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Minute for Mission: Presbyterian Higher Education

Posted August 28th, 2023

William Tennent probably never dreamed we would get to this point. The same could be said for John Witherspoon. Tennent, some may recall, is considered by many to be the father of Presbyterian higher education in the United States. It’s been almost 300 years since this forward-thinking Presbyterian pastor established his ministerial Log College in Pennsylvania to educate and prepare commoners for ministry. The college was his response to the first “Great Awakening,” a revivalist movement in the early 18th century that aligned with the Presbyterian goal of “always being reformed.”

South Korea’s Hannam University joins the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities

Posted October 20th, 2016

Hannam University in Daejeon, South Korea—consistently recognized as one of Asia’s best Christian universities—is the first school outside the U.S. and Puerto Rico to join the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities (APCU) as a full voting member.