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Presbyterian Partnerships: Learning from Christians in the Czech Republic

Posted on February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 by ptsblog

Above: participants in the 2023 joint conference of the ECCB and PC(USA) in Prague, Czech Republic If you’ve never been outside the United States, you may think of our way of life as “normal” and available to all people. We, as Christians, are often guilty of this type of thinking. We assume that all people…

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Worship in Life and Practice: The Rev. Kendra Buckwalter Smith

Posted on November 12, 2024November 11, 2024 by ptsblog

At Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s 2024 Alumnae/i Days gathering, four alums were honored for their work and recognized as this year’s distinguished alumnae/i or received The Fred Rogers Award for Creative Ministry. In this blog series, meet these alums and discover the ways in which they serve God and neighbor in their communities and across the…

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Celebrating 60 Years of the Clifford E. Barbour Library

Posted on September 24, 2024September 23, 2024 by ptsblog

This week, the Seminary celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Clifford E. Barbour Library (Sept. 21, 2024). Constructed in 1964 on the new campus of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pa., the library building was named for Clifford E. Barbour, who became the first president of the newly consolidated Pittsburgh…

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