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Meet the MTS Board: Dr. Hilary Dow Ward (MAR, ’11)
Dr. Hilary Dow Ward is an Episcopalian and has worked in an Episcopal Church or School in some capacity for over 20 years. After graduating from MTS in 2011, she earned two more graduate degrees: another masters degree in education followed by a doctorate degree in...
Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Tyrone T. Davis (DMin,’09)
Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Tyrone T. Davis (DMin,’09) Dr. Tyrone T. Davis, although currently serving as treasurer, has served as the chair of the Zion Community Project’s board of directors since 2006. He retired as an itinerant minister in the CME Church in June...
The Center for Pastoral Wholeness and Chaplaincy Studies Update
The Center for Pastoral Wholeness and Chaplaincy Studies at Memphis Theological Seminary continues to expand its academic programming and its presence in the Memphis community. The CPWCS partnership with West Cancer Center has grown to a year-round program, with...
A Call to Haiti
By Rev. Kim Moore (MDiv, ‘20) When my pastor in New Mexico had knee replacement surgery and asked me to preach while he recovered, it was the most terrifying and incredible thing I had ever done. And that was after more than twenty-five years as a critical care...
Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Bong-Choul Hwang (M.A.R, ‘83)
Dr. Bong-Choul Hwang is a retired elder of the United Methodist Church and a scholar of theology and philosophy. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology, where his dissertation, Process and Harmony: A Comparison between Whitehead...
Alumni Spotlight: The Rt. Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells (MDiv, ‘12)
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells made history in February of 2024 when she was elected as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi. Bishop Wells is the first woman and first Black person to hold the position. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Bishop Wells...