Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Preparing for Ministry in the Way of Jesus
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Pittsburgh Seminary remembers its first female graduate, Dr. Lee Anna Starr (1853-1937). Dr. Starr graduated in 1893 from the Allegheny Theological School, an antecedent institution of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She was ordained in the Methodist Protestant Church in 1895 and became an accomplished pastor, a leader in the Women’s…
The Rev. Ezequiel Herrera, a student in the certificate program for Adaptive and Innovative Ministry, is not shy about his enthusiasm for his studies at PTS. “I want to shout from the rooftops how extraordinary this program is,” he says. Why such high praise for AIM? He explains, “Everything I have learned so far—everything—I have…
Some students are drawn to a PTS academic program because of its breadth and flexibility. But for pastor and author Rev. Dr. Rachelle McCalla, the attraction was the specific content of the Science and Theology Doctor of Ministry focus. “One day my husband (also a Presbyterian pastor) informed me that Pittsburgh offered this degree focus,”…