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Our hearts are broken today as we witness racism in our land and across the world, including the tragic and unjust deaths of men like Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd. We think of past names that are added to this list, both men and women, known and unknown, brothers and sisters. And we are reminded […]

Asbury Theological Seminary is delighted to announce the launch of a new initiative, known as Asbury Seminary Global. This initiative creatively combines online and short, targeted, residential experiences at convenient, church-based locations into a new hybrid educational platform. The Seminary has enjoyed six years of record-breaking Fall enrollment and now currently serves more students than […]

Asbury Theological Seminary welcomes three new members to the Board of Trustees, including Dr. Cynthia James, Rev. Kyle Ray and Rev. Charles Savage. The Board of Trustees serves Asbury Seminary by helping to shape and oversee its overarching policies. “We are delighted to welcome these new members to the Board of Trustees,” Dr. Timothy C. […]

Asbury Theological Seminary received a $15,000 grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship that will fund a year long Vital Worship Grants Program to promote worship and faith formation at the Seminary. Starting June 2020, the program seeks to cultivate new expressions of hymn singing at the Seminary by introducing a globally diverse diet […]

Dr. Craig Keener, Asbury Theological Seminary F.M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies, and Dr. Bill Arnold, Paul S. Amos Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, received Biblical Foundation Book Awards from the Center for Biblical Studies. Dr. Arnold’s book The World around the Old Testament: The People and Places of the Ancient Near East […]

Dr. Ben Witherington III, Jean R. Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies, is the co-winner of the Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) Award in the category of Theology and Religious studies for his book Biblical Theology: The Convergence of the Canon. The PROSE awards, administered by the American Association of Publishers, annually recognize […]

Asbury Theological Seminary and its Coronavirus Response Team (CRT) continue to monitor the evolving situation in our country and world, and the CRT meets regularly regarding any decisions the Seminary may need to take in response to these changes.  As a result of its most recent meeting, the Seminary’s CRT announces the latest updates and […]

Asbury Theological Seminary is closely monitoring the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the disease called COVID-19, and has developed a task force to create policy and implement appropriate safety precautions. Although at the time of this release, we have no reported cases of COVID-19 in or around our campuses and extension sites, we […]

Asbury Theological Seminary hosts its sixth annual Wesley Waddle 10k/5k on April 18 at 8 a.m. Once again the Wesley Waddle is partnering with the End It Movement to shine a light on human trafficking. One hundred percent of race donations will be given to Refuge for Women in Lexington, Ky. This is the third […]

Dr. Michael Peterson, Professor of Philosophy of Religion, releases C.S. Lewis and the Christian Worldview on February 13. In this Oxford University Press book, Dr. Peterson helps us understand Lewis’ Christian worldview, including his famous arguments for God based on reason, morality and transcendent desire, as well as his ideas about Incarnation, Trinity and Atonement. “I […]