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The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CaCREP), a specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), has granted accreditation to the following programs in the Counseling Department at Asbury Theological Seminary: M.A. in Mental Health Counseling. “We are extremely proud and grateful for the hard work of […]

Asbury Theological Seminary is pleased to announce that two of the recently elected United Methodist bishops in the USA are graduates of the Seminary. Bishop Frank Beard and Bishop James Nunn were elected to the North Central Jurisdictional Conference and the South Central Jurisdictional Conference respectively. “We are delighted that Asbury Theological Seminary continues to […]

Asbury Theological Seminary announces Dr. Mark Abbott as the Director of Hispanic Distributed Learning. In his new position, Dr. Abbott will coordinate bilingual course design and development to help Hispanic students and faculty embrace the tools needed for successful online learning. Dr. Abbott joins Dr. Danny Roman Gloro, recently promoted Director of the Hispanic Initiative, […]

Asbury Theological Seminary expresses our sadness at the acts of violence that have swept our nation. We decry these recent acts, but also grieve with those families and communities who experience injustice daily without mention. We seek to offer hope through prayer and the ministry of reconciliation found in Christ Jesus and expressed in 2 […]

Eric Currie rejoins the Asbury Theological Seminary family as the Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management and Operations on the Florida Dunnam Campus. After serving as the Vice President of Enrollment Management at Houghton College for the past three and one-half years, Eric holds more than a decade of experience within higher education. Prior to […]

The Asbury Theological Seminary community expresses our outrage and sadness at the senseless acts of violence perpetuated on June 12 at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Whether in a church, a theater, a school or a nightclub, we decry these acts of violence and join with millions around the world who are praying for […]

Dr. Fred Long, Professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary, received a “Teacher Who Made a Difference” award from the University of Kentucky Department of Education at their awards banquet on April 30. “For me, Fred is a scholar who is a breath of fresh air,” Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb, former student of […]

Dr. Gregg Okesson, Dean of the E. Stanley Jones School of World Evangelism, and Dr. Stephen W. Offutt, Assistant Professor of Development Studies, at Asbury Theological Seminary published Advocating for Justice: An Evangelical Vision for Transforming Systems and Structure. The book provides practices and strategies for Christians with a desire to transform systems and structures for […]

Dr. Kevin Kinghorn, professor of philosophy and religion at Asbury Theological Seminary, recently published A Framework for the Good. This book provides an ethical framework for understanding the good and how we can experience it in increasing measure. This original, carefully argued book will interest scholars and graduate students in moral philosophy and philosophy of […]

Asbury Theological Seminary is pleased to welcome and sponsor a Syrian refugee family in partnership with Kentucky Refugee Ministries. The family, who emigrated from Jordan, arrived on April 26. The family has a two-year-old daughter and is expecting their second child. Asbury Seminary announced in the fall of 2015 that it would sponsor a Syrian […]