis will join the Foundation as Senior Director of Theological Education Funds Development on June 29. The Rev. Zoë Garry will serve as Associate Director starting July 8.

Princeton Theological Seminary professor says getting the right answer involves asking the right question

Posted November 17th, 2022

The most important thing in Christianity isn’t what, but who.

All hands on deck

Posted April 28th, 2022

Wednesday’s edition of Leading Theologically took on a nautical theme as host the Rev. Dr. Lee Hinson-Hasty and guest Gina Yeager-Buckley launched into this topic: “Turning the Ship: What Ministry Feels Like Right Now.”

Wilmore, Yamada to receive Theological Education Awards

Posted March 3rd, 2022

The Rev. Dr. Gayraud S. Wilmore and the Rev. Dr. Frank Yamada will receive Excellence in Theological Education awards at the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s 225th General Assembly this summer.

Using a blacklight to point out and clean up our messes

Posted March 2nd, 2022

Multiple pandemics over the last two years, including COVID-19 and efforts to bring about racial justice in U.S. communities — even among communities of faith — have benefitted from a blacklight that highlights and helps clean up the messes that justice-seeking activists are asking the church to work on.

‘They correct themselves when they become aware of things they need to change’

Posted September 23rd, 2021

The Rev. Dr. Lee Hinson-Hasty of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Committee on Theological Education, host of the podcast “Leading Theologically,” likes to start off the Facebook Live events by asking his guest, “What is making you come alive?”

Multiple pandemics are uncovering what needs to be uncovered

Posted September 10th, 2021

The Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson has already announced her plan to transition as president of Auburn Seminary in New York City. So when she was asked this week during Leading Theologically about the work her soul must have, a famous question posed by the Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Henderson was ready.

‘We shouldn’t sit back and wait for folks to come’

Posted August 27th, 2021

Who are the “nones,” the more than 50% of the U.S. population who told Gallup pollsters last year they no longer belong to a church, synagogue or mosque?

The Rev. Dr. Rose Niles joins Presbyterian Foundation as field staff

Posted July 30th, 2021

The journey that led the Rev. Dr. Rose Niles to become the Presbyterian Foundation’s newest Ministry Relations Officer began when she was asked to become a ruling elder at the age of 14.