PTS Out and About

Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2
Jennifer Kaalund
Westminster PC, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Teaching Seminar Series, "What Inheritance Awaits You? Studying the Book of Hebrews"

Sept. 28
Sean Thomas
Messiah University Graduate School Fair, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Admissions Recruitment

Oct. 1-2
Hunter Farrell and Bala Khyllep
Buffalo, N.Y.
Presbytery of Western New York mission leader event and preaching at Westminster-Buffalo PC

Oct. 6
Sean Thomas
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg
Admissions Recruitment

Oct. 6
Tracy Riggle Young
WORD FM Pittsburgh Pastors' Appreciation
Admissions Recruitment

Oct. 7
Chris Taylor
Youth Workers' Conference, Northway Christian Community, Wexford, Pa.
Admissions Recruitment

Oct. 9
Edwin Chr. van Driel
Valley PC, Imperial, Pa.
Preaching

Oct. 10
Scott Hagley
Oakmont (Pa.) Presbyterian Church
Teaching four-part adult education on "Church for a New Missional Era"

Oct. 16
Tanner Capps
University of Pittsburgh
Presentation for Beatrice Institute Graduate Seminar

Oct. 16, 23, 30
Tucker Ferda
Westminster PC, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Teaching Seminar Series, "The Old Testament in the New: Exploring the Theological Imagination of the Earliest Christians"

Oct.  19-21
Ryan Jensema
Calvin College/Cornerstone University/Hope College, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Admissions Recruitment

Oct. 22
Hunter Farrell
New Wilmington, Pa.
Offering keynote address at Shenango Presbytery meeting

Oct. 23
Asa Lee
Mount Olive Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Preaching

Oct. 24
Scott Hagley
Sunset Hills PC, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Preaching Installation Service for Laura Strauss

Oct. 24-25
Hunter Farrell
Shenango Presbytery
Leading pastors and mission leaders retreat

Oct. 27
Taylor Barner (PTS alum)
High Point University Theological Fair, High Point, N.C.
Admissions Recruitment

Oct. 29
Hunter Farrell and Bala Khyllep
Philadelphia (Pa.) Presbytery
Book presentation on Freeing Congregational Mission

Oct. 30
Hunter Farrell and Bala Khyllep
Bryn Mawr PC, Philadelphia, Pa.
Preaching; Lunch discussion on Freeing Congregational Mission

Oct. 30
Leanna Fuller
Springdale UPC, Springdale, Pa.
Preaching

Nov. 3
Tracy Riggle Young
Furman University Theological School Fair, Greenville, S.C.
Admissions Recruitment

Nov. 13
Tanner Capps
Southminster PC, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Adult Education

Nov. 17
Hunter Farrell
Birmingham, Ala.
Offering keynote address at Sheppards and Lapsley Presbytery meeting

Nov. 18
Kimberly Russaw
Denver, Co.
Co-facilitating Wabash Center Workshop, "Teaching the Bible with BLM and other Social Protests and Movements"

Nov. 19-22
Edwin Chr. van Driel
American Academy of Religion, Denver, Co.
Participation in a panel on Doug Ottati, A Theology for the 21^st Century

Nov. 21-22
Tanner Capps
American Academy of Religion, Denver, Co.
Co-moderating Systematic Theology Unit

Dec. 8-10
Admissions Staff
PCUSA Admissions Gathering, Austin, Texas
Admissions Recruitment

Dec. 11
Edwin Chr. van Driel
Concord PC, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Preaching

2023

March 5
Hunter Farrell
New Wilmington PC, New Wilmington, Pa.
Preaching

March 17-18
Erik Hoeke
Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.
Presenting paper at Meeting this Moment Symposium

March 26
Hunter Farrell
Union PC, Union City, Pa.
Preaching

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 (Kaaland)
• Contemporary Uses of the New Testament (Kaaland)

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 (Kaaland)
• History of Biblical Interpretation (Woo)
• Northwest Semitic Languages (Creach, Tappy)

Church/Religious History

• Religion, Race, and Resistance; African American Religious Experiences (Mingo)
• Early Christianity (Kaaland)
• 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)
• 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 (Lee)
• Writing and Reimagining Liturgy  (Rohrer)
• 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 (Kaaland)
• 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)
• Leadership in Theological Education (Lee)
• Stewardship (Cranston, Fischer)
• College Ministry/Chaplaincy (Overton)

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 (Woodward-Lehman)
• Religion and Politics (Woodward-Lehman)
• Religion and Social Movements (Riggle Young, D. Smith)
• Theological Responses to Incarceration (Capps)
• Criminal Justice (Woodward-Lehman)
• Sociology of Urban Religion (D. Smith)
• Social Justice (Woodward-Lehman)
• Race, Racism, and Intercultural Competency Development (Teter)
• Christianity, Race, and Class (Fischer, D. Smith)
• Anti-racism (Woodward-Lehman)
• Educational Diversity (Riggle Young)
• Information Literacy (Russell)

Helen Blier
Director of Continuing Education
hblier@pts.edu
412-924-1346

John P. Burgess
James Henry Snowden Professor of Systematic Theology
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412-924-1430

Franklin Tanner Capps
Director of the Miller Summer Youth Institute
fcapps@pts.edu
412-924-1368

Jennifer Christmas
Associate Curator of the Kelso Museum of Near Eastern Archaeology
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412-924-1394

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

Carolyn Cranston
Director of Alumnae/i and Church Relations
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412-924-1375

Erin Davenport
Director of Strategic Initiatives and Special Projects
edavenport@pts.edu
412-924-1385

Hunter Farrell
Director of the World Mission Initiative
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412-924-1402

Tucker Ferda
Associate Professor of New Testament
tferda@pts.edu
412-924-1391

Charles L. Fischer III
Vice President for Seminary Advancement
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412-924-1362

Leanna K. Fuller
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, Associate Professor of Pastoral Care
lfuller@pts.edu
412-924-1459

Scott J. Hagley
Associate Professor of Missiology
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412-924-1399

Angela Dienhart Hancock
Associate Professor of Homiletics and Worship
ahancock@pts.edu
412-924-1451

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
Professor of Christian Spirituality and Ministry
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
Professor of Urban Ministry and Director of the Metro-Urban Institute
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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