APCE 2018: Boundless Hospitality

…new ways to expand hospitality? Tune into the livestream sessions and check out the tweets and resources available online at www.apcenet.org as the event continues! Pam Fusting is a M.A.C.E. student at Union Presbyterian Seminary. In the photo, she stands with (from left) students Archana Samuel, Richmond Campus Academic Dean and APCE President Ken McFayden, and student Jen Rowe.  …

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Ghana Travel Seminar: Time for church!

…couldn’t imagine what they would do with all that time until I realized that in order to speak to everyone gathered, the three scripture texts would be read in four languages — three distinct Ghanaian tongues plus English. The sermon would also follow this pattern. Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? Acts…

Gems for the Journey: Keep Playing Even When You’re Hurt

…and if it is genuine faith, testing and trials develop its persistence. God tests us in order that He might produce patience in our lives. It is patience which will make you a full grown Christian, but how does God produce patience in you? You will never become patient by simply trying it; but neither will the Holy Spirit place…

Campus Minister/Director–Winthrop Wesley Foundation–Rock Hill, South Carolina

…Hold regular meetings with student leadership to plan and execute ministry functions • Work with the Board on creating a yearly budget, remain conscious of budget when spending throughout the year • Work with the treasurer to manage financial matters (ie: deposits, donor records, financial reports) • Maintain an orderly and welcoming space (ie: organization of building storage areas, set…

Black Alumni Association Newsletter: February 2022

…‘07 “The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. Those twelve stones, which they had taken out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal, saying to the Israelites, “When your children ask their parents in time to come, ‘What do…

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Class of 2018 profiles: Pamela Fusting will close no door

…serve, and a Master of Arts in Christian Education degree she earned conveniently online from her home in Baltimore, Maryland. A California native, Fusting’s career path began as an economist after graduating from UCLA before working in a church. In 2008, she stepped in to assist as an interim director of family ministry at her church in Severna Park, Maryland,…

Class of 2018 profiles: Sara Pantazes can’t wait to dive in

…she has this piece of advice for those who may be in the same situation she was. “Follow the Lord. If God calls you to this, then God will make it possible. If you have a calling, it’s not going anywhere, be true to what God is calling you to do.” When Pantazes started her online program at Union, she…

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Living COVID While Black and George Floyd

…from my home. I work as a health sciences associate dean and I also teach health sciences courses. My university closed face-to-face classes and moved to a virtual online college experience. At first, I thought “How cool” this is going to be to work from home and still get paid. It wasn’t very long before I realized that everyone did…

Consortium marks 50th anniversary with renewed commitment to strengthen theological education

…come from diverse personal and professional backgrounds, but share a common quest — to uniquely and authentically answer their call to Christian ministry. Learn more at www.vuu.edu/theology Baptist in heritage, ecumenical in nature, inclusive in outlook, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond provides advanced theological education and training for effective leadership in the various ministries of the church for those men…

Hispanic Summer Program

…all members of our community a unique opportunity to connect with a national, scholarly community that seeks to build the next generation of Latinx theological leaders. To learn more about the HSP visit www.hispanicsummerprogram.org. To learn more about how you can participate as a member of the Union Presbyterian Seminary community, speak to our HSP Board representative, Dr. Rubén Arjona….

Racism and Freedmen: Robert Lewis Dabney and Benjamin Mosby Smith

…that Dr. J. D. Eggleston be requested, on behalf of this institution, to aid the faculty in any feasible plan of preventing the settlement of an undesirable population in the vicinity of the Seminary.18 In 1874 the faculty had ordered that the students and “the Seminary servants” be informed “that no freedmen can be admitted to the Seminary, for service,…

Division & Reunion Video

…and Walter R. Robins, Jr. Foundation for their support. DVD Copies Available Here Download a discussion guide (PDF) Featuring (in order of appearance): Condoleezza Rice, Professor of Political Economy, Stanford University; former U.S. Secretary of State. Erskine Clarke, Professor Emeritus of American Religious History, Columbia Theological Seminary Walter H. Conser, Jr., Professor of Religious Studies and History, University of North…

Leadership Change and Theological Shifts: John Holt Rice and the Spirituality of the Church

…“servants of the Seminary.” For example, Mrs. Thomas Miller kept the refectory in Steward’s Hall for the theological students. She was often angry about the people she enslaved, accusing them of “back-biting.” There is one entry in which Mrs. Miller continued to read her Bible in order to block out the screams of an enslaved person she had directed to…

NEW — Master of Arts in Theological Studies

…cannot be submitted online. Faculty interviews can be conducted in person on either campus, by Skype, or by phone. You may contact Sheridan Taylor, admissions assistant, at 804-278-4221 or by email at staylor@upsem.edu to arrange your interview.   Residency & Time Requirements The M.A.T.S. program ordinarily takes two years to complete.   Course Requirements The degree requires 51 total credit…

NEW — Master of Arts in Theological Studies (M.A.T.S.)

…credential from another country. Required steps for a complete M.A.T.S. application include: 1. Completed application 2. Application fee 3. Three letters of reference 4. Transcripts 5. Background check 6. Personal Disclosure Statement 7. Faculty interview 8. Conversation with Admissions Director Visit our applications page for forms and moreinformation about the M.A.T.S. application. M.A.T.S. applications cannot be submitted online. Faculty interviews…

Capital Campaign

…skills. To date, more than 1,700 church members and leaders have been served. Library Without Walls Technology: $560,000 Outcome: The Library Without Walls makes Union library resources available online for alumni and churches around the world. Evangelism Program: $480,000 Outcome: The Evangelism Program teaches students and churches about church revitalization and development. Two presbyteries and 15 churches, along with Union…

Pulling Out All the Stops: A Concert

…included. “Our current organ has very little repertoire that suits it particularly well, so it is particularly thrilling to hear it play something that fits its delicate, antiquated sound so beautifully,” seminary music director Doug Brown said. The pipe organ has been called the “king of instruments” because of its huge range of tones, from the softest whispers to the…