PTS Out and About

June 5-15
Donna Giver-Johnston
D.Min. Reformed cohort in Edinburgh, Scotland
Leading

June 8
Hunter Farrell
Faith to Action Initiative National Webinar (online)
Webinar with Brian Fikkert and Emmanuel Nabieu

June 9-10
Angela Hancock
Charleston, W.V.
Preaching Workshop for Presbytery of West Virginia

June 10
Leanna Fuller
Kiskiminetas and Huntingdon Presbyteries (online)
Training on Pastoral Care with those Experiencing Loss and Grief

June 11
Asa Lee
The People's Community Baptist Church, Silver Spring, Md.
Preaching

June 13-16
Chris Taylor
UKirk National Gathering, Harrisonburg, Va.
Admissions Recruitment

June 15
Michelle Spomer
Atla Annual Conference, Fort Worth, Texas
Panel, "Book Talks: Promoting the Library and Creating Community" 

June 15-17
Sean Thomas
National Black Presbyterian Caucus Biennial Conference, Charleston, S.C.
Admissions Recruitment

June 15-17
Admissions Staff; Carolyn Cranston; Erik Hoeke
Western PA United Methodist Annual Conference, Erie, Pa.
Admissions Recruitment; Alumnae/i Relations

June 16-17
Erik Hoeke
Fred Rogers Institute, Latrobe, Pa.
Paper presentation, "Fred Rogers: Public Theologian"

June 17
Charles Fischer III
Calvary Episcopal Church, Charleston, S.C.
Participating in Installation Service

June 17
Asa Lee
Mount Carmel Baptist Church, North Versailles, Pa.
Speaker at Men's Breakfast

June 16-18
Hunter Farrell and Bala Khyllep
American Society of Missiology, St. Mary's College, South Bend, Ind.
Respond to panel reviewing Freeing Congregational Mission

June 18-30
Kendra Buckwalter Smith
Worship & Music Conference, Presbyterian Association of Musicians, Montreat, N.C.
Conference Liturgist and Liturgy Seminar Leader

June 24
Asa Lee
Men's Power Summit, August Wilson Center
Featured Speaker

June 25
Asa Lee
Crafton Heights United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Preaching

June 26-29
AnneMarie Mingo
Ministry in the City HUB Gathering, New York, N.Y.
Participating

July 7
AnneMarie Mingo
18^th Biennial Assembly of the ELCA's African Descent Lutheran Association, Atlanta, Ga.
Opening Keynote Address

July 9
Carolyn Cranston
Jefferson United Presbyterian Church, Jefferson Hills, Pa.
Preaching

July 9, 16, 23, 30
Angela Hancock
Calvary Presbyterian Church, Indiana, Pa.
Preaching

July 13-15
Donna Giver-Johnston, Shan Overton
Wild Goose Festival, Union Grove, N.C.
Attending

July 16
Erik Hoeke
Trinity United Methodist Church, McMurray, Pa.
Preaching

July 17-21
Edwin Chr. van Driel
International Consultation on Ecclesial Futures, San Francisco, Calif.
Chairing the Meeting and Presenting

July 17-21
Scott Hagley and Karen Rohrer
International Consultation on Ecclesial Futures, San Francisco, Calif.
Presenting

July 23
Asa Lee
Montreat Conference Center, Montreat, N.C.
Keynote Address

July 17-21
Scott Hagley
Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C.
Speaking

July 24-28
Ken Woo
International Congress on Calvin Research, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Plenary Lecture

July 30
Asa Lee
East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Preaching

Aug. 2-4
Donna Giver-Johnston
National Biblical Storytellers, Baltimore, Md.
Attending

Aug. 6
Asa Lee
East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Preaching

Aug. 18-19
Helen Blier
Office of General Assembly Ecclesial Discernment and Formation Event, Minneapolis, Minn.
Delegate

Aug. 20
Donna Giver-Johnston
Community Presbyterian Church, Ben Avon, Pa.
Preaching

Aug. 20
Bala Khyllep
Jefferson United Presbyterian Church, Jefferson Hills, Pa.
Preaching

Aug. 24
Emma Kate Lander
Young Adult Volunteers Orientation, Louisville, Ky.
Admissions Recruitmen

Sept. 3
Hunter Farrell
Old Union Presbyterian Church, Mars, Pa.
Preaching

Sept. 6-8
Hunter Farrell
Montreat Conference Center, Montreat, N.C.
Opening Keynote Address at National Missionary Summit

Oct. 1
Bala Khyllep
Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tenn.
Preaching

Nov. 9-12
Admissions Staff
National Association of Christian Social Workers Convention, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Admissions Recruitment

Nov. 15
Admissions Staff
PCCCA/Campfire Collective Annual Conference, Little Rock, Ark.
Admissions Recruitment

 

2024

Jan. 2-5
Emma Kate Lander
Montreat College Conference, Montreat, N.C.
Admissions Recruitment

Jan. 23-26
Chris Taylor
Association of Partners in Christian Education, St. Louis, Mo.
Admissions Recruitment

Old Testament

• Book of Psalms (Creach)
• Old Testament Prophets & Justice (Creach)
• Wisdom Literature (Creach)
• History and Literature of Second Temple Judaism (Ferda)
• Pentateuch (Russaw)
• Ancient Near East Literature (Russaw)
• History of the Ancient Near East & the Religions of Israel (Tappy)
• Extrabiblical Texts and What They Tell Us about Biblical Israel (Tappy)
• The Tel Zayit Abecedary and the Origins of the Alphabet (Tappy)

New Testament

• The Life of Jesus and the Gospels (Ferda)
• Parables of Jesus (Hancock)
• Life and Thought of Paul (Ferda)
• The Letter to the Hebrews (Kaalund)
• Contemporary Uses of the New Testament (Kaalund)

Themes, Interpretation, Languages

• Violence in the Bible (Creach)
• Feminist and Womanist Biblical Interpretation (Russaw)
• Women in the Bible (Russaw)
• Bible and/in Popular Culture (Russaw)
• Biblical and Theological Library Research Methods (Spomer)
• Biblical and Ancient Near East Archaeology (Tappy)
• Biblical Interpretation (Hancock)
• New Testament Exegesis and History of Interpretation (Ferda)
• Bible Study in the Church and Theological Formation (Ferda)
• Contextual Biblical Hermeneutics (Kaalund)
• History of Biblical Interpretation (Woo)
• Northwest Semitic Languages (Creach, Tappy)

Church/Religious History

• Religion, Race, and Resistance; African American Religious Experiences (Mingo)
• Early Christianity (Kaalund)
• Christianity from Late Antiquity to Present (Woo)
• World Religions (Hagley)
• Asian-American History and Theological Perspectives (Woo)
• History of Biblical Interpretation (Woo)
• History of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (Russell)

Theology

• Sacraments (Burgess)
• Practical Theodicy: What Do Christians Do When Bad Things Happen? (Hancock)
• Eschatology (K. Smith, van Driel)
• Christ and the Incarnation (van Driel)
• Ecclesiology (van Driel)
• Practical/Public Theology (Overton)
• African American Contextual Theology (Lee)
• Feminist & Black Feminist Theology (Overton)
• Feminist Theology (Riggle Young; Giver-Johnston)
• Liberation Theology (Riggle Young)
• Black Theology and Womanism (Riggle Young)
• Theology and the Arts (Capps)
• Religious Ethics and Political Theology (Capps)
• Theological Research (Russell)
• Theological Librarianship (Russell)
• Biblical and Theological Library Research Methods (Spomer)

Christian Traditions/Denominations/Movements

• Evangelicalism in North America (Hagley)
• Reformed Confessions (Burgess)
• John Calvin and Civil Disobedience (Hancock)
• John Calvin and the Reformed Tradition (Woo)
• Theology of Martin Luther (Woo)
• Anglican/Episcopal Tradition and Theology (Fischer)
• Methodist/Wesleyan History and Theology (Hoeke)
• History of African American Methodism (Hoeke)

Worship

• Worship: Congregational Song, Corporate/Liturgical Prayer (K. Smith)
• Teaching through Sacred Music (K. Smith)
• Taizé-style Worship (K. Smith)
• Christian Worship and the Sacraments (Fischer)
• Christian Worship, Sacraments, and the Arts (Hancock)
• Preaching/Homiletics (Lee; Hancock; Giver-Johnston)
• Writing and Reimagining Liturgy  (Rohrer; Giver-Johnston)
• Congregational Song (van Driel)

Education and Formation

• Continuing Education/Lifelong Learning for Lay and Ordained Faith Leaders (Blier)
• Youth Ministry (Blier, Davenport, Hagley)
• Youth Empowerment (Capps)
• Older Adult Ministry (Davenport)
• Social Work and Social Justice (Davenport)
• Religious Identity Formation (Kaalund)
• Spiritual Formation (Lee, Owens, Teter)
• Contemplative Spirituality (Owens)
• Lectio Divina (Overton)
• Writing: Theological, Spiritual, Creative (Overton)
• Coaching and Spiritual Direction (Teter)
• College Ministry/Chaplaincy (Overton)

Christian Leadership

• Vocational Discernment/Call (Blier, Rohrer, Teter)
• Leader as Educator (Blier)
• Congregational Discernment (Owens)
• Conflict in Congregations (Fuller)
• Spirituality for Christian Leadership  (Owens)
• Adaptive and Missional Leadership (Owens)
• Change Leadership/Culture Shift (Rohrer)
• Reimagining Church (Rohrer)
• Leading and Supporting New Faith Communities (Rohrer)
• New Worshipping Communities and Congregational Redevelopment (Teter)
• Church Planting (Hagley)
• Rural Church Organizing (Capps)
• Theological Education (Lee; Giver-Johnston)
• Stewardship (Cranston, Fischer)
• College Ministry/Chaplaincy (Overton)
• Pastoral Ministry (Giver-Johnston)

Pastoral Care

• Death, Dying, and Grief (Fuller)
• Conflict in Congregations (Fuller)
• Family Systems Theory and Congregational Life (Fuller)
• Safe Church Practices (Davenport)
• Mental Health and Christian Counseling (Davenport)
• Trauma-informed Ministry (Greenhow)
• Faith-Based Social Service Organizations (Greenhow)
• Faith and Hospitality (Greenhow)

Christian Mission

• Congregational Mission and Leadership (Farrell)
• History of Presbyterian Mission (Farrell)
• Cross-Cultural Mission, Cultural Humility, Intercultural Communication (Farrell)
• World Mission and Justice (Farrell)
• Short-term Mission (Farrell)
• Cultural Humility and Cross-Cultural Communication (Khyllep)
• Congregational Mission and Leadership (Khyllep)
• Preaching in a Global Context (Khyllep)
• World Mission and Justice (Khyllep)
• Short-term Mission (Khyllep)
• Mission and Evangelism: History, Practice, Leadership (Hagley)
• Nurturing Missional Mindset through Global Worship Music (K. Smith)

• Church and Politics in Russia and Ukraine (Burgess)
• Christian Perspectives on War and Peace (Burgess)
• Christianity and U.S. Foreign Policy (D. Smith)
• Faith and Public Life (D. Smith)
• Women and Social Protest Movements (Mingo)
• Religious Social Ethics (Mingo)
• Popular Media and Constructions of Race and Gender (Mingo)
• Civil and Human Rights Struggles (Mingo)
• Ethics and Public Theology (Woodard-Lehman)
• Religion and Politics (Woodard-Lehman)
• Religion and Social Movements (Riggle Young, D. Smith)
• Theological Responses to Incarceration (Capps)
• Criminal Justice (Woodard-Lehman)
• Sociology of Urban Religion (D. Smith)
• Social Justice (Woodard-Lehman)
• Race, Racism, and Intercultural Competency Development (Teter)
• Christianity, Race, and Class (Fischer, D. Smith)
• Anti-racism (Woodard-Lehman)
• End-of-Life Ethics (Hoeke)
• Educational Diversity (Riggle Young)
• Information Literacy (Russell)

Helen Blier
Director of Continuing Education
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412-924-1346

John P. Burgess
James Henry Snowden Professor of Systematic Theology
jburgess@pts.edu
412-924-1430

Franklin Tanner Capps
Director of the Miller Summer Youth Institute
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412-924-1368

Jennifer Christmas
Associate Curator of the Kelso Museum of Near Eastern Archaeology
jechristmas@pts.edu
412-924-1394

Jerome F. D. Creach
Robert C. Holland Professor of Old Testament
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412-924-1428

Carolyn Cranston
Director of Alumnae/i and Church Relations
ccranston@pts.edu
412-924-1375

Erin Davenport
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Continuing Education
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412-924-1385

Hunter Farrell
Director of the World Mission Initiative
hfarrell@pts.edu
412-924-1402

Tucker Ferda
Associate Professor of New Testament
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412-924-1391

Charles L. Fischer III
Vice President for Seminary Advancement
cfischer@pts.edu 
412-924-1362

Leanna K. Fuller
Joan Marshall Associate Professor of Pastoral Care
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412-924-1459

Donna Giver-Johnston
Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program
dgiverjohnston@pts.edu
412-924-1421

Scott J. Hagley
W. Don McClure Associate Professor of World Mission and Evangelism
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412-924-1399

Angela Dienhart Hancock
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, Howard C. Scharfe Associate Professor of Homiletics
ahancock@pts.edu
412-924-1453

Jennifer Kaalund
Associate Professor of New Testatment
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412-924-1386

Bala Khyllep
Associate Director of the World Mission Initiative
bkhyllep@pts.edu
412-924-1364

Asa J. Lee
President and Professor of Theological Formation for Ministry
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412-924-1366

AnneMarie Mingo
Associate Professor of Ethics, Culture, and Moral Leadership and Acting Director of the Metro-Urban Institute
amingo@pts.edu
412-924-1401

Mary O'Shan (Shan) Overton
Director of the Center for Writing and Learning Support
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412-924-1454

L. Roger Owens
Hugh Thomson Kerr Professor of Pastoral Theology
lowens@pts.edu
412-924-1458

Tracy Riggle Young
Senior Director of Enrollment Services
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412-924-1423

Karen Rohrer
Director of the Center for Adaptive and Innovative Ministry
krohrer@pts.edu
412-924-1412

Kimberly Russaw
Associate Professor of Old Testament
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412-924-1407

Kendra Buckwalter Smith
Director of the Worship Program
ksmith@pts.edu
412-924-1419

R. Drew Smith
Henry L. Hillman Professor of Urban Ministry
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412-924-1457

Michelle Spomer
Donald G. Miller Librarian and Director of the Clifford E. Barbour Library
mspomer@pts.edu
412-924-1408

Ron E. Tappy
G. Albert Shoemaker Professor Emeritus of Bible and Archaeology and Director of The Zeitah Excavations
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412-924-1427

Ayana Teter
Associate Dean for Students and Formation
ateter@pts.edu
412-924-1398

Edwin Chr. van Driel
Directors' Bicentennial Professor of Theology
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412-924-1425

Kenneth Woo
Assistant Professor of Church History
kwoo@pts.edu
412-924-1350