Presbyterian Mission Agency inauguration Archives

‘She is at her most energetic when love needs to be put into action’

Posted May 9th, 2024

In one of the great introductions in the history of such speeches, the adult children of Dr. Jacqueline E. Lapsley, Emma and Sam, introduced their mother on Wednesday to an adoring crowd present to witness Lapsley’s inauguration as Union Presbyterian Seminary’s eighth president, the first woman to hold that office.

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary inaugurates the Rev. Dr. José R. Irizarry as its 10th president

Posted April 3rd, 2023

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.

Beautiful worship without a sermon

Posted January 27th, 2021

Meaningful worship doesn’t necessarily rely on the traditional Presbyterian Sunday morning centerpiece — a well-crafted and carefully-exegeted 20-minute sermon.

Kindred spirits

Posted January 20th, 2021

The Rev. Denise Anderson was brimming with pride Wednesday, decked out in pink and green as Kamala Harris officially became vice president of the United States.

Louisville Seminary inaugurates its 10th president

Posted June 20th, 2019

“Buckle your seat belts, Louisville Seminary,” the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), told the crowd in a packed Caldwell Chapel during the inauguration of the seminary’s 10th president, the Rev. Dr. Alton B. Pollard III. “A new day is coming to this institution, a new day that has been ordained by God. Praise be to God for what God has in store for this work of ministry and faith.”