{"id":98634,"date":"2021-01-15T16:15:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T21:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=98634"},"modified":"2021-01-15T17:37:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T22:37:48","slug":"je-episcopal-seminaries-exploring-partnership-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=98634","title":{"rendered":"((JE) Episcopal Seminaries \u201cExploring Partnership Options\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two historic Episcopal Church seminaries announced<\/a> this week that they \u201chave begun the process of exploring partnership options.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the language of the announcement offers no detail, it appears that both New York\u2019s General Theological Seminary (GTS) and Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) of Alexandria, Virginia are now on a trajectory to eventually consolidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cPurposefully walking together in as many ways as possible is our goal going forward\u201d wrote the chairs of both boards, Dr. David Charlton (VTS) and Diocese of Atlanta Bishop Robert Wright (GTS).<\/p>\n

Episcopal seminaries including Episcopal Divinity School, Bexley Hall Seminary, and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, each announced similar language before \u201cfederating\u201d or being subsumed into a larger institution. A fourth seminary, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, was acquired<\/a> by the endowed parish of Trinity Wall Street in 2019. Each points to an ongoing trend of consolidation among institutions as the Episcopal Church contracts in membership and attendance numbers.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Today, @iamepiscopalian<\/a>'s oldest and largest seminaries — @GeneralSeminary<\/a> and @VTS_Seminary<\/a> — have begun the process of exploring partnership options. Learn More: https:\/\/t.co\/8mJmDnYk6K<\/a>#seminary<\/a> #episcopal<\/a> #episcopalian<\/a> @PB_Curry<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/lMw6cZPJ2a<\/a><\/p>\n

— Virginia Theological Seminary (@VTS_Seminary) January 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n