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Public Theology Forum on Sept. 17 Offers Practical Ideas for Advocacy to Community Leaders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2022 Public Theology Forum on Sept. 17 Offers Practical Ideas for Advocacy to Community Leaders…

Help New Ministers Preach in Today’s World

UNION PRESBYTERIAN SEMINARY AWARDED $50,000 GRANT THROUGH LILLY ENDOWMENT’S COMPELLING PREACHING INITIATIVE RICHMOND, Va. (July 14, 2022) – Union Presbyterian…

Dr. James Taneti discussed his new book in a Podcast

Byung Ho Choi is a Ph.D. Student at Princeton Theological Seminary along with Akhil Thomas of Harvard Divinity School have…

Former Union Faculty Member, Dr. Charles Mason Swezey, dies

Former Union Theological Seminary (now Union Presbyterian Seminary) faculty member, Dr. Charles Mason Swezey, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed…

Community Church at Lake Wylie – Seeks Senior Pastor

Community Church at Lake Wylie (cclw.org) is an interdenominational church seeking a DYNAMIC SENIOR PASTOR to lead us into the…

Union awarded grant to show how pipe organs can lead community

RICHMOND, VA (May 16, 2022) – Union Presbyterian Seminary has been awarded a grant to promote a deep understanding of how…

New grant to study how theological education can be more intercultural

RICHMOND, VA (May 11, 2022) – Union Presbyterian Seminary (UPSem) Associate Professor of Old Testament Safwat Marzouk has received a grant to examine…

de’Angelo Dia accepts call to direct Charlotte campus admissions

RICHMOND, VA (May 10, 2022) – Union Presbyterian Seminary has appointed alumnus and artist de’Angelo Dia to be admissions director for the…

New grant to study diversity, equity, and inclusion in preaching and homiletics

RICHMOND, VA (May 6, 2022) – The Academy of Homiletics has been awarded a grant to study its efforts to…

President Blount to retire from Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2023

RICHMOND, VA (April 27, 2022) – President Brian K. Blount announced to the board of trustees of Union Presbyterian Seminary at their…

Dorothee Tripodi called to Union Seminary faculty

RICHMOND, VA (February 24, 2022) – Union Presbyterian Seminary has called Rev. Dr. Dorothee Tripodi to serve as Director of Supervised Ministry and Vocational…

New book offers a fresh examination of a critical juncture in Christian history

RICHMOND, VA (March 4, 2022) – Union Presbyterian Seminary Associate Professor of Church History Christine Luckritz Marquis has authored a new book…

2022 Graduate Study Fellowships Announced

RICHMOND, VA (January 31, 2022) – Graduate study fellowships are awarded for further study and professional development. Through these awards,…

Professor Charles Swezey remembered as master theological teacher

RICHMOND, VA (January 22, 2022) – Charles M. Swezey, the Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Theology and Ethics Emeritus…

Union awarded $1M to help faith leaders address America’s cultural divide

Lilly Endowment Inc. grant is one of 84 to theological schools across the U.S. and Canada preparing pastors for Christian…

President Blount statement on passing of Rev. Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown (MDiv 2008)

RICHMOND, VA (November 18, 2021) – Union Presbyterian Seminary President Brian K. Blount made the following statement on the passing…

Dr. Patricia Turner-Olds dies

Union Presbyterian Seminary alumnus Dr. Patricia Jane Turner-Olds eternally rested on September 1, 2021. She was born on October 13,…

Almond Sin called to Union Seminary as Visiting Instructor of Old Testament

RICHMOND, VA (June 29, 2021) – Almond Ka Kwan, Sin has been appointed Visiting Instructor of Old Testament at Union Presbyterian…

Lakisha Lockhart called to Union Seminary as Christian education professor

RICHMOND, VA (June 8, 2021) – Womanist, religious educator, and play facilitator Dr. Lakisha R. Lockhart has been appointed Assistant Professor of Christian…

Former trustee Bill Gravitt dies

Former Union Theological Seminary (now Union Presbyterian Seminary) trustee William Dean “Bill” Gravitt, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away…

Susan Blanchard called as first director of Baptist House of Studies at Union Seminary

RICHMOND, VA (May 19, 2021) – Rev. Susan Pierson Blanchard (M.Div. / M.A.C.E. ’97) has accepted a call to lead…

Union Seminary to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for students, employees, visitors

RICHMOND, VA (April 16, 2021) – Union Presbyterian Seminary will reopen its physical campuses in the fall and require all…