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Who Is My Neighbor? The Rev. Gad Mpoyo on Neighbor, “Other,” and Interconnectedness

Posted on March 19, 2024December 13, 2024 by ptsblog
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Here at Pittsburgh Seminary, we seek to participate in God’s ongoing mission in the world by seeing and getting to know people as our neighbors. Challenged by Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan and inspired by Fred Rogers, who sang, “I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you,” I am writing to…

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Innovators Reflect on Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley

Posted on June 8, 2021April 23, 2021 by ptsblog
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In the Seminary’s Center for Adaptive and Innovative Ministry, we believe being together and sharing the stuff of life forms community. This belief raises important questions in the age of pandemic: • What does it mean that we haven’t been able to gather regularly for a year or more? • How do we rebuild trust…

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Inside the PTS Curriculum: Planting and Leading New Faith Communities

Posted on October 23, 2020January 22, 2021 by ptsblog
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The “Inside the PTS Curriculum” series gives you an inside look at what students are learning in their courses at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Each article focuses on one class, its subject matter, what students can expect to learn, the required texts, and the kinds of assignments students can expect. We’ll let you know whether the…

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Founded in 1794, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is a graduate theological school of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), offering master's and doctor of ministry degrees as well as certificate programs. Participating in God's ongoing mission in the world, Pittsburgh Seminary is a community of Christ joining in the Spirit's work of forming and equipping people for ministries familiar and yet to unfold and communities present and yet to be gathered.

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