Now and Next
2024-2025 Annual Report
Mission:
Deeply rooted in Christian faith and radically open to what God is doing now, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School educates inspiring leaders for faith communities.
Pictured: Matthew Rivera (Class of 2025), Jonathan Edwards Prize Awardee
Dean’s Welcome
“Now and Next.” These three simple words constituted Andover Newton at Yale Divinity School’s theme for the 2024-25 academic year, and they packed a punch.
As has been the practice in recent years, the theme was drawn from a portion of Andover Newton’s longstanding mission statement. The section, “[R]adically open to what God is doing now” became Now and Next, and through the theme our community considered important dimensions of Christian ministry.
We made the theme not just institutional but personal. In our first-year student colloquium, students took turns offering their testimonies as to what Now and Next mean to them as relates to their callings. I wrote about Now and Next in my weekly blog, and the theme guided our staff’s choices for everything from speaker invitations to graphic design.
Now and Next called on us to turn our eyes to the future of ministry. We sense that God is doing something new (Isaiah 43:19), and that sense replaces fear with hope. We believe that giving our community’s guidance over to Christ brings about new creation in it (2 Corinthians 5:17), and new creations cannot help but foster renewal just by living out their callings.
A Christian hope is by no means a naïve one, but neither does it oversimplify. Some characterize the mood in our society with a single word: divided. Yet so much more is at hand! Some are pleased by our nation’s direction, and others are terrified by it.
Most agree that we’re in an inbetween time, where something is ending, and something new is beginning. We’re much more familiar with what’s being lost than what’s possibly to be gained, so we grieve. Yet our faith tells us that the new thing is coming, and God is making it, which will make it good.
Contemplating the meaning of “Now and Next” called upon us to contextualize ourselves by asking, “Who am I in the midst of this communal moment?” Then, it calls upon us to claim our ministries: “What am I called upon to do, Now and Next, to make the world what God has in mind for it?”
In faith,
Founding Dean Andover Newton Seminary at YDS
Institutional Summary
Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School traces its origins to the founding of Andover Theological Seminary in 1807. This first graduate school in North America sought to provide a “learned clergy” to the churches of New England.
In 1965, it joined Newton Theological Institution (founded 1825) to become Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS), an independent graduate school known among seminaries as “the school of the church.”
ANTS relocated to New Haven, CT in 2017 to form an affiliation with Yale Divinity School intended to enable both institutions to continue to educate religious leaders as the world’s religious landscape changes. A distinct unit within YDS, Andover Newton forms leaders for faith communities that are locally governed and welcome new ways of thinking about the Gospel.
Today, Andover Newton at YDS fosters the formation of a “learned clergy” in new ways.
Andover Newton keeps the “learned” in “clergy” by providing a world-class education to those who have experienced a call from God to serve others. It keeps the “clergy” in “learned” by promoting teaching and research that are attuned to what churches need from their ministers.
Andover Newton’s curriculum, which aligns with the YDS Master of Divinity degree program, emphasizes the life and practice of ministry. Graduates receive Andover Newton diplomas in addition to their Yale degrees.
Andover Newton at YDS supports the intellectual and spiritual growth of ministry students, advocates for faith community leadership education within the theological academy, and – as has been true from the beginning – furnishes communities seeking to walk God’s way with thoughtful and inspiring leaders.
Mission
Deeply rooted in Christian faith and radically open to what God is doing now, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School educates inspiring leaders for faith communities.
Core Values
Leading with love, which binds all things together in harmony (Col 3:14), we affirm these core values:
To be PASTORAL in our emphasis on the holistic care of souls in scholarship, pedagogy, and the culture we foster inside and beyond our campus (Jeremiah 3:15; Mark 10:42–45);
CONGREGATIONAL in our commitment to the free church tradition and nurturing of egalitarian relationships under the Spirit’s leadership among members of our community (Exodus 19:6; Acts 2:46–47);
CONTRITE through an honest reckoning with our mixed history of Puritan privilege and missionary zeal without wavering—as our forebears intended, by their lights—to participate in the mending of creation (Psalm 51:10–13, 17; Isaiah 58:12; 2 Cor 5:18); and
ASPIRATIONAL in our commitments to the highest standards of integrity and excellence, the legacy of innovation that has distinguished our school for more than two centuries, and to the practice of biblically-centered justice and compassion (Micah 6:6–8; Matt 25:34–40).
By the Numbers
total number of ANS at YDS graduates since 2019 living alumni/ae
students at YDS
students in Andover Newton’s academic program of ANS students are from communities of color
affiliate faculty members
Advisory Council members
Andover Newton Fellows Alumni/ae Board members
By Denomination
25% not as-yet affiliated
10% Unitarian Universalist-affiliated
40% UCC-affiliated
25% Baptist-affiliated
By Professional Focus Other
Ministry Advanced Study Social Justice Higher Education Leadership
Meet the Team
Rev. Dr. Sarah B. Drummond
Founding Dean
Celebrating 20 years with Andover Newton, Sarah serves as Founding Dean of Andover Newton Seminary and Professor in the Practice of Ministerial Leadership at Yale Divinity School.
Rev. JaQuan Beachem
Associate Dean of Community Development and Spiritual Formation
JaQuan is the presiding minister of the Emmaus Service; faculty lead for Emmaus Encounters, and attuner for the pulse of the Sterling Quadrangle and University community.
Anna-Liisa Lubbert
Seminary Administrator
Anna-Liisa is Andover Newton’s Administrator and operations manager, with a background in finance and accounting and careers in asset management, insurance, and small business.
David C. Smith, Ph.D. Director of Institutional Advancement
David is social historian, with nearly 20 years of experience in institutional advancement and higher education. David oversees fundraising, alumni/ae relations, communications, and Andover Newton’s institutional history.
Advisory Council
Karen Anderson
The Rev. Dr. Willard W.C. Ashley
Rowland Bates
Bradley P. Bauer
Marquita Brooks
John Canning
The Rev. Abner Cotto-Bonilla
The Rev. Dr. Davida Foy Crabtree
James D. Dana, Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Gregory G. Groover
The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haggray
The Rev. Dr. Charles L. Howard
The Rev. Richard H. Huleatt
Michael W. Kellogg
The Rev. Laura Kisthardt
The Rev. Dr. David Mehl
The Rev. Dr. F. Timothy Moore
The Rev. Tamara Moreland
The Rev. Donald T. Ng
Nancy E. Nienhuis
Joseph M. Pankowski, Jr.
Diane S. Parrish
Heather Raker
The Rev. Nena D. Radtke
Judith Sizer
David E. Smith
John Stachniewicz
The Rev. Judith L. Swahnberg
The Rev. Susan Page Townsley
The Rev. Dr. Bernard Wilson
*Ad Hoc Member / Alumni/ae Board Chair
Fellows
Attunement
Andover Newton Fellows provide the professional guidance, leadership, and mentoring to help ensure that the education, training, and ministry provided to seminary students is attuned to what "faith communities need both “Now and Next.”
Listed Alphabetically
Reverend Doctor Willard W. Ashley, Sr
Reverend Molly Baskette
Reverend George Harris
Reverend Heidi Carrington Heath
Reverend George Chochos
Reverend Abner Cotto-Bonilla
Reverend Matthew Crebbin
Reverend Jack Davidson
Reverend Nathan Detering
Reverend Kaji Douša
Reverend Matt Fitzgerald
Reverend Rebecca Floyd
Bishop Yvette Flunder
Reverend Doctor Davida Foy Crabtree
Reverend Jocelyn B. Gardner Spencer
Reverend Dana Gonsal
Reverend Doctor Gregory Groover
Reverend Doctor Jeffrey Haggray
Reverend Daniel Haugh
Reverend Doctor E. Heath
Reverend Kathleen Henry
Rev. Dr. Horace A. Hough
Reverend Doctor Charles Howard
Reverend Richard Huleatt
Reverend Doctor David Mehl
Reverend Timothy F. Moore
Reverend Tamara Moreland
Reverend Susan Murtha
Reverend Donald Ng
Reverend Roberto Ochoa
Reverend Lauren L. Ostrout
Reverend Doctor Kenneth R. Parker
Reverend Patricia Parker
Reverend Alison Patton
Reverend Sue Phillips
Reverend Jeffrey Rider
Reverend Doctor Cody J. Sanders
Reverend Doctor George W. Scott
Reverend Judith Swahnberg
Reverend David Taylor
Reverend Susan Townsley
Reverend Kate Vanderzee-Glidden
Reverend Bernard Wilson
Academic Program
Andover Newton’s educational program overlays onto the YDS MDiv degree program, taking advantage of the flexibility built into the MDiv to focus students on effective religious leadership in locally-governed, open-minded faith traditions. The program includes courses in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), Pulpit Supply, Yale School of Management, Pastoral Care, Emmaus Encounter, and Denominational Polity.
Key Competencies
Andover Newton at Yale Divinity School’s educational program promotes the following six competencies for faith community leadership:
Integration
Capacity to bring together theology, ministry, human nature, and life’s meaning
Community
Value for and ability to build community
Compassion/Social Justice
Empathy for others and a commitment to justice in the community
Discernment
Ability to listen to the voice of the Spirit, personally and alongside a community
Leadership
Gifts and skills for effective ministerial leadership
Spirituality
A deep and cultivated Christian faith
Community Life
Beyond the diploma program, Andover Newton at Yale Divinity School offers many opportunities for student learning and engagement, including:
Emmaus: All gather for Andover Newton’s weekly dinner, Bible study, and worship experience that takes place every Thursday YDS is in-session
Emmaus Encounters: Andover Newton coordinates and funds travel seminars whereby students learn how to build community with each other and form community with neighbors beyond conventional borders
Advising and Professional Development: With a pulpit-supply program, mentoring from experienced ministers (“Fellows”), job search and personal finance workshops, Andover Newton helps students make the transition into ministry as a profession in a wide array of contexts
Emmaus
Worship
Every Thursday during the school year, Andover Newton at YDS students, faculty, staff, family, and friends gather over a meal and Bible study, followed by an enthusiastic and welcoming worship that includes music, prayer, student sharing (testimony), and communion.
Pulpit Supply
Andover Newton at Yale Divinity School recognizes that many churches are in transition, and we are aware of the unique and difficult circumstances challenging faith communities today.
As we equip students for faithful leadership in a variety of settings, we know that the needs of the church are not only in the future, but in the present. We match seminary students and churches for pulpit supply to facilitate growth, learning, and support for both.
The Pulpit Supply Program provides students an opportunity to hone their homiletical skills, to practice worship leadership, and to create connections and community with churches in need of worship support.
In 2024-2025, the Pulpit Supply Program impacted 45 church communities through 23 YDS seminary students.
Alexa Rollow ANS MDiv, Class of 2026 Pulpit Supply Coordinator
George Washington Williams Summit
On June 16-19, 2024, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School had the honor of hosting a Black ANTS alumni/ae from across the nation at the George Washington Williams Summit.
Senior Fellow Rev. Dr. George Scott facilitated a plenary session, “Telling the Whole Story,” that evoked the power of storytelling. Though this session started with the sharing of one’s individual testimony, by the end of the plenary all gathered were sharing memories of their time “on the Hill.” Affiliated faculty member Professor Clifton Granby proclaimed a message entitled, “Take Care to Remember,” weaving the necessity of bearing witness with wisdoms of ancestors like George Washington Williams, Frederick Douglass, Toni Morrison, and our Christ-inspired lineages.
The Juneteenth celebration continued at our dear church-partner, the historic Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church in New Haven led b Rev. Andre Cortez Gilford Jr. The special occasion brought the witness of the Senior Pastor of 12th Baptist Church, Rev. Willie Bodrick, II (and his family), Advisory Council member, Rev. Dr. Chaz Howard, and notable alum, Dawn Jefferson.
This family affair that was the George Washington Williams Summit included visits to the Beinecke Museum, New Haven Museum, and more about the neighborhood. We told stories. We laughed. We cried. We gathered round table.
Emmaus Encounter
Over the January intersession, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School embarked on the second iteration of its new form of travel seminar called “Emmaus Encounters: Building Community on the Road.”
Andover Newton teaches future ministers how to build community, and Emmaus Encounters provides students with the opportunity to build community within groups, build bridges in previously unfamiliar contexts, and challenge themselves to reflect theologically on what they learn.
From January 2-9, nine ANS at YDS students journeyed to Oʻahu to participate in Emmaus Encounters. Site visits included Kawaiahaʻo Church, The Punahou School, Paepae o Heʻeia fish preserve, Kamehameha Schools Kapālama, the Kōkua Kalihi Valley, Missions Houses, Pearl Harbor’s Navy and Marine Base, the USS Arizona Memorial, and the Center for Hawaiʻian Knowledge at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
To practice the art of fostering relationships, student participants were responsible for leading daily devotions, facilitating debriefings, and preparing the group for each site.
During the fall 2024 semester, the nine student participants prepared for the journey by learning about how ministerial leaders build community within and among groups. They also studied the history of Andover, Newton, and Yale in Hawaiʻi, where past missions have created a meaningful yet fraught set of two-centuries-old relationships.
Students learned about Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia and his studies at Yale and Andover in the early 19th century. They explored the lives of Andover graduate Hiram Bingham I and his wife Sybil, who traveled with the 1819 mission, which included both Yale and Andover graduates. The Binghams founded schools and churches still serving the Honolulu community today.
Associate Dean, Rev. JaQuan Beachem, served as lead instructor for the course. Supporting the trip were Founding Dean Sarah Drummond and current student Antonio Vargas, Jr., past participant and course assistant.
Recognizing the complicated and dynamic legacy of ANS at YDS and Hawaiʻi, this course endeavored and succeeded in developing space for deep learning, meaningful dialogue, and theological reflection.
Newton Bicentennial
In April, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School celebrated Newton Theological Institution’s Bicentennial. Our guest of honor and Bauer-Broholm Lecture keynote speaker, Rev. Dr. Gina Jacobs-Strain, General Secretary of American Baptist Churches USA, began the day with a sermon in Marquand Chapel entitled, “Maybe, Ask God First?” The opening of the Newton Bicentennial Archive Exhibit and a campus tour both welcomed and entertained the many alumni/ae who made the trip.
Before the start of the Bauer-Broh
Dean, Sarah B. Drummond, offere which she reminded us that the e commemorate not a building, a institution, but a consistent and cul provide a learned clergy for God’s ch Drummond shared that “marking reminded us of the longevity and r Then and now, we educate those w for the sake of love and justice. The and the needs of society have chan loving God, even 200 years is th knowledge gives us both humility an
Dinner and a special Emmaus Gathering led JaQuan K. Beachem, along with tributes from YD Greg Sterling, Andover Newton Professors S. Ma and Gregory Mobley, carried a beautiful night t concluded in song with the YDS Choir. We are grate who came in person to help us celebrate, and appreciative to those who were unable to attend a us in thought.
George Washington Williams Chair
In June, Professor Braxton D. Shelley was appointed to the new George Washington Williams Endowed Faculty Chair at Yale Divinity School, which is named for the first African American to graduate from Newton Theological Institution (which is today part of Andover Newton Seminary at YDS). The appointment carries historical significance, as does the creation of the chair itself. The George Washington Williams Chair is the first endowed chair at YDS, and only the second in any school at Yale University, to be named after an African American.
It honors the legacy of George Washington Williams, an unsung hero of American history. Williams was a decorated soldier, beloved Baptist minister, respected historian, and a relentless advocate for social justice and equality. He gave the world an example of how, in the words of Andover Newton’s mission statement, “deeply rooted, radically open” Christian faith leadership can change a life and change the world.
With the support of the Andover Newton community, strong advocacy of YDS Dean Greg Sterling, unequivocal affirmation of faculty members already occupying YDS named chairs, and resounding acclamation of the Andover Newton at YDS affiliated faculty, the Yale University President and Corporation approved the appointment of Professor Braxton Shelley as inaugural George Washington Williams Chair on June 11, 2025.
Professor Shelley is a decorated scholar, ordained minister in the Missionary Baptist tradition, and path-clearing theorist of African American sacred music. Shelley is celebrated as a once-in-a generation scholar of music. His fieldchanging article, “Analyzing Gospel,” was recognized with the Alfred Einstein Award from the American Musicological Society, the Kunst Prize from the Society of Ethnomusicology, and the Adam Krims Award from the Popular Music Interest Group of the Society of Music Theory.
Upon learning of the appointment, Professor Shelley stated, “I am deeply moved by this great honor, named for someone who made such an amazing mark in both religion and politics. And I am doubly appreciative for the light this appointment shines on the work we are doing to lift up the contributions Black sacred music has made to the church and the world.”
In appreciation for this appointment, Andover Newton Founding Dean, Sarah B. Drummond, said, “Braxton Shelley’s work moves music from the background to the foreground in scholarship on the religious experience of individuals, congregations, and the wider culture. He has been a dedicated member of the ANS at YDS affiliated faculty, providing our students with opportunities to meet and learn from today’s most influential Black Church musicians. We are overjoyed that he will be the inaugural George Washington Williams Chair.”
Prof. Braxton D. Shelley
Commencement 2025
On Saturday, April 17, 2025, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School celebrated the graduation of twenty new alumni/ae. The special ceremony was held in Marquand Chapel and 2024 Preaching Prize winner, Spencer Law, served as the guest speaker. The Class of 2025 is a remarkable group. Eight are moving on to pursue congregational and church work with ABCUSA, the UCC, and UU; one has accepted a role as a hospital chaplain; two are pursuing social justice work; five are continuing studies in higher education; and four are in the search and call process.
At both Saturday’s and Monday’s YDS ceremony, five Andover Newton graduates received awards including: Morenike Oyebode, the Reverend Frederick J. Streets Prize honoree; Bishar Jenkins, the John A. Wade Prize winner; Matthew Rivera, Jonathan A. Edwards Prize for Excellence in Scholarship and Ministry; Courtney Esteves, Class Marshall; and Antonio Vargas, Jr., Andover Newton’s Preaching Prize recipient.
Reflecting on the weekend’s commencement festivities, Founding Dean Sarah B. Drummond noted, “One thing that Andover Newton and Yale have always had in common is that we love graduation. It is the most important celebration of our year, not just because we cherish our graduates and want to congratulate them, but because the work of ministry includes convening and presiding over meaningful rituals. Therefore, we try to show the best of ritual celebration as a tribute to our mission.”
Class of 2025 Spotlights
Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School is proud to celebrate each member of the Class of 2025. Clockwise from top left, recent placements include the following:
Kelly Antonson, Associate Minister for Children, Youth, and Families, The Congregational Church of New Canaan; Courtney Esteves, Pastoral Resident, Wellesley Village Church; Alison Hager, Pastor, West Avon Congregation Church; Matthew Rivera, National Coordinator for Healing and Transforming Communities, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS); Lillian Steinmayer, Associate Pastor. Round Hill Community Church; Dave Stuart, Associate Minister, Wilton Congregational Church.
In Memoriam 2024-2025
We give thanks to God for the life and ministry of our alumni/ae whose faith and service blessed our community. May their spirit continues to inspire us as they rest in God’s eternal care.
Shirley E. Anderson, 1997
Timothy J. Benson, 1975
Doris A. Borchert, 1991
Liz Brimm, 2013
Roger L. Brown, 1975
Maryliz M. Clark, 1979
Edmund A. Claypool, 1960
Susan G. Curtis, 1983
Edward W. DeLong, 1988
Frederick Mathewson Denny, 1965
Edmond J. Dunn, 1972
Peter M. Dyer, 1987
John P. Ellis, 1970
James E. Forsythe, 1969
Douglas W. Garland, 1969
Martin E. Gibbs, 1967
Philip S. Hall, 1959
Vicki Kay Hammel, 1996
Richard G. Harris, 1970
Patricia E. Harrison, 1998
Gary A. Hart, 1998
Paul A. Heffron, 1963
Brenda Hermanson, 2009
Judy E. Hjorth, 1965
Merrilyn J. Holcomb, 1988
Earl W. Hoppert, 1965
Thomas M. Hurst, 1978
Leander E. Keck, 1953
Florence N. King, 1988
Diana M. Kirk, 1991
Peter W. Lovejoy, 1967
Rhonda Macleod, 2013
Alan C. Macy, 1987
Harry R. Mahoney, 1959
Tai Shigaki-Parsons, 1947
James Rowe Peters, 1979
Lee Pierce, 2012
William H. Pinder, 1979
Walter L. Pitman, 1980
Terryl A. Purvis-Smith, 1969
David T. Ramsey, 1967
Cynthia F. Reynolds, 1993
David L. Robertson, 1971
Robert C. Sallies, 1964
Jay M. Sapunar, 1960
Carol S. Shelton, 1995
Colleen R. Squires, 2011
Phillips C. Sweet, 1967
William R. Thayer, 2005
Joseph R. Washington, 1957
Richard A. White, 1980
Jim Willis, 1991
John W. Wilson, 1977
Vera M. Wingate, 1990
Virgil A. Wood, 1956
Gerald G. Wyrwas, 1969
In Tribute: Virgil Alexander Wood
We are grateful to be counted among the cloud of witnesses impacted by the ministry, advocacy, scholarship, and leadership of Rev. Dr. Virgil Alexander Wood (April 6, 1931 – December 28, 2024). During the mid-1950s, Wood arrived at Andover Newton Theological School with an interest and lived experience to pursue social justice at a place that was increasingly progressive and open to more innovative approaches to ministry. After earning his B.D. from ANTS in 1956, Wood returned to the South to pastor Lynchburg’s Diamond Hill Baptist Church.
Wood established the Lynchburg Improvement Association to fight for desegregation, voting rights, and economic justice in the Lynchburg community, and through the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he used nonviolent, civil disobedience to challenge broader systemic racism across Virginia. As a lieutenant to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he helped plan and orchestrate the 1963 March on Washington to advocate for civil and economic rights of African Americans.
From 1963 to 1970, Wood returned to New England to lead the Blue Hill Christian Center in Boston’s Roxbury community and crossed paths once again with his alma mater on the Hill. The school’s progressivism, activism, and concern for urban ministry created fertile soil for a relationship between ANTS, Wood, and students looking to pursue a ministry centered on civil and economic rights.
In 1973, Wood received his doctorate in education from Harvard University and enjoyed a distinguished career in academia highlighted by his role as Dean and Director of the African American Institute and Associate Professor of Northeastern University at Boston. Wood concluded his remarkable career by leading Pond Street Baptist Church in Providence, Rhode Island from 1983 to 2005, but his impact is still felt at Andover Newton today.
That our beloved seminary continues to be hub for students and faith leaders who are deeply rooted to civil and economic equality and radically open to the role of the church in an ever-changing world is a tribute to the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Virgil Alexander Wood. Thank you, Dr. Wood!
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Honor Roll: Alumni/ae, Family, and Friends
Rev. Dr. Robert N. Abarno
Rev. Douglas W. Abbott
Rev. Dawn M. Adams
Mr. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
The Rev. Elizabeth D. Allen
Rev. Meredith A. Allen
Rev. Richard C. Allen
Rev. Susie N. Allen
Mrs. Wendy B. Allerton
Rev. Cheryl P. Anderson
Rev. Dr. Mark S. Anschutz
Rev. Dr. James M. A. Antal and Ms. Cindy M. Shannon
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Armstrong
Rev. Dr. Jeffery S. Atwater
Rev. David E. Avery
Rev. Dr. Ronald Baard
Rev. Diane L. Badger
Dr. Paulanne Balch
Arthur Barchenko
Rev. Peter R. Barclay
Rev Dr and Ms Richard H Barron
Ms. and Mr. Gail R. Barrows
Mr. Richard W. Bartlett
Rev. Jean P. Bass
Mr. Rowland B. Bates
Rev. Mary I. Beale
Mr. John W. Becton
Anonymous
Ms. Jane A. Beebe
Rev. and Ms. Bruce L. Benshoff
Mr. J. R. Bentley
Ms. Elizabeth H. Bierbaum
Ms. Jacqueline T. Birmingham
Mr. and Ms. Bryce Blair
Mr. and Ms. David J. Blair
Ms. and Mr. Kathi H. Blair
Ms. Joanna Bodenweber and Mr. Geoffry H. Fried
Mr. and Ms. David J. Blair
Rev. Christopher W. Boyd
Rev. Jami D. Boyle
Rev. Joseph W. Bradley
Rev. Robert O. Bradstreet
Dr. George S. Bratton
Rev. Melvin G. Bridge
Rev Carol A Brink
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Broadbent
Mrs. and Mr. Marilyn Broadbent
Dr. William G. Brockman
Honor Roll: Alumni/ae, Family, and Friends
Rev. Dr. Shirlee M. Bromley
Mr. James R. Brooks
Ms. Marquita Brooks and Rev. Dawn N. Jefferson
Rev. David H. Brown
Ms. Martine Bruno
Ms. Jean C. Burke
Mrs. and Mr. Marsha A. Burt
Rev. Thomas D. Busteed
The Rev. Heidi Butler
Mr. and Ms. Joseph P. Campanella
Alexa I. Canady, M.D.
Mr. Chris Canavan
Mrs. Janet S. Canning|John Canning
Rev. Vicky L. Carpenter
Rev. Dr. and Rev. Deborah L. Carter
Dr. Mary V. Cattan
Rev. Ira W. Chace
Dr. Herbert C. Chamberlin
Rev. Dr. Virginia H. Child
Jessica Chin
Rev. and Rev. David C. Clark
Rev. David L. Clemens
Rev. Jeffrey R. Conlon
Rev. and Mrs. David L. Cook
Rev. Countess C. Cooper
The Rev. Martin Copenhaver and Karen M. Copenhaver
Rev. Ethel M. Corbin and Mr. Arnold S. Buxton
The Rev. Abner E. Cotto-Bonilla
The Rev. Dr. Kay Mooney Cox and Mr. John Cox
Mr. Jim W. Cox-Chapman
Rev. Davida Foy Crabtree
Rev. Dr. and Ms. James W. Crawford
Mr. Charles R. Crawley
Rev. and Ms. Huston Crayton
Rev. and Mr. Betsey R. Crimmins
Ms. Victoria S. Crook
Rev. Joshua L. Crowell and Rev. Bette Anne Crowell
Rev. Robert B. Curry
Rev. Dr. Sandra O. Daily
David J. Dalrymple, Ph.D.
Professor James D. Dana Jr. and Dr. Kathryn E. Spier, Ph.D.
Rev. and Rev. Mary Angela F. Davis
Rev. and Rev. Nicholas G. Davis
Rev. and Rev. Dr. Roxie A. Davis
Honor Roll: Alumni/ae, Family, and Friends
Rev. Dr. and Rev. William F. Davis
Rev. Dr. Eugene E. Dawson
Mrs. Emily Turner DeLuca and Mr. Michael DeLuca
Rev. Ami S. Dion
Rev Donna A DiSciullo
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John Douhan
Rev. Becke M. Drake
Rev. Dr. Sarah B. Drummond and Mr. Daniel Drummond
Rev. Dr. Beverley F. Edwards
Rev. Dr. Susan E. Eenigenburg
Mr. and Ms. Lincoln Eldredge
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Erickson and Mr. S. E. Ericksonn
Ms. Courtney Esteves
Ms. Lee Etter
Mr. and Ms. Gerald D. Evans
Professor William J. Everett
Rev. James A. Ewen
Dr. Stephen C. Fisher
Ms. John Fisk
Ms. Kathleen S. Fitzgerald and Mr. Keith Stavely
Rev. Paula J. Fletcher
Rev. Rebecca M. Floyd and Mr. Alexander Marshall
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Floyd
Rev. and Ms. Douglas G. Fowler
Rev Frederic Franzius
Ms. Nancy L. Fraser
Rev. Elizabeth E. Frigard
Rev. and Mrs. Henry W. Gates
Rev. Dr. William S. Geertz
Rev. Randall L. Gehres
The Rev. Lorain and Mr. William R. Giles
Mr. and Ms. Robert A. Giles
Mr. Andre Gilford
Rev. Mary W. Gillespie
Col. David M. Glantz
Rev. Allyson Glass
Rev. and Rev. William C. Goettler
Rev. Keith W. Goheen
Rev. Dr. and Ms. Alex A. Gondola
Dr. and Mrs. Everett C. Goodwin
Mrs. Loree P. Goodwin
Rev. Cleo D. Graham
Honor Roll: Alumni/ae, Family, and Friends
Rev. Douglas J. Green
Ms. Virginia Greiman
Mr. and Rev. Jonathan C. Guest
Ms. Karen M. Gunn
Mr. Chengyuan Guo
Mr. Daniel D. Haacker
Ms. Ellen Hafer
Ms. Ali E. Hager
Rev. Jeffrey Haggray
Mr. I'noli Cornelius Hall
Rev. Malcolm T. Hall
Rev. Dr. Hugh B. Hamilton
Rev. Dr. William N. Hamilton
Ms. Deborah Hanna
Rev. and Dr. Patricia G. Haresch
Rev. and Mr. Linda E. Harper Smith
Rev. Patricia E. Harrison
Rev. Nancy E. Haynes
Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Hays
Mrs. and Mr. Mary L. Hays
Mr. Stephen Healey and
Ms. Jennifer Frederick
Prof. and Dr. S. Mark Heim
Rev. and Mr. Karen K. Heistand
Dr. Joanne M. Hemenway
Rev. Dr. Kathleen S. Henry
Mr. Thomas C. Henry
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. David Y. Hirano
Dr. Donald G. Hodgson
Dr. and Dr. Charles L. Hoffman
Mr. Craig Hoffman and Albert G. Lauber, Jr., Esq.
Dr. and Mrs. William S. Holt
Ms. Ariana L. Hones
Ms. Mary C. Horan
Mr. Walter W. Hostetter
Rev. Chaz L. Howard
Rev. Dr. Burton S. Howe
Rev. Linda M. Huff
Rev. Rick H. Huleatt
Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Huntwork
Mr. John Hupalo
Rev. Thomas M. Hurst
Rev. Meredith A. Hutchison
Honor Roll: Alumni/ae, Family, and Friends
The Rev. Dr. William Carl Imes and Mrs. Judith Kaye Imes
Ms. Jean W. Inglis
Rev. and Ms. Tapley F. Irby Jr
Rev. Michael G. Ireland
Rev. and Rev. Adam Isbitsky
Mrs. Ninni S. Jacob
Rev. Dawn N. Jefferson and Ms. Marquita Brooks
Rev. Warren E. Jensen
Rev. Dr. Gloria E. Jimpson
Rev. Dr. and Rev. Dr. Jeffrey P. Johnson
Rev. Dwight E. Juliani and Mrs. Linda Juliani
Rev. Dr. Katherine T. Kallis
Rep. Hannah E. Kane and Mr. James F. Kane
Ms. Gwenette Ische Kangis
The Rev Mansfield M Kaseman and Mrs. Dianne Kaseman
Scott P. Kavanagh
Rev. David G. Kegler
Rev. Carolyn H. Keilig
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Kellogg
Rev. Stephanie S. Kelsch
Rev. Deborah L. Labonte
Rev. Reginald V. Lancaster
Mr. Philip M. Laughlin and Mrs. Dorothy M. Laughlin
Rev. Richard G. Leavitt
Rev. Robert J. Lefebvre
Rev. Dr. Janet S. Leighninger
Mr. Marshall E. Linden
Mr. Carl W. Lindskog
Ms. Andrea Lloyd
The Rev. Robert K. Loesch
Mr. and Ms. Dean A. Lundgren
Ms. Anne Lysaght
Rev. Robert B. Macfarlane
Rev. and Ms. James MacIntyre
Rev. and Ms. James MacIntyre III
The Rev. Janet P. Mackey
Prof Thomas W Maclachlan
Rev. Dr. Bruce P. MacLeod
Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. MacPherson
Dr. and Mr. Joan T. Magill
Mr. and Dr. Tom Magill
Ms. Marcia E. Mann
Honor Roll: Alumni/ae, Family, and Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent P. Maraventano
Mr. and Rev. Alexander Marshall
Ms Kate Martin
Ms. Ruth Anne Martz and Stephen L. Majeski
Ms. Lauren Maxwell
Mrs. Faith L. McAdams
Rev. Dr. Jessica A. McArdle
Mr. Gary J. McCabe
Ms. Marilyn C. McCarthy
Rev. Barry G. McCullough
Ms. Nancy E. McKinney
Ms. Sunny J. McMillan
Rev. Dr. David E. Mehl and Dr. Lynne Seacord
Rev. Carol L. Mento
Rev. Eleanor S. Mercer
Rev. M. Elva Merry
Rev. Bobbie W. Miner
Ms. and Rev. Joanna L. Mintzer
Dr. Charles N. Moore
Rev. F. T. Moore
Rev. Tamara C Moreland
Rev. and Rev. Earle R. Morse
Ms. Shelly Moses
Rev. Teri M. Motley
Rev and Mrs Kevin S Munroe
Dr. Cathleen R. Narowitz
Mr. Jamal D. Neal
Rev. Alan G. Newton
Rev. Donald T. Ng
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nicholls
Dr. Nancy Nienhuis and Ms. Tammy Zambo
Rev. Dr. Robert A. Noblett
Rev. and Mr. Eileen O. Norrington
Rev. & Mrs. Roy G. Nyren
The Rev. Roberto O. Ochoa
Rev. Catherine M. O'Connell
Rev. Dr. Ignatius F. Ohno
Mr. Peter C. Olsen
Dr. Dennis K. Orsen
Mr. and Mrs. David Otten
Rev. Dr. Monica J. Ouellette
Ms. Natalie C. Owens-Pike
Rev. Jonathan C. Page
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Pankowski Jr
Rev. Dr. Ned Allyn Parker
Honor Roll: Alumni/ae, Family, and Friends
Diane and Steve Parrish
Rev. Dr. Ronald M. Patterson
Burton Payne
Ms. Ruth Persson
Rev David F Peters
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. George E. Peters
Ms. Roxan M. Peterson
Rev. Karin H. Peterson (Scott)
Dr. Roger W. Plantikow
Rev. Diane M. Pomeroy
Rev. and Ms. Edward E. Pomfret
Ms. Nedelka F. Prescod
Ms. Katharine M. Preston and Mr. John H. L. Bingham
Mr. and Ms. Wayne K. Price
The Rev. David A. Purdy and Mrs. Pamela Chatterton Purdy
Rev. Charles and
Rev Dr. Barbaa Purinton
Rev. Ellen Quaadgras
Rev. Nena D. Radtke
Donald Rahelich
Heather and Todd Raker
Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Randolph
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. David P. Ransom
Mr. George A. Rappolt
Rev. Jared A. Rardin
Ms Racquel R Ray
Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Reinhardt
Rev. John H. Reynolds
The Rev. Jeffrey P. Rider and Ms. Lynn Eastman Rider
Mr. Matthew Rivera
Rev. Persida Rivera-Mendez
Mr. Henry Robbins
Rev. Clare T. Robert and Mr. Patrick Robert
Rev. Ives M. Roberts
Rev. David L. Robertson
Rev. David W. Roones
Rev. Kenneth C. Roscoe
Mr. Alan D. Rose
Mr. and Rev. David M. Rowell
Ms. Kristie Rubendunst
Nancy and Stephen Russell
Stephen and Nancy Russell
Honor Roll: Alumni/ae, Family, and Friends
Roberne J. Saint Louis
Dr. Shoushan M. Salibian
Dr. Robert C. Sallies
Dr. Barbara M. Sanborn
Rev. Paul H. Sangree
Rev. Dr. and Rev. Steven T. Savides
Rev. and Rev. Peter S. Sawtell
Ms. Pamela A. Sawyer
Ms. Rachel H. P. Schmitt
Rev. and Dr. Judith I. Scott
Dr. and Rev. Robert A. Scott
Prof. Michael S. Scott-Morton
Rev. Dr. Carolyn J. Sharp and Dr. Leo A. Lensing
Kenneth R. Shaw
Rev. John M. Sheild
The Rev. Sachiko Y. Shirai
Rev. Donald L. Shuler
Ms. and Rev. Dr. Jane W. Simpson
Rev. Dr. and Ms. John A. Simpson
Rev. Withel I. Simpson
Mr. George H. Sinclair
Rev. Dr. James W. Sinclair
Rev. Paul D. Sinnott
Mr. Barry Sisk
Ms. Judith R. Sizer
Rev. and Ms. James L. Smalley
Dr. and Mrs. David C. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Smith
Rev. Dr. Davis L. Smith
Mr. and Ms. Donald H. Smith
The Rev. Dr. Llewellyn P. Smith and Mr. George Putnam Smith
Rev. Dr. Richard W. Smith
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon T. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Snow
Rev. Richard O. Sparrow
Rev. and Mrs. Richard Spierling
Anonymous
Lynne Stevens
The Rev. Jane Stickney
Rev. and Ms. Glen O. Stoddard
Rev. Nancy W. Strickland
Mr. David B. Stuart and
Ms. Marcy Fall-Stuart
Ms. Emily S. Sugg
Rev. and Mr. Judith L. Swahnberg
Honor Roll: Alumni/ae, Family, and Friends
Ms. Susan L. Tarolli
Rev. William Tate
Mrs. and Mr. Rebecca M. Taylor
Rev. Richard H. Taylor
Dr. Sharon A. Taylor
Rev. Jonathan C. Tetherly
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Tharp
Ms. Linda H. Thomas
Rev. William C. Thwing
Rev. Dr. Allen D. Timm
Rev. and Mr. Susan P. Townsley
Rev. R. J. Tripp
Mr. and Mrs. T Gregory Turner
Rev. Susan J. Tyrrel
Pastor and Ms. Allen Vander Meulen
Rev. Kate VanDerzee-Glidden
Mr. and Mrs. David von Loesecke
Mrs. and Mr. Karen von Loesecke
Rev. Judith Waible
Rev David G Walker
Dr. Thomas B. Walter
Rev. Barbara S. Ward
Rev. Dr. Byron E. Waterman
Rev. Dr. Stephen Wayles
Rev. Patricia E. Welch and Mr. Garland John Gates
Rev. and Rev. Dr. Gail A. Wells
Rev. Dr. J. S. Wells Carter West
Mr. Kyle B. Wilkinson
Rev. Skip Windsor and Kathy Windsor
Rev. Dr. Craig M. Yohn
Dr. Gerard M. Young
Honor Roll: Congregations, Foundations, and Organizations
American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts
Amicable Congregational Church
Bristol United Church of Christ
Calvary Baptist Church
Church Of Christ Congregational Community Foundation of Western Mass
Edwards Church of Northampton
Ellis Charitable Foundation
First Baptist Church of Malden
First Church of Christ Congregational
First Church of Nashua
First Church of Windsor
First Congregational Church
First Congregational Church of Norwich
First Parish Congregational Church
Fisk Memorial UMC
Franklin S. & Mabel A. Hoyt Trust
Gilead Congregational Church
Grace Union Church
Hingham Congregational Church
Marion Hamilton Trust
Mount Vernon Congregational Church
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Roxbury Congregational Church
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Suttons Bay Congregational Church
The Lester G. Provo Trust
United Church of Christ in Cleveland
United Parish of Harrison and North Bridgton
Women's Guild of Columbia Congregational Church
What’s Next
Emmaus Encounters 2026: Puerto Rico
This year, our Emmaus Encounter travel seminar will take place in Puerto Rico January 3-10 in partnership with American Baptist Home Missions Society (ABHMS). To learn more or to get involved, please see: andovernewton.yale.edu/emmaus. th
Simpson Hewett Lecture
On April 16th, Andover Newton will host the Simpson-Hewett Lecture on April 16th, and the guest speaker will be Francis X. Clooney from Harvard Divinity School. This special occasion will also honor and celebrate the extraordinary career of S. Mark Heim.
Commencement 2026
Commencement will be held on May 16th in Marquand Chapel. This wonderful event will recognize the 2026 graduates of Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School diploma program.
Radical. Sustainable. Faithful.
Each year, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School identifies a theme that helps guide our mission to be deeply rooted in Christian faith and radically open to what God is doing now to educate inspiring leaders for faith communities. For the 2025-2026 academic and fiscal year, we are exploring the theme: Radical. Sustainable. Faithful.
Radical comes from our mission statement: “Deeply rooted, radically open.” While often tied to political disruption, the word “radical” shares its etymology with rooted (like radish, or eradicate). Both senses apply to our work. For more than 200 years, Andover Newton has claimed that faith community leadership matters deeply. In a culture that prizes consumerism and technology above all, our insistence on cultivating faithful leaders is both disruptive to the status quo and a return to the roots of our tradition.
Sustainable reflects our recent history and current commitments. In 2016, Andover Newton relocated to Yale and affiliated with Yale Divinity School to ensure a sustainable model for our mission. That sustainability now takes concrete form in choices like ANS’s decision to invest in YDS’ construction of Bauer Hall, a dormitory that rises to the global “Living Village” challenge and gives back more power to the grid than it consumes. Every decision we make is guided by our commitment to prepare learned clergy, not only for today but for generations to come, sending ministerial gifts into the community and into the future.
Faithful names the motivation behind it all. Our work is grounded in faithfulness to God’s call, so that God’s love and justice may be made real, generation after generation. This year, we live into these words radical, sustainable, and faithful as we continue our legacy of preparing leaders for the church and the world.
