seminaries
More seminary students leave the Master of Divinity behind
By Yonat Shimron — May 11, 2018
(RNS) — The economics of church decline and practicalities of today’s students, many of whom area already working in churches, may be among the reasons for the drop off in the Master of Divinity degree.
Andover Newton to partner with Yale, shutter Mass. campus
By Yonat Shimron — May 2, 2016
(RNS) Squeezed by the economics of denominational decline, many mainline Protestant seminaries are seeking new lifelines in partnerships.
Two Lutheran seminaries will merge instead of closing, forming a new school
By Yonat Shimron — April 29, 2016
(RNS) The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg said they would be “forming one seminary” from the two existing institutions.
Oldest US graduate seminary to close campus
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — November 13, 2015
(RNS) The 208-year-old school calls the move part of “a bold new direction” as it vies to stop running big deficits and struggles to find a financially sustainable model.
Southern Baptists’ Paige Patterson apologizes for Muslim student as other schools work across faiths
By Adelle M. Banks — June 12, 2014
BALTIMORE (RNS) While the move to admit a Muslim student at a leading evangelical seminary shocked some Southern Baptists, observers say students from other faiths at other Christian seminaries typically don't get much notice.
After years of decline, Catholics see rise in number of future priests
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 24, 2013
(RNS) Young men today “want to give their life for something that counts. These men are tired of living in a culture of relativism. They want to say there must be something true, beautiful and good," says the Rev. Mark Latcovich, president of St. Mary Seminary outside Cleveland.
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