Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary is a confessional Presbyterian seminary in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. It was founded in 1986 and is not affiliated with a specific Christian denomination. The president of the seminary is Jonathan Master, formerly the Dean of the School of Divinity at Cairn University.
For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and divinity schools.
Memphis Theological Seminary is an ecumenical seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee. Although it is affiliated with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, it accepts and trains ministerial candidates from other denominations as well. Besides the traditional Master of Divinity (MDiv), Memphis Theological Seminary also grants the Master of Arts in Christian Ministry (MACM) with concentrations in Social Justice, Christian Education, and Chaplaincy, as well as the Doctor of Ministry (DMin). It also administers the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination's Program of Alternate Studies or PAS.
Princeton Theological Seminary (PTSem), officially The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, is a private school of theology in Princeton, New Jersey. Established in 1812, it is the second-oldest seminary in the United States, founded under the auspices of Archibald Alexander, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the College of New Jersey. It is also the largest of ten seminaries associated with the Presbyterian Church.
Andrew Purves is a Scottish theologian in the Reformed tradition through the Church of Scotland. He holds the Chair in Reformed Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) seminaries are educational institutions with an institutional or covenant relationship to the Presbyterian Church (USA), geared primarily towards the training of ministers. The seminaries are independent institutions but relate dynamically to the PC(USA) through the Committee on Theological Education, a committee of seminary presidents and ministers and elders from across the PC(USA). The Theological Education Fund (TEF) of the Presbyterian Foundation is the only denomination-wide funding system to support the schools.
The Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius is an American degree-granting school of theology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The seminary prepares candidates for priestly ministry to the Byzantine Catholic churches of North America. As of 2019, this includes the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton, the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George's in Canton, and the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma
Charles Colcock Jones Sr. was an American Presbyterian clergyman, educator, and planter of Liberty County, Georgia. He was both a slave owner and a fervent missionary to slaves.
The Thomas R. Kline School of Law is the law school of Duquesne University, a private Catholic university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Dean April M. Barton joined the school in 2019 as its 13th dean.
Samuel Miller was a Presbyterian theologian who taught at Princeton Theological Seminary.
David Hunter Riddle was the ninth and last president of Jefferson College from 1862 until its union with Washington College to form Washington & Jefferson College in 1865. He also served as trustee and the acting Principal of the Western University of Pennsylvania, today known as the University of Pittsburgh, from 1849 to 1855.
William E. Slemmons was a prominent 19th century clergyman and academic in Western Pennsylvania.
John McMillan was a prominent Presbyterian minister and missionary in Western Pennsylvania when that area was part of the American Frontier. He founded the first school west of the Allegheny Mountains, which is now known as John McMillan's Log School. He is one of the founders of Washington & Jefferson College.
Thomas Hannah (1867–1935) was a Scottish-American architect based in Pittsburgh in the United States. He is credited with designing the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral. He also designed the Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh. He also designed Midtown Towers, originally known as the Keenan Building and built in 1907. It was built for Colonel Thomas J. Keenan, owner and founder of the Penny Press, which became Pittsburgh Press. The building may have been modeled after the Spreckel Building/ Call Building (1898) of San Francisco. It is decorated with visages of 10 notables associated with Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania, including then-mayor George Guthrie and then-governor Edwin Stuart, in addition to George Washington and Teddy Roosevelt. The dome was once capped with the figure of an eagle in flight.
M. Craig Barnes is an American Presbyterian minister and professor who served as president of Princeton Theological Seminary.
William Edward McLaren was the Bishop of Chicago in the Episcopal Church from 1875 until his death in 1905.
William Swan Plumer was an American clergyman, theologian and author who was recognized as an intellectual leader of the Presbyterian Church in the 1800s.
Reverend Charles William Nassau D.D., was a Presbyterian minister and the fourth president of Lafayette College serving from 1849 to 1850.
Kathy Louise Keller is an American author, lecturer, church founder, and Christian theologian from New York City who has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. She was the wife of pastor Tim Keller (1975–2023) of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Church, which the former couple then co-founded.
