Two Important Articles on the Future of Seminaries

From Patheos- (with links)

For those involved in seminary education or administration, you might want to read these two pieces.

First, The Rise and Fall of the American Seminary by Tom Ehrich. A provocative piece, esp. in light of the GTS labour dispute in New York, but probably truer for mainline seminaries.

Does the Episcopal Church — or any mainline denomination — need all of its seminaries? Probably not. To judge by recent graduation rates, it probably needs only four. Two of the eleven have already closed. Hence the anxiety leading to conflict, as tenured faculty, cost-cutting deans and anxious trustees collide. Many congregations are in the same situation.


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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/euangelion/2014/10/two-important-articles-on-the-future-of-seminaries/#ixzz3FjzZlste