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	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:05:21 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Emanuel Cleaver III will address the MTSO class of 2026</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emanuel Cleaver III, a dynamic pastor, author and advocate for justice, will deliver the commencement address to the 2026 graduates of Methodist Theological School in Ohio.

The commencement ceremony begins at 11 a.m. May 23 in Dickinson Courtyard on the MTSO campus, 3081 Columbus Pike in Delaware. Guests are welcome, and tickets are not required.

Since 2009, Cleaver has served as senior pastor of the 2,800-member St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, a congregation guided by its motto, “Connecting people with God in practical ways.”

He has authored three books, Pastor on Track: Reclaiming Our True Role; What Is the Bible and Who Is It For? A Book for Beginners, Skeptics, and Seekers; and Feed My Sheep: Preaching God’s Word. His published articles have covered subjects from friendship to thanksgiving to hip-hop culture.

As a persistent advocate for social justice in his community, Cleaver has worked to oppose voter suppression, address implicit bias in law enforcement,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:45:22 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>MTSO will be the new home of the Center for Integrative Pastoral Practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church has chosen Methodist Theological School in Ohio as the new academic home of the Center for Integrative Pastoral Practice, its Clinical Pastoral Education program.

The CIPP program, which GBHEM has operated since 2018, is a vital component in the preparation of future chaplains, spiritual care providers and pastoral counselors, integrating theological knowledge with practical clinical training. It is fully accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education Inc. (ACPE).

MTSO, one of 13 United Methodist seminaries, is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools and the Higher Learning Commission. CIPP@MTSO (mtso.edu/cipp) will build on the school’s existing collaborative efforts with OhioHealth, a nationally recognized, not-for-]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:43:18 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Williams Institute welcomes Gregory Cuéllar for two lectures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gregory Cuéllar, professor in the Ruth A. Campbell Chair of Biblical Studies at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, will deliver two lectures at the Williams Institute, presented by Methodist Theological School in Ohio.

Cuéllar’s first lecture, “Lamentations 1: Weaponizing Exile on Confiscated Bodies,” will take place at 7 p.m. Eastern Sept. 23. It will piece together the postcolonial traumatic layers of exile in Lamentations 1.

The second lecture, “Lamentations 2: Macabre Spectacles of Liquidated Bodies,” begins at 10 a.m. Eastern Sept. 24. In it, Cuéllar will evaluate the postcolonial traumatic response to imperial violence in Lamentations 2.

Both lectures are in the Alford Centrum on the campus of MTSO, 3081 Columbus Pike in Delaware, Ohio. They are open to all. No registration is required.

While MTSO events are best experienced live and in person, the Williams Institute also will be streamed live. Zoom streaming for the first lecture is available here,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:33:33 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Alums and students celebrate ministry milestones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lucy Kelly is ordained as a United Methodist deacon. (Photo courtesy of the West Ohio Conference.)


 

MTSO recognizes and congratulates its alumni and students who are being ordained or commissioned within conferences of the United Methodist Church or are celebrating other ministry milestones within their faith traditions this year.

If you&#x00027;re an MTSO alum or student who should be included but isn&#x00027;t, please complete the brief form on our ordination and commissioning page. We’d like to add your name.

Anglican Church in North America

Anglican Diocese of Cascadia

Received as full-standing priest:


	John Kincaid, serving as rector of Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church, Kennewick, Washington


Christian mission Ministry International

Consecrated to the office of bishop:

Jawwad Love, serving as bishop and presiding officer for the U.S. Jurisdiction

United Methodist Church

Desert Southwest Conference

Elder commissioning:


	Deontez Quamone Wimbley, serving Cross Roads UMC,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 13:12:28 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Student achievement honored at Closing Convocation and Awards Ceremony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeman, Rundell and Tasby


Methodist Theological School in Ohio celebrated student achievement in scholarship, leadership and service at the school’s Closing Convocation and Awards Ceremony May 6. Awards were presented by President Jay Rundell and Dean Valerie Bridgeman.

The Bishop Judith Craig Prize in Christian Education honors the life of Bishop Craig, whose ministry began as a Christian educator. It recognizes academic excellence; a solid record of service in the local church in a field placement; positive contributions to campus life, the district or the conference; and potential for significance in professional ministry. Recipient: Jaylon Tasby.

The Charles A. Dice Fellowship encourages and assists exceptional students in continuing their theological education beyond MTSO at another institution of recognized excellence. Selection is based on academic excellence, personal character, professional competence, and promise of usefulness in Christian ministry or the teaching profession.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 09:27:33 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Bishop Hee-Soo Jung will address the class of 2025</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bishop Jung


Bishop Hee-Soo Jung of the Ohio Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church will deliver the commencement address to the 2025 graduates of Methodist Theological School in Ohio. The commencement ceremony begins at 11 a.m. May 17 in Dickinson Courtyard on the MTSO campus, 3081 Columbus Pike in Delaware. Guests are welcome, and tickets are not required.

Elected to the episcopacy in 2004, Jung served as bishop for eight years in the Northern Illinois Conference and 12 years in Wisconsin before his 2024 arrival in Ohio, where he leads the East Ohio and West Ohio conferences.

Jung earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; an MA from the Institute of Buddhist Studies, affiliated with the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California; an MA from the Dongguk University Graduate School in Seoul, South Korea; and a Bachelor of Theology from the Methodist Theological Seminary in Seoul.

Among his prominent roles within the denomination,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:23:16 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>With $1.25 million Lilly grant, MTSO will help strengthen children’s worship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Methodist Theological School in Ohio has received a five-year grant of $1,250,000 from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish “Kids Incorporated: Incorporating the Next Generation into the Full Life of Congregational Worship.”

The program is funded through Lilly Endowment’s Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative. The aim of the national initiative is to support faith-based organizations as they help children grow in faith and deepen their relationships with God.

The purpose of MTSO’s “Kids Incorporated” program is to empower partner congregations to better serve children and their families by enhancing children&#x00027;s spiritual development and increasing understanding, accessibility and engagement opportunities for children within worship settings. With a focus on children ages 4-12, MTSO will address developmental differences across various age groups and promote intergenerational worship experiences.

The grant will be directed by MTSO Associate Dean Lisa Allen-McLaurin,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:02:55 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>The Williams Institute welcomes Ralph Basui Watkins for two lectures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watkins


Ralph Basui Watkins, the Peachtree Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, will deliver two lectures on ministry in the visual age at the Williams Institute, presented by Methodist Theological School in Ohio.

Watkins’ first lecture, “Imagining a Ministry: The Power of the Image in Envisioning a Future,” will take place at 7 p.m. Eastern March 25. The second lecture, “Seeing the Future of the Church: Use What’s in Your Hand,” begins at 10 a.m. Eastern March 26. Both lectures are in the Alford Centrum on the campus of MTSO, 3081 Columbus Pike in Delaware, Ohio. They are open to all. No registration is required.

These lectures will be best experienced in person. For those unable to be present, we will stream them live via Zoom. The link for the March 25 lecture is here, and the March 26 lecture is here.

Watkins also will preach at MTSO’s weekly chapel at 1 p.m. Eastern March 25 in the Alford Centrum. Inspired by Exodus 4:1-5,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:26:48 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>Beth Stroud is ‘overwhelmed’ and happy to be here</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whoever said life comes at you fast would get no argument from Beth Stroud. She still shakes her head when she thinks about the stretch from March through May of 2024 that left her “completely overwhelmed.”

In early March, Stroud traveled from her East Coast home to MTSO to interview for a faculty position, a process that included meetings and delivering a campus lecture.


Stroud


On May 1, delegates to the United Methodist Church General Conference voted to repeal the denomination’s ban on LGBTQ clergy. A week later, MTSO President Jay Rundell announced Stroud’s election to the MTSO faculty as assistant professor of history.

Two weeks after that, the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the UMC voted to reinstate Stroud’s credentials as an ordained elder – a vote that came two decades after Stroud was defrocked in the wake of her acknowledgement of a committed relationship with another woman.

“Nobody has that kind of bandwidth,” Stroud said.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:13:33 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>Profile of Board of Trustees Chair Jeff Taylor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the late 1990s, Jeff Taylor was a partner in a small Huntington, West Virginia, law firm. Though he was a lifelong United Methodist and active in his church, his professional aspirations had nothing to do with ministry. He knew trial law was his calling.

Then Taylor’s dad, a lay member to the West Virginia Annual Conference, suggested his son apply to be a lay member as well. “He said to me, ‘I think that’s something you would like.’ And I thought, ‘It doesn’t sound like anything I would like,’” Taylor recalled, laughing.

Father knew best. Taylor attended his first annual conference as a lay member in 1998. It began with a worship service. “From the very beginning, I had a lump in my throat because I had just never heard that many voices in unison.” Later, at a service recognizing retiring pastors, he noticed a common theme in the honorees’ remarks: I never wanted to be a minister, but I couldn’t get away from it. And it hit Taylor: “Uh-oh,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:40:25 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>Louisville Institute postdoctoral scholar Jee Hyun Baek joins the faculty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jee Hyun Baek has been appointed visiting assistant professor of theology. She comes to MTSO as a postdoctoral scholar of the Louisville Institute, which provides generous financial support for her position.

Baek earned a Ph.D from Boston University in theology, ethics and philosophy, with a concentration in constructive theology. She received M.Div. and Th.M. degrees from Duke University Divinity School, as well as a BA and an MA from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.

“We’re pleased to welcome this outstanding new member of our community,” said MTSO President Jay Rundell. “Dr. Baek is our third Louisville Institute scholar, following in the footsteps of Dr. Kyle Brooks and Dr. Kate Common. We are grateful for the institute’s support.”

Methodist Theological School in Ohio provides theological education and leadership in pursuit of a just, sustainable and generative world. In addition to the Master of Divinity degree, the school offers master’s degrees in public theology,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:00:03 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>MTSO welcomes Ashley Boggan D., United Methodists’ lead historian</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ashley Boggan D., general secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History, will speak on the history of the United Methodist Church in MTSO’s Alford Centrum at 7 p.m. Oct. 8. The event, presented by the Theological Commons at MTSO in partnership with the East Ohio and West Ohio conferences of the UMC, is free and open to the public.

MTSO events are best experienced live and in person. If you&#x00027;re unable to attend in person, you may register to tune in via Zoom through this link.

In her GCAH role, Boggan ensures that the UMC understands its past in order to envision a more equitable future for all Methodists. She earned her Ph.D. from Drew Theological School and her M.A. from the University of Chicago Divinity School.

She is the author of Nevertheless: American Methodists and Women’s Rights and Entangled: A History of American Methodism, Politics, and Sexuality.

“Dr.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:57:04 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Kate Common delivers faculty book lecture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Methodist Theological School in Ohio Assistant Professor of Public and Practical Theology Kate Common will discuss her new book, Undoing Conquest: Ancient Israel, the Bible, and the Future of Christianity at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 24. A panel of three MTSO faculty members will respond. The lecture, part of MTSO’s Alumni Day celebration, is presented by the Theological Commons at MTSO.

Undoing Conquest explores how biblical conquest narratives shaped Christian ideology, white-settler colonialism and genocide – and considers what to do about it.

The book dives into recent archeological research that reveals a new story of Israelite origins that can help reshape Christian identity and practice. It also presents tangible practices that churches can take to help repair harmful and ongoing legacies of Christian violence.

“This book is an important read for anyone important read for anyone looking for a fresh theological reflection on the Book of Joshua and a justice-]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:50:43 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Students and alumni celebrate milestones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Audrey McClain, M.Div. ’19, is ordained as an elder in the West Ohio Conference


MTSO congratulates its alumni and students who are being ordained or commissioned within conferences of the United Methodist Church or are celebrating other significant steps within their faith traditions this year.

If you&#x00027;re an MTSO alum or student who should be included but isn&#x00027;t, please complete the brief form on our ordination and commissioning page so that we can recognize you.

East Ohio

Elder commissioning:


	Michael Farmer, serving Canton Crossroads UMC and Canton for All People


Michigan

Elder commissioning


	Nicolas Berlanga, serving Goodrich UMC
	Kimberly Metzer, serving Burton Open Door UMC


Elder ordination


	Martin Cobb, serving Schoolcraft, Pleasant Valley and Three Rivers First UMCs


West Ohio

Deacon commissioning:


	Bethani Aiello
	Xema Rose Whitley


Elder commissioning:


	Pamela Connolly
	Angela Cox
	Ashton Dupler
	Charles Ferguson


Deacon ordination


	Alycia Boyer Orcena,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:22:14 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Bridgeman welcomed into United Methodist Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeman with Palmer


MTSO Dean Valerie Bridgeman has worked closely with many United Methodist colleagues for decades. Now she joins them as a United Methodist elder in full connection. Bishop Gregory Palmer welcomed her into communion through recognition of orders at the West Ohio Annual Conference Celebration of Ministry in Columbus June 1.

Bridgeman was licensed by the Church of God Anderson, Indiana, in 1977 and ordained in that tradition in 1985. It wasn’t long before she found her work intersecting with Methodism.

“My first sense that God may be calling me to the United Methodist Church was the late 1990s, when I was in Austin and in relationship with several United Methodist people,” she said. “Because I’m Wesleyan, it resonated with me.”

Over the years, she has served as interim pastor for UM congregation Memphis and preacher-in-residence for a UM church in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 12:17:09 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Allen-McLaurin and Stroud elected to MTSO faculty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Trustees of Methodist Theological School in Ohio has elected two new faculty members. Irene Elizabeth “Beth” Stroud was elected assistant professor of history, beginning July 1. Lisa Allen-McLaurin, who has served under appointment at MTSO since July 2023, was elected as professor of worship, music and spirituality.


Stroud


Stroud comes to MTSO from Princeton University, where she serves as a lecturer in the Princeton Writing Program. She also has taught at Union Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary and Sarah Lawrence College.

Her teaching interests include the history of Christianity from 1500 to the present; American religious history; Protestantism, missions and movements for social reform; African American religious history; race, religion and sexuality in American religion; and science, medicine and religion.

Stroud holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University, a Master of Sacred Theology from Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 07:55:38 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Student awards presented at closing convocation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Servant Leader Award honoree Yi Rao with President Jay Rundell and Dean Valerie Bridgeman


Methodist Theological School in Ohio celebrated student achievement at its Closing Convocation May 7, presenting a series of awards.

Eleven awards were presented to students by President Jay Rundell and Dean Valerie Bridgeman.

The Bishop Judith Craig Prize in Christian Education honors Bishop Craig, whose ministry began as a Christian educator. It recognizes academic excellence; a solid record of service in the local church in a field placement; positive contributions to campus life, the district or the conference; and potential for significance in professional ministry. Recipient: Kate Bouldin.

The Fellowship Seminarian Award recognizes a graduating senior who displays outstanding leadership in music or worship arts. Recipient: Mackalyn Figgins.

The Gindlesperger Bible Award recognizes a graduate who has demonstrated competence in biblical studies and who is humble,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 09:56:17 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Professor Paul Numrich pens ‘Religiously Competent Health Care’ article</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Numrich, MTSO professor in the Snowden Chair for the Study of Religion, has contributed the lead article in Bio Quarterly, a publication of the Bioethics Network of Ohio.

In the article, “Attending to Religion in Religiously Competent Health Care,” Numrich considers how health-care providers can best relate to patients whose religious – or nonreligious – beliefs differ from their own.

He writes, in part, “Religious providers who find it difficult to care for patients who do not share their worldview can take a cue from a Christian writer [T.C. Muck]: ‘Respecting other people’s beliefs doesn’t mean indiscriminately agreeing with everything you run across. However, it does entail realizing that these sometimes strange beliefs are extremely important to people.’”

Numrich’s full article is shared here in PDF form with permission of the Bioethics Network of Ohio.

Methodist Theological School in Ohio provides theological education and leadership in pursuit of a just,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:25:04 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Professor Sarah Lancaster writes on ‘United Methodist Doctrine After Disaffiliation’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Heaner Lancaster, MTSO professor in the Werner Chair of Theology, takes on a significant subject with her article “United Methodist Doctrine After Disaffiliation: Learning to Teach Our Teaching,” published in Methodist Review: A Journal of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies, Volume 16.

Lancaster asserts, “Doctrine secures our faith in God’s action and reality in the world through Jesus Christ, but theology calls us to keep looking for how God is acting as new situations and needs become apparent. It also calls us out of complacency over assumed meanings of doctrine that do not further God’s work and may even be harmful.”

The full article is available on the Methodist Review website (free registration required) and is shared here in PDF form with permission.

Methodist Review is a free open access, peer-reviewed electronic journal dedicated to the publication of scholarly articles in all areas of Wesleyan and Methodist studies. MR is sponsored by Candler School of Theology, Emory University;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:55:56 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Bishop Gregory Palmer will address MTSO class of 2024</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Palmer


Bishop Gregory Palmer of the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church has accepted the invitation of Methodist Theological School in Ohio President Jay Rundell to address the school’s 2024 graduates. The commencement ceremony begins at 11 a.m. May 18 in Dickinson Courtyard on the MTSO campus, 3081 Columbus Pike in Delaware. Guests are welcome, and tickets are not required.

Ordained in 1977 and elected to the episcopacy in 2000, Palmer served as bishop for eight years in Iowa and four years in Illinois before arriving at West Ohio in 2012. He plans to retire at the conclusion of the West Ohio Annual Conference June 1.

Palmer, who received his Master of Divinity degree from Duke University Divinity School and his undergraduate degree from George Washington University,]]></description>
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