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President Blount to retire from Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2023

…seminary’s endowment by over $7 million. Recruiting a new generation of diverse, talented faculty to carry forward the seminary’s educational mission for years to come. Increasing the diversity of seminary faculty, staff, students, and board members through effective outreach. Completing successful reaccreditation of accreditation processes with the Association of Theological Schools and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission …

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Rev. Mairi Renwick called as chaplain of Union Seminary Richmond campus

…She also was a program manager for Blessed Earth, a nonprofit that focused on Sabbath and taking care of creation. Renwick holds a Bachelor of Arts in history from Presbyterian College. She has been an Ordained Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since 2013. ### Contact: Mike Frontiero Director of Communications Union Presbyterian Seminary mfrontiero@upsem.edu Mairi Renwick high-resolution image …

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Jane Davis Rourk, former Union Seminary trustee, dies

RICHMOND, VA (January 4, 2021) – Mrs. Jane Davis Rourk, Former Union Trustee for 11 years (1/1/1994 to 12/31/2005) passed away on January 3, 2020, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She also served on the seminary’s President Advisory Board from 2005 to 2018 and was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Durham, NC. “Jane was a remarkable woman. Her …

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Currie Lecture to focus on pandemics and Protestant missions

…history. He is, with Walter Brueggemann, editor of the Journal for Preachers. He completed his doctoral work under the careful direction of Jim Smylie at Union. Click here to download a flyer about Dr. Clarke and the Currie Family Lecture. Begun through a gift to Union Presbyterian Seminary by Thomas Currie Jr. and delivered annually through the Seminary’s Charlotte campus, …

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Union Seminary announces 2019 Fellowship Award recipients

RICHMOND, VA (February 26, 2019) —Union Presbyterian Seminary celebrates with students who have been recognized by the faculty with the following Fellowship Awards for further study and professional development. Through these awards, the faculty recognizes outstanding academic work by students who also show exceptional promise for effectiveness in ministry. The Patrick H. and Mary P. Carmichael Fellowship This award is …

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Union awarded $1M to help faith leaders address America’s cultural divide

…their communities. “When members of congregations are interested in issues of public concern, they are often influenced more by political and cultural factors, rather than by the way these issues relate to their faith traditions,” President and Professor of New Testament Brian K. Blount said. “Therefore, churches need to delve more deeply into the ways in which our theologies inform …

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Union Seminary announces new admissions directors

…professional at Georgia State University. She is a member of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia. In her spare time, she loves hiking and kayaking and refers to nature as a sanctuary. Both her sense of call to ministry and her love for the outdoors developed while working at Montreat Conference Center as a Clubs camp counselor and intern. Burt …

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2022 Graduate Study Fellowships Announced

RICHMOND, VA (January 31, 2022) – Graduate study fellowships are awarded for further study and professional development. Through these awards, the faculty of Union Presbyterian Seminary recognizes outstanding academic work by students who also show exceptional promise for effectiveness in ministry. Walter W. Moore Fellowship This award was established by the Seminary in honor of its first President, who made …

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Union awarded grant to show how pipe organs can lead community

…purchasing a new pipe organ for Watts Chapel is to show our students that a modern, well-designed pipe organ remains a powerfully vital instrument of the church,” said seminary music director Doug Brown. Installation of the new organ is expected to begin in August of 2022. ###   High-resolution image. Credit to Union Presbyterian Seminary. Contact: Mike Frontiero Union Presbyterian …

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Dr. James Taneti discussed his new book in a Podcast

Byung Ho Choi is a Ph.D. Student at Princeton Theological Seminary along with Akhil Thomas of Harvard Divinity School have hosted James Taneti in a Podcast in New Books Network. James Taneti, the director of the Syngman Rhee Global Mission Center for at Union Presbyterian Seminary, has recently written a monograph about Telugu Christians, a faith community in southeast India. …

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Professor Charles E. Brown announces retirement

…in celebrating his many contributions to our seminary, the students he has taught, and the church he has served over the course of his ministry.” Brown’s students honored him at a private celebration in Richmond Hall. Dr. Brown helped Union groundskeeper Mike Hughes mow the Quad in 2016. ### Contacts: Mike Frontiero Director of Communications Union Presbyterian Seminary mfrontiero@upsem.edu   …

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Former Faculty Steve (Sam) Martin (’62) has passed

…Governmental Service at LSU before his work at Union Theological Seminary where he served as VP and Professor of Church and Society. He then formed his own consulting firm in 1979, moving to Winston Salem in 1981, where he based his business which came to be known as Martin Frankel Associates, until its closing in 2014. He served on the …

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Redeployed! by Rev. Dr. Audrey Todd (Dual M.Div./M.A.C.E’10)

…abandon the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods, then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make it an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations. Go home. …

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2023 African American Preaching Series

…my public theology platform and duty. It is said that a teacher has not taught unless a student has learned. A corollary might be that a preacher has not preached if a listener has not responded. Encouraged to mobilize and embrace accountability for permanent, systemic resolutions to end all of the “-isms” that exist, it is undeniable that these preachers …

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