After more than a decade of significant instability, enrollment in America’s accredited theological schools has found some stability, although the degree programs being pursued continue to shift and more schools are shrinking than growing. These are the findings of a…
Marshall to retire from Central Seminary in 2020
“The paschal mystery is that through dying comes new life. Resurrection life always takes on new form, and Central knows that well.”
The ‘groaning’ and ‘growing’ of theological education in America
When Daniel Aleshire, whose organization accredits most U.S. seminaries, retires next year, he’ll have witnessed a quarter century of what may have been the most dramatic changes in clergy education in the country’s history. Informed ministry is superior to ignorant…
Seminary gets OK for online M.Div.
Central Baptist Theological Seminary recently got approval from the Association of Theological Schools to offer the full master-of-divinity degree online. Robert Johnson, the seminary’s dean and provost, said in a March 30 press release that ATS approval means a student…