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    Congratulations Graduates!!

    These Masters graduates from the John Leland Center are among the hundreds of graduates from the Consortium’s theological schools. There are many-year PhD and DMin degrees, three year MDiv degrees, two year Masters Degrees in Christian Leadership, Christian Education, and Theology, and several Diploma and Certificate programs that allow students without college education to get advanced theological studies.  Some students…

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    Preview of May 26 by Dean of VUU’s School of Theology

    From Interim Dean Dr. Gregory Howard, Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology, on his presentation tomorrow night
    The nexus between “God is on the side of the oppressed” (James Cone) and Jesus’ declaration that he “has come so that we may have life and have it to the full” cast light upon the United States Declaration of Independence’s claim of such…

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    New Book on Clergy Education and Public Life by Dr. Golemon

    We are pleased to announce a new book by Oxford University Press, Clergy Education in America: Religious Leadership and American Public Life, by Dr. Larry Golemon, Executive Director of the Consortium.  It explores how the early seminary traditions of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish communities prepared leadership for religious and public life.   In short, the liberal arts pedagogies in these schools…

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    Are We Moving Toward Full Communion?

    Some in the ecumenical movement see an auspicious horizon whereby a number of communions are headed toward full communion (in the sharing of the eucharist).

    One of these if Fr. John Crossin, OSFS, who will address this question on February 23 7:00-8:45 pm.   Join us if you can!   Link to the event Here!…

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    Where is God’s Hand in all This? Epiphany 2021

    On Epiphany, Jan 6, 2021, cataclysmic events struck our nation, and many people of faith wonder “where is God’s hand in all this?” Consider: as a sitting President goaded an angry mob to march on the Capitol building, the legislative branch gathered there to fulfill a Constitutional mandate.  As white supremacists attacked the Capitol, black voters in Georgia turned the…

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    Sermon Slam Preachers Best in Category!

    Eight remarkable preachers dazzled over 65 people with their sermons on Matthew 25:37-40… For “best in category” see pictures below!   Then we held a “lightning round” and one preacher emerged as the winner!  Congratulations to all preachers for a job well done–inspiring, timely, spiritual and focused for the days ahead.

    Video of the event is available here!

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    Welcome to New Member of the Consortium: Museum of the Bible

    The Washington Theological Consortium Board of Trustees voted to receive the Museum of the Bible (MOTB) in Washington, DC as the newest Consortium member as of July 1, 2020. Along with Associate and Affiliate members of the Consortium, MOTB will enhance Consortium and member school programs under a new category of membership: “Public Educational Institution” that has direct relevance for…

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