PTS Out and About

Sept. 24
Asa Lee
Mount Olive Baptist Church, Arlington, Va.
Preaching

Sept. 24
Hunter Farrell
Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Teaching, "Minding Our Cultural Blind Spots"

Sept. 24
Tucker Ferda
Sewickley Presbyterian Church, Sewickley, Pa.
Teaching

Sept. 26
Asa Lee
Redstone Presbytery, Latrobe, Pa.
Preaching

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

Oct. 1
Asa Lee
Mount Nebo Presbyterian Church, Sewickley, Pa.
Preaching

Oct. 1
Edwin Chr. van Driel
Baldwin United Presbyterian Church, Baldwin, Pa.
Preaching

Oct. 1
Tucker Ferda
Sewickley Presbyterian Church, Sewickley, Pa.
Teaching

Oct. 8
Edwin Chr. van Driel
Baldwin United Presbyterian Church, Baldwin, Pa.
Preaching

Oct. 8
Bala Khyllep
Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Pittburgh, Pa.
Teaching

Oct. 13
Asa Lee
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J.
Participating in Inauguration of President Jonathan Walton

Oct. 14
Hunter Farrell
Muskingum Valley Presbytery, Cambridge, Ohio
Teaching

Oct. 15
Asa Lee
Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga.
Preaching

Oct. 15
Scott Hagley
Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Preaching

Oct. 15
Bala Khyllep
Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Teaching

Oct. 22
Asa Lee
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Preaching

Oct. 22
Hunter Farrell
Community Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Teaching

Oct. 22
Edwin Chr. van Driel
Southminster Presbyterian Church, Mt. Lebanon, Pa.
Preaching

Oct. 25
Hunter Farrell
PCUSA Cuba Network National Gathering (online)
Opening Keynote Address

Nov. 5
Hunter Farrell
Old Union Presbyterian Church, Mars, Pa.
Preaching and Teaching

Nov. 8
Charles Fischer III
Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Va.
Preaching at chapel in celebration of the 20^th Anniversary of the African American Episcopal Historical Collection (AAEHC) on the seminary’s campus

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

Nov. 12
Tucker Ferda
East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Teaching

Nov. 12
Hunter Farrell
First Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, N.C.
Preaching and Teaching

Nov. 14-16
Scott Hagley
The Ministry Collaborative, Austin, Texas
Teaching

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

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AAR/SBL Annual Meetings, Nov. 18-21, 2023, San Antonio, Texas

Attending: Tucker Ferda, Daniel Frayer-Griggs, Donna Giver-Johnston, AnneMarie Mingo, Derek Woodard-Lehman

Nov. 18
Tucker Ferda
Historical Jesus Studies
Presiding

Nov. 18
Derek Woodard-Lehman
Karl Barth Society of North America
Presenting: "More Than 'a Little Hegeling': The Presence and Influence of Philosophy in Karl Barth's Theology"

Nov. 20
AnneMarie Mingo
Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society
Presiding

Nov. 20
Daniel Frayer-Griggs
Johannine Literature
Presenting: "The Johannine Reception of a Matthean Legend"

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Nov. 18
Hunter Farrell
Urban Missiology Annual Meeting (online)
Keynote Address

Nov. 19
Tanner Capps
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Teaching

Nov. 19
Bala Khyllep
Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Participating in Installation of Associate Pastor for Missions and Campus Ministry Rachel Hebert

Nov. 26
Tanner Capps
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Teaching

Nov. 26
Edwin Chr. van Driel
Southminster Presbyterian Church, Mt. Lebanon, Pa.
Preaching

Nov. 30-Dec. 2
Donna Giver-Johnston
Academy of Homiletics, Atlanta, Ga.
Attending

Dec. 3
Bala Khyllep
Southminster Presbyterian Church, Pittburgh, Pa.
Teaching

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

June 10-14
Edwin Chr. van Driel
International Consultation on Ecclesial Futures, Halle, Germany
Convener

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, Frayer-Griggs)
• 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)
• Apocaylptic Literature (Frayer-Griggs)
• Disability and Healing in the Bible (Frayer-Griggs)

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)
• African American Contextual Theology (Lee)
• 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

• Youth Ministry (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)
• Coaching and Spiritual Direction (Teter)

Christian Leadership

• Vocational Discernment/Call (Rohrer, Teter)
• 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)
• 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)

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

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
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Continuing Education
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

Dan Frayer-Griggs
Interim Director of the Center for Writing and Learning Support and Visiting Assistant Professor of Bible
dfrayergriggs@pts.edu

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 Director of the Metro-Urban Institute
amingo@pts.edu
412-924-1401

L. Roger Owens
Hugh Thomson Kerr Professor of Pastoral Theology
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412-924-1458

Tracy Riggle Young
Senior Director of Enrollment Services
triggleyoung@pts.edu
412-924-1423

Karen Rohrer
Director of the Center for Adaptive and Innovative Ministry
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412-924-1412

Kimberly Russaw
Associate Professor of Old Testament
krussaw@pts.edu
412-924-1407

Kendra Buckwalter Smith
Director of the Worship Program
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412-924-1419

R. Drew Smith
Henry L. Hillman Professor of Urban Ministry
rsmith@pts.edu
412-924-1457

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

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

Ayana Teter
Associate Dean for Students and Formation
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412-924-1398

Edwin Chr. van Driel
Directors' Bicentennial Professor of Theology
evandriel@pts.edu
412-924-1425

Kenneth Woo
Assistant Professor of Church History
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412-924-1350