The Rev. Roger A. Ferlo compares his new calling as the first president of two federated Episcopal seminaries to helping an internet startup firm. Ferlo, Virginia Theological Seminary\u2019s associate dean and director of its Institute for Christian Formation and Leadership, will become president of Bexley Hall and Seabury-Western seminaries beginning July 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like venture capital,\u201d\u009d he said. \u201cI\u2019m 60 years old. This is fabulous. I feel like it\u2019s the culmination of my ministry to take these two seminaries and move them to a new place\u201d\u009d of ministry.<\/p>\n
The boards of trustees for both seminaries announced March 27 that they had approved the federation in unanimous votes. They will share one budget, one president and one board, but continue in their two locations: Seabury-Western in a building shared with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America\u2019s national office in suburban Chicago and Bexley in its cooperative ministry with Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n