About Continuing Education

CE collaborates with the whole Seminary community.

In addition to developing our own programming, we are also part of the Neighborhood Collaborative, where we frequently partner with other Seminary program departments to curate, coordinate, and direct learning opportunities. Additionally, our programming requires assistance and professional expertise from departments and staff across the Seminary. Whether it is communications getting the word out and the worship program crafting worship for our events, IT and facilities preparing physical and virtual spaces for learning, or the staff who process registrations, housing requests, and payments, CE relies upon the excellent work of so many dedicated people across the Seminary.

And we want to collaborate with you, our CE students! You are a diverse group with many different ministry contexts, but the one thing we all share is a sense of call to the vocation of ministry. As clergy or laity, we want to grow our professional skills, be supported, and remain connected to relevant theological scholarship. Let’s learn together!

CE is hospitality-driven and neighborly in the spirit of Mister Rogers.

We believe that hospitality isn’t just about logistics, food, or campus maps. It’s about how a host makes people feel. Like our most famous alumnus, “Mister” Fred Rogers ’62, we welcome you into our neighborhood and hope to create a sense of belonging for every individual, near and far. We strive to meet your specific needs, including considerations of accessibility, disability accommodations, and dietary needs. And whether you’re here on campus or visiting us online, we want you to be included and engaged as fully as possible in all conversation.

CE is inclusive.

PTS is a diverse community of adaptable learners and leaders, both lay and clergy. Here, everyone is welcomed and affirmed with respect to age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, ability, sexuality, theological convictions, and creed. The full diversity of humanity and of the church is acknowledged, valued, celebrated, and reflected through our themes and topics, speakers and presenters, and faculty and staff providing leadership. We seek to provide academic scholarship rooted in a variety of theological convictions, denominational affiliations, religious beliefs and practices, and contexts for ministry, because we learn best when we engage in honest and authentic conversations across difference.

CE is strategic in its work, for maximum impact and faithful stewardship of resources.

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary has a strong legacy of stability, resourcefulness, and vision. With this in mind, Continuing Education strives for excellence in programming and faithfulness in stewardship of all that is entrusted to us. A feature of our programming is the annual Endowed Lecture Series, made possible by the generosity of those who have gone before us and enabling us to bring world-renowned lecturers to campus and offer many of these events at no cost to participants. Our deep, long-standing relationships with regional judicatories and community partners allow us to reach a wider audience and share resources for the furthering of God’s kingdom. All of this enables us to offer affordable opportunities for lifelong theological learning.