The Good News
Postponement of Spring 2020 Graduation Exercises due to COVID19
Dear Memphis Theological Seminary Community, Given the ongoing necessity of exercising love of neighbor through physical distancing in order to slow the spread of COVID-19, the scheduled Spring 2020 Graduation Exercises for Memphis Theological Seminary will be...
Dr. Patricia Vesely to join MTS Faculty
Dr. Patricia Vesely will join the Memphis Theological Seminary (MTS) faculty as Assistant Visiting Professor in Hebrew Bible, beginning with the fall semester 2020. Dr. Vesely comes to MTS from Union Presbyterian Seminary and Virginia Commonwealth University, where...
Important updates from President Jody Hill
Dear MTS Family, I know that these are anxious times for all of us as we face the Coronavirus pandemic. Your Executive Team and I visited together yesterday and lifted each of you in prayer. We also covet your prayers as we seek the Holy Spirit’s guidance in making...
A Letter from the President in Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Dear MTS Community, The MTS executive leadership has been continually monitoring the progression of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Memphis and the Mid-South. With the understanding that our first priority must be the well-being of our entire seminary community, we have...
Dr. Carmichael Crutchfield Promoted to Full Professor, Clara Scott Chair of Church and Ministry
Dr. Carmichael Crutchfield, Professor of Christian Education, Spiritual Formation, and Youth Ministry has been promoted to Full Professor, and will assume the Clara Scott Chair of Church and Ministry, previously held by Dr. Mary Lin Hudson and Dr. Stan...
Rev. Dr. Earle Fisher to Publish Book
MTS Graduate and Starks Fellow Rev. Dr. Earle Fisher has signed a book deal! Fisher says “the book will (re)introduce Rev. Albert Cleage Jr., an underappreciated figure in the black prophetic tradition and one of the forerunners/founding fathers of black liberation...