mccormick theological seminary Archives

McCormick Seminary to house new center on reparative justice

Posted July 1st, 2020

Together with the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, McCormick Theological Seminary announces the formation of the Center for Reparative Justice, Transformation, and Remediation.

Gelling too soon

Posted June 18th, 2020

In Gail Godwin’s book “The Finishing School,” which features an older woman and a 14-year-old girl, the woman tells the girl she can tell by looking whether a person has congealed. That person will have no more surprises, the woman tells her young friend, and to avoid the trap she must constantly be on guard against gelling too soon. It’s a valued vignette in one of the Rev. Dr. Lib Caldwell’s favorite books.

Hugh Fleece Halverstadt, an expert on managing church conflict, dies at 81

Posted April 20th, 2020

The Rev. Dr. Hugh Fleece Halverstadt, one of theological education’s foremost experts on managing church conflict, died April 14 at The Pines continuing care community in Davidson, N.C. Described by his former colleagues at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago as good-humored, wise, supportive and always authentic, he was 81.

Presbyterian seminaries respond to COVID-19 with caution, preparation

Posted March 13th, 2020

Presbyterian seminaries are taking action to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus and thinking through what the spread of the virus might mean for future events.

New Just Worship documentary explores deep connection between justice and worship

Posted February 27th, 2020

Do you love Jesus? Or are you more into the social gospel?

‘All God’s children deserve to be counted’

Posted February 7th, 2020

As she pursues a second graduate degree, Beth Truett of suburban Chicago is keen on convincing faith communities that they should partner with the United States Census Bureau as it fulfills its constitutional mandate during 2020 of counting every single resident of the United States.

New board book from co-authors Elizabeth F. Caldwell and Theodore Hiebert celebrates diversity

Posted February 4th, 2020

“God’s Big Plan,” a new board book by noted Christian educator Elizabeth F. Caldwell and Old Testament scholar Theodore Hiebert, is now available.

McCormick Seminary names project director for theological studies inside prison

Posted September 3rd, 2019

McCormick Theological Seminary announces that Lejia (Jia) Johnson has accepted the newly created position as McCormick’s project director for Theological Studies at Cook County Department of Corrections.

Theological education leader Joyce C. Tucker dies

Posted July 14th, 2019

The Rev. Dr. Joyce Cummings Tucker, a Presbyterian pastor, author, and prominent leader in theological education, died Friday, July 12, in New York City following a short illness. She lived in Princeton, N.J.

McCormick Theological Seminary Trustees elect chair, vice-chair

Posted June 6th, 2019

At its annual meeting last month, the McCormick Theological Seminary Board of Trustees elected Connie Lindsey of Chicago as Chair. According to a seminary news release, she is Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Diversity and Inclusion at the Northern Trust. She succeeds Peter J. Cochrane of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis. The Board also elected the Rev. Erica Y. Liu, co-pastor of Pres House in Madison, Wis., as Vice Chair.