Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Grounded in Faith, Formed in Community
Above: Demonstrators marching in the street holding signs during the March on Washington, 1963. Photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, Aug. 28, 1963. Library of Congress Control Number 2013647400. The evidence of faith has always been made known, even when we didn’t recognize it. For generations, we’ve been singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a song…
Above: Painting by Alex Levin: “Smoke Pillar arising from Jerusalem Temple”; https://artlevin.com/ On Nov. 6, 2025, Dr. Tucker S. Ferda was installed into the Errett M. Grable Chair of New Testament Exegesis and Early Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Below are concluding remarks from his inaugural lecture, “The Solidarity of the Messiah: Recovering Matthew’s Theology…
Have you ever been to a meeting so important that it will be remembered and celebrated 17 centuries from today? If so, would you even know? As a pastor of local congregations, I often liked church council meetings. When they worked well, council meetings could be an act of worship: gathering in Christian community, remembering…