Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
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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…
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,”…
A few years ago, we wrote about Hunter Steinitz, who enrolled in the PTS M.Div. program as the oldest known female living in the U.S. with Harlequin ichthyosis, a rare genetic disorder that causes an overproduction of skin cells and which few newborns survive past infancy. Hunter’s skin has always been a part of who…