The Good News

Memphis Theological Seminary Recruiter Dr. Felecia LaVant interviewed the inaugural cohort of the Memphis Theological Seminary Doctor of Ministry in Forming and Growing Churches in the 21st Century regarding their experiences in the program as well as their successes...

When Dr. Hilary Dow Ward (MAR, ‘11) moved to Memphis with her husband, she’d recently completed an undergraduate degree in music performance and was looking for an opportunity to continue her studies in a graduate school setting. “My work in music had primarily been...

The Rev. Dr. Johnny Jeffords has been named the Director of the Center for Pastoral Wholeness and Chaplaincy Studies at Memphis Theological Seminary (MTS). This position was made possible by a generous grant from the Assisi Foundation of Memphis to create and sustain...

Rev. Dr. Jody Hill, MTS President Dear MTS Community, Like many of our students and alums, I myself am a bivocational minister: while serving as the President of Memphis Theological Seminary, I pastor and prepare a sermon each week like many of our students who...

When Noah Quinton (MDiv, ’15) arrived at Memphis Theological Seminary in the fall of 2012, he already had an interest in hospital chaplaincy. During college at Belmont University, he’d volunteered at a children’s hospital in Nashville. “So I was definitely interested...

Lieutenant Commander Takana L. Jefferson (MDiv, '11) - U.S. Navy photo by Elizabeth Kearns Lieutenant Commander Takana L.  Jefferson, Command Chaplain for Naval Support Activity Washington, has served in the military a total of twenty-eight years, with ten of...