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Rev. John Creasy Tends to Missional Ministry

Posted on August 16, 2022August 23, 2022 by ptsblog
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The Rev. John A. Creasy ’06 was honored in April as the 2022 PTS Distinguished Alumnus in Mission. He is the founder and executive director of the Garfield Community Farm. He is also the founding co-pastor of The Open Door Presbyterian Church, a missional community in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Garfield. Creative Missional Theology John…

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Women’s History at PTS: Lee Anna Starr

Posted on March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 by ptsblog
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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…

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Ezequiel Herrera Ministers at US Border

Posted on November 18, 2021November 16, 2021 by ptsblog
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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…

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