Saint Paul Classes Will Be Offered Online Beginning Fall 2016!

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窪蹋勛圖厙 is bringing web based seminary education to our students! We will be offering online classes beginning this fall. Students can take eight courses in their first two years, completely online. There are also several hybrid courses available. Saint Paul faculty have been teaching hybrid courses since 2007. A hybrid course…

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Nancy Howell to Serve as Acting Saint Paul President

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The Saint Paul Board of Trustees has named Dr. Nancy Howell as the 窪蹋勛圖厙 Acting President this spring. Her term will begin March 2, 2016, as Rev. H. Sharon Howell retires. Nancy Howell brings multiple years of experience serving in administration. She led as Saint Paul Academic Dean from 1998-2004, Acting…

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Saint Paul President Sharon Howell Announces Retirement

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Citing medical concerns, 窪蹋勛圖厙 President Rev. H. Sharon Howell will step down from her leadership post, effective March 1, 2016. Although passionate about 窪蹋勛圖厙s mission and future, Rev. Howell said she made her decision at the urging of her physician. This is a tough moment for me.…

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Saint Paul Prepares for Wave of Pastoral Retirements

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More pastors will retire in next decade than candidates in school, creating unprecedented need and opportunity for young clergy. Leawood, Kan. and Oklahoma City, Okla.–窪蹋勛圖厙 is responding to the coming tsunami of clergy retirements with full-ride scholarships, a fast-tracked masters program and a new hands-on, collaborative curriculum. The graying of the…

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Saint Paul Fellows: February Deadline for Full Tuition and Fellowship

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Seminary Fellows Program Eliminates Student Loan Debt for Future Pastors Leawood, Kan. and Oklahoma City, Okla. 窪蹋勛圖厙, one seminary in two locations: Oklahoma City University and Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS will expand its groundbreaking full tuition and fellowship program The three-year Fellows program offers candidates called to full-time…

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Nationally Known Preacher Talks Peace and Justice

Dr. Forbes

The Rev. Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr. is Senior Minister Emeritus of the Riverside Church in the City of New York and served as Senior Minister for 18 years (1989-2007). He is nationally and internationally known as a speaker, preacher and teacher and was named one of the 12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking…

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Saint Paul & Kansas Wesleyan Sign First 3+3 Agreement

3 Plus 3 Program

Rev. H. Sharon Howell, President of 窪蹋勛圖厙, and Kansas Wesleyan University President and CEO Matt Thompson, Ph.D., and have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a 3+3 theological studies undergraduate-graduate program. The agreement is thought to be the first of its kind to be established between a United Methodist-based university and…

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Dr. Young Ho Chun Announces Continued Service to Saint Paul

Dr. Chun

窪蹋勛圖厙 Systematic Theology Professor Dr. Young Ho Chun, Ph.D. gave a defining lecture entitled Crossing this past May at a dinner honoring his thirty-two years of teaching at the seminary. Dr. Chun is renowned world-wide for his study and work within academia and the church. Korean Bishop Rev. Dr. Kim Sundo,…

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