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Roberts preaches message of radical diversity at College Conference at Montreat

Posted January 26th, 2017

Stepping again into the pulpit—and alternately striding across the stage— at the College Conference at Montreat in early January, the Rev. Paul Roberts Sr., president of Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary in Atlanta, continued to explore the conference theme, “Beyond Babel,” based on Genesis 11:1-9.

Racial ethnic schools ‘more critical now than they’ve ever been’

Posted January 25th, 2017

LOUISVILLE – In a newly published video message, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson II says the mission of PC(USA)-related racial ethnic schools and colleges “are more critical now than they’ve ever been.”

Roberts preaches message of radical diversity at College Conference at Montreat

Posted January 5th, 2017

Stepping again into the pulpit—and alternately striding across the stage—at the College Conference at Montreat on Jan. 3 and Jan. 4, the Rev. Paul Roberts Sr., president of Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia, continued to explore the conference theme, “Beyond Babel,” based on Genesis 11:1-9.

College Conference attendees are challenged to move ‘Beyond Babel’

Posted January 3rd, 2017

As over 1,000 college students and their advisors rushed the doors of Montreat Conference Center’s Anderson Auditorium on Jan. 2 for the annual College Conference’s opening worship, Frisbees featuring the logo of UKirk — the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s collegiate ministries network — flew overhead. The energy level at the gathering — as high as the soaring Frisbees — continued throughout the evening as attendees were introduced to the conference theme, “Beyond Babel,” based on Genesis 11:1–9. The 2017 conference, slated for Jan. 2–5, is designed to help participants see in the ancient text “how God gave an ancient people a holy nudge towards diversity” as they are challenged to consider how God is similarly nudging God’s people today.

Minute for Mission: Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary

Posted May 10th, 2016

Minute for Mission: Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary

This month Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary marks an anniversary of sorts. On June 30, 2014, after 45 years of membership, our seminary disaffiliated from the historic consortium known as the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) of Atlanta. Why? Because the religious environment had changed. We felt called to bring a new kind of seminary into existence—one that is innovative and helps students anticipate the 21st-century reality of Christian ministry at home and abroad.