Princeton Theological Seminary Annual Report (2023–2024)

Expanding the Theological Table PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 2023–2024 ANNUAL REPORT

Expanding the Theological Table PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 2023-2024 ANNUAL REPORT

From the President Greetings, Princeton Seminary Alums and Friends: As I reflect upon the past year at Princeton Theological Seminary, I am grateful for the numerous connections made here on campus and throughout the globe. To see so many of you at the Inauguration celebration last October and during Reunion in May was particularly heartening. Both represented the largest gatherings held here in Princeton Seminary in many years, and it was beautiful to see the campus abuzz with your energy.

Fortunately, these were not isolated events. Distinguished lectures, global conferences, and our expanding hybrid learning opportunities have drawn an array of learners to this magical town of Princeton. It is humbling and inspiring to witness the growing diversity of individuals engaging with our Seminary as we expand the table of offerings and embrace innovative approaches to theological education.

At Princeton Seminary, we are educators and, thus, lifelong learners. This ethos of inquiry, exploration, and discovery runs through everything we do. Whether through one of our degree programs or exciting continuing education initiatives, we remain invested in your ongoing spiritual and intellectual journeys. Our distinguished and dynamic faculty members are at the forefront of theological scholarship, shaping critical dialogues on faith in today’s world.

They remain a resource to our global network of over 13,000 alums committed to ministries marked by faith, scholarship, integrity, competence, compassion, and joy.

At Princeton Seminary, we eagerly look forward to the coming year and the opportunity to deepen our connections with you. As I travel around, I am particularly excited to hear how your education at Princeton Seminary has influenced your life and ministry and to learn which issues and initiatives at the Seminary resonate with you today.

With heartfelt gratitude for your support and prayers for this institution, let us continue this journey together, moving towards a future filled with prayer, promise, purpose, and boundless possibilities.

One Luv,

JONATHAN LEE WALTON President, Princeton Theological Seminary 1

Walton’s tenure, which began in January 2023, has already begun to establish that vision of a more welcoming community that meets students where they are on their personal and professional journeys.

Princeton Seminary has long been a global leader of theological education and is bringing that tradition of best-inclass teaching and learning online and delivering it in new ways to allow for the growth and diversification of its learning community for life.

Princeton Theological Seminary inaugurates Reverend Dr. Jonathan Lee Walton as the institution’s eighth president.

“This is my prayer: that we remain steadfast in our institutional purpose and mission — to prepare Christian servants for ministries marked by faith, integrity, competence, compassion, and joy.

Yet, who we teach and how we teach must remain an open question,” he said.

A question that Michael Fisch, chair of

A social ethicist, educator, influential scholar, and alumnus of Princeton Seminary, Walton is the first African American and first ordained Baptist minister to lead the

the board of trustees, is confident that Walton is well positioned to tackle.

211-year-old Presbyterian seminary.

In a stirring inaugural address before a capacity crowd in the Princeton University Chapel, Walton called on his colleagues and the many seminary alums present to open their communities of faith and create spaces that are more welcoming, inclusive, flexible, and equitable.

“The urgency of our mission is to make the theological table more accessible and menu more inviting. It is not enough to open the doors; we must go into the highways and byways, extending God’s invitation to those historically marginalized and overlooked,” said Walton, who will also serve as the seminary’s professor of

“The seminary must be an enduring resource to our alums and others throughout the globe — thoughtful, sober, Christian servants who are tending to the wounds of victims of terror and persecution, providing water to those who thirst, and building bridges of peace where others erect boundaries and borders of oppression. We must expand our menu of offerings to expand and enrich our table.” President Walton

religion and society.

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“President Walton and I met several years ago as trustees for the seminary. It was during this time that I got to know both he and Cecily, and from our first meetings and conversations, their deep commitment to and love for our 211-yearold seminary was evident,” said Fisch. “That commitment fuels the energy and passion he will use to lead Princeton Seminary into a future where our learning community — on campus and across the globe — is empowered and inspired to deploy faith-informed solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.”

Dr. Walton earned his PhD and his MDiv from Princeton Seminary, and his bachelor’s degree in political science from Morehouse College.

Before coming to Princeton Seminary, he was Dean of the School of Divinity at Wake Forest University and previously served as the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church at Harvard.

As part of the inauguration week celebrations, Princeton Seminary hosted hundreds of guests to campus for a variety of events, including a student cookout, a faculty panel on the intersections of theology and ecology, a book talk with Harvard’s President Emerita Drew Gilpin Faust, and a preview of the upcoming PBS documentary series, GOSPEL, which features Walton and several other Princeton Seminary and university professors and alums.

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The Power of Holy Curiosity

Amar concentrated on public theology and American religious history under historian Heath W. Carter. There, he served as a research and teaching assistant to Drs. Carter and Raimundo César Barreto, vice president of the

Almost from the moment he was born, Amar Peterman’s life has defied expectation.

Seminary’s Asian Association, and researcher for Dr. David Chao and the

And that, he says, has been a gift from God. Adopted from an Indian orphanage as

Center for Asian American Christianity.

an infant, Amar was raised in northeast Wisconsin where he was formed spiritually in a conservative, white evangelical megachurch. This is where Amar heard God’s call.

His interests expanded while at Princeton Seminary, moving toward

He enrolled at the Moody Bible Institute in downtown Chicago, pursuing a degree in

growing young church leaders. He was invited to become an advisor to The

the only theology he had ever known.

Polaris Young Adult Leadership Network, which amplifies and supports the leadership of Christian young adults across the United States. The network

It wasn’t long before he understood that this might not be the place for him.

cultivates community among young adults through sharing resources and

One professor told him “that my Indian-ness was antithetical, was completely

building relationships.

against my Christian faith … and I would have to choose one or the other.”

He also founded the Scholarship for Religion LLC after serving as Director “It drove me into a deep identity crisis,” he says. “How do I rid myself of my

of the Center for Empathy in Christian and Public Life at the Ideos Institute.

Indian-ness when it’s a part of me? I came to the conclusion that I couldn’t.”

Stunned, he turned to the only Indian-American professor on staff, who showed him

Now living back in Wisconsin with his wife Emily, his “day job” is with

how his own “Indian-ness made him a better Christian, and Christian faith made him

Interfaith America, the largest interfaith nonprofit in the United States.

a better Indian.”

In his position there, Amar manages a network of over 2,200 emerging leaders across the country.

In his final year at Moody Bible Institute, a conversation with a Princeton Seminary recruiter who came to speak with a student group led him to apply — he was sure

He is a prolific and widely published writer; his first book, This Common

he wouldn’t be accepted.

Life: Seeking the Common Good Through Love of Neighbor, is forthcoming with Eerdmans Publishing Co.

“PRINCETON SEMINARY SEEMED TO PROVIDE THE BALANCE OF ACADEMIC RIGOR WITH A DEEP LOVE FOR THE CHURCH. I WANTED TO BE CHALLENGED ACADEMICALLY. I WANTED TO DEVELOP A RICH, THEOLOGICAL IMAGINATION, BUT I ALSO DIDN’T WANT TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE HAPPEN APART FROM A LOCAL CONGREGATION.”

“I want to offer a vision of the common good that is rooted in the Christian tradition and my Christian faith but is accessible to those beyond it. I want our vision of the common good to begin at a local level and expand

At Princeton Seminary, he opened his mind to concepts previously off-limits, and

from there.”

learned just how big and welcoming the church tent can be — to women, to the LGBTQ and trans communities, and to people of color just like him. He wrote widely about what he was learning and his life experiences.

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All in God’s Time Like many “PKs” (pastors’ kids), Brandon Bradley grew up in the church and was raised in a family where several members received and heeded

“MY GOAL AT PRINCETON SEMINARY IS TO FIND MY PASTORAL VOICE AND USE THAT VOICE EFFECTIVELY WHEN GOD SAYS IT IS MY TIME TO PASTOR A CHURCH.”

a call to preach. He joined his church’s dance ministry at age five, and it seemed he would follow in their footsteps. “By the time I was 16 years old, I knew I was called to preach,” he says. “But I ran from it.”

pulled to Princeton Seminary. He took a chance, applying just to Princeton Seminary and nowhere else, and anxiously waited for a decision. Two weeks later, he was

Instead, Bradley embarked on a career in the aviation industry.

accepted.

When that didn’t work out, he stepped into the nonprofit world.

He accepted a position at Feeding the People Ministry, bringing fresh

As a second-year MDiv student, Bradley has developed a strong interest in multi-

and non-perishable food to low-income households in the New Jersey

ethnic theology. Outside the classroom, Bradley is the vice moderator for the

communities of Trenton and Camden, and raised money through

Association of Black Seminarians (ABS), and works for the Seminary’s admissions

fundraising walks and other endeavors. But when the COVID-19 pandemic

department, hosting campus and virtual tours, and taking pictures for social media.

hit, everything changed. “It took the world stopping for me to really see myself and evaluate how my life was going,” he says. “I could finally see

Bradley is currently gaining pastoral experience at the Greater Mount Zion AME

what was required of me to reach the goals I’d been praying for, and part

Church in Trenton, New Jersey, where he leads youth and men’s ministry efforts.

of that was saying yes to ministry.”

He also works as a financial advisor, focused on educating the Black and Brown community and serving the church community.

Bradley wasted no time researching seminaries. Not only did his church’s ordination process require an MDiv

While it can be easy to stress about post-graduation plans, Bradley is heeding the

degree, but he valued the opportunity for a formal

wisdom of his favorite scripture, 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12. “I don’t know what to

education. “I believe when you know the

expect after graduation. I know I’ll be ordained, but I don’t know if I will pastor in a

Bible and the history deeply, you can

church immediately after ordination. And I’m not in a rush. I’m enjoying the process

speak more firmly and powerfully on scripture,” he says. He knew several people who graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary and spoke highly of it. “But I’ll admit I was intimidated by the Princeton name,” he says.

“I took a moment to pray on it and I said, God, I need

of what I’m doing right now, and everything I’m learning right now prepares me so that when that day comes, I’ll be ready.”

Another thing he knows for sure is that he’ll use the lessons he learned way back when he was a young child, dancing in his church. “I wouldn’t be the minister I am if it wasn’t for that experience at Allen Liturgical Dance Ministry,” he says.

“Dance ministry taught me that I don’t need to copy anyone else or be like anyone else. My goal at Princeton Seminary is to find my pastoral voice and use that voice effectively when God says it is my time to pastor a church.”

you to show me where I need to be.” Over and over, he felt

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Serving Beyond the Walls of the Church

“Faith was my foundation,” said Kuriakose. “But I wanted to take the time to deepen my understanding of God, to think about these issues theologically.”

As a student in the Masters in Theological Studies (MTS) program,

Annah Kuriakose arrived at Princeton Seminary in 2022 ready to explore the faith that

she is gaining that deeper understanding through courses like “Ten

fueled her commitment to serve in high-needs, under-resourced communities.

Commandments and Community,” taught by Dennis T. Olson, the Charles

A daughter of first-generation immigrants from India, Kuriakose grew up in suburban,

T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology.

northern New Jersey and worshipped at a congregation affiliated with the Indian

Kuriakose has also been honing her thoughtful approach to social justice,

Orthodox Church.

emphasizing issues of public health and education, with a focus on teens

She went to Amherst College, majoring in anthropology while loading up on math and science courses in anticipation of medical school. After graduating from college, she committed to two years of teaching high school through the Mississippi Teacher Corps.

She arrived in the community of Hollandale with an abundance of idealism and energy,

and young adults. Her fieldwork is with students at a high school in Newark, NJ, teaching life skills and physical and mental health literacy from a curriculum she developed as part of a class with Kenda Creasy Dean, the Mary D. Synnott Professor of Youth, Church, and Culture.

but soon found herself overwhelmed and ill-equipped to teach amid pervasive poverty.

“The first year was one of the hardest years of my life because I was learning how much I did not know,” she said.

After completing her two years, she enrolled in New York Medical College, but

“THAT CLASS HELPS ME THINK ABOUT NEW WAYS TO DO MINISTRY BY INCORPORATING A STARTUP MENTALITY. IT’S ALL ABOUT, ‘WHAT NEEDS DOES THE WORLD HAVE? HOW DO WE SERVE THOSE NEEDS BEYOND THE WALLS OF THE CHURCH?”

Mississippi remained on her mind. And so did big questions about disparities in wealth, healthcare, and education.

She calls the program she created for high school students “More Than “It really made me think about who we’re supposed to serve, who we need to

Core” because it goes beyond typical school curricula to help students

access, who we need to get to for all of our communities to rise,” she said.

develop dignity, purpose, and well-being.

At medical school, Kuriakose followed her muse by spending her clinical rotations in

For Kuriakose, her work is very much an act

schools, children’s hospitals, and child development centers. But, in the end, after

of ministry.

completing her medical degree, she decided against pursuing residency.

“I see the health and education She returned to teaching, this time in Newark, NJ, and later served as program

components in my work as

director for a non-profit focused on chronic disease and disability care for patients in

critical to human potential, to the

the South Asian community.

development of the whole person,” she said. “I think of it all as people

Then, as the COVID-19 pandemic set in, Kuriakose began thinking about seminary.

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work. I think of it all as life work.”

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Pastoring Through Jazz

faith experiences that invited me toward pastoral ministry. I tried to figure out how to

William G. Carter, MDiv ‘85, thought he had to make a choice. Since he

All through college, he continued to play — and to change majors. He joined the

was a boy, he loved music, especially jazz. He imagined a future in moody

college jazz band, where his teacher offered to count his work as an independent

lounges and smoky bars, riffing under the hot lights, making music.

study if he would compose some big band arrangements. That professor saw his

suspend the music while I was doing that — and did not do a really good job.”

potential and helped him connect with professional musicians and arrangers.

But God was calling, making a convincing case for a life of ministry, a “Yet, I still had this calling and I thought God wanted me to hang up the music on a

future in the pulpit.

shelf, he says. “So, I went to Princeton, and it kept coming back.” President Thomas Turns out, God was calling him to a new thing, a world where music and

Gillespie booked him for the faculty Christmas party. That led to other musical

ministry could co-exist — and thrive.

opportunities. Then his field education supervisor suggested they compose a jazz

Carter has woven a joyful life, maintaining a dual career as a jazz pianist,

service for church, he was all in.

leader of the Presbybop Quartet, and a Presbyterian minister, serving

He graduated and joined his first church in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. It was

as pastor and head of staff at the First Presbyterian Church of Clarks

when he went to his current church in Clarks Summit, PA, that his two loves

Summit, Pennsylvania, for just shy of 34 years. He is the author of 12

came together.

books, including his latest, Thriving on a Riff: Jazz and the Spiritual Life, released in April on Broadleaf Books. The book explores the spiritual dimensions of jazz and how the music connects the secular and the sacred. Today, Carter is regarded as a leading authority on the use of jazz music in liturgical settings.

music as early as 8th grade. By 11th grade, a teacher invited him to fill in with his band on piano. For the rest of his senior year and through four years at Binghamton University, he played in one bistro after another. He created a couple of ensembles and played as much as possible.

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stands up in the back of the sanctuary and says, ‘We’ve heard you preach and that was fine. Now let’s hear you play something on the piano.’”

I said, ‘Well, okay, but I’m not here to do that. I’m here to be your pastor. And they said, ‘Well, that’s what you think.’”

A gifted pianist, he began composing

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“The day that I preached, and the congregation voted on me (they voted yes), a man

Since then, jazz has been a significant partner in his ministry, including in what is now a regular standing-room-only event — the last Sunday of summer is always a jazzed-up service with original music and some great preaching.

He maintained his connection to Princeton Seminary, serving on the Alumni Council for almost a decade and later getting elected as an Alumni Trustee for a three-year term. It was never a question for him whether to give back.

“What’s the thing I can say about Princeton Seminary, about my education? Can I say that it prepared me for a lifetime of continuing study? Can I say that I learned just enough to know that I didn’t know anything? It taught me that I need to keep going, to keep learning.”

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Princeton Theological Seminary Welcomes New Faculty Matthew Novenson

Mélena “Mae” Laudig

Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament (with tenure) and member of the Seminary’s Biblical Studies Department

Assistant Professor of African American Christianity Laudig will join the faculty in fall 2025 after completing

Novenson joins Princeton Seminary after most recently

the doctoral program in the Department of Religion at

serving as the Professor of Biblical Criticism and Biblical

Princeton University. Before beginning her position at

Antiquities at the University of Edinburgh. Professor

Princeton Seminary, she will be conducting research

Novenson’s current work includes a commentary on

during the 2024–2025 academic year through the

Paul’s Letter to the Philippians, set to be published by

support of the Richard S. Dunn Fellowship at the McNeil

Oxford University Press. In the future, Novenson plans

Center for Early American Studies and the Lake Doctoral

to pursue projects on biblical hermeneutics and how ancient Jews, Christians and

Dissertation Fellowship at the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving.

Romans made sense of one another’s gods. Further research topics include Jewish messianism and comparison in the study of religion.

Laudig holds an MA in religion as well as graduate certificates in African American Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies from Princeton University, and a BA in

As an alum of Princeton Seminary, Novenson’s return is an opportunity to join

religious studies from Yale University. Her research and teaching are broadly focused

the faculty whose scholarship first attracted him to the Seminary’s PhD and ThM

on early African American religious history, and she’s currently at work on a research

programs. Princeton Seminary’s connections with the University of Edinburgh also

project that documents the history of African American childhood and religion during

influenced Novenson’s decision to return to his alma mater to teach.

the periods of slavery and freedom.

In his role as Professor of New Testament, Novenson is “looking forward to working

Alongside her teaching and research, Laudig holds a deep commitment to making

closely with my faculty colleagues, especially Lisa Bowens, Eric Barreto, and Dale

higher education spaces more accessible and supportive for students of all

Allison in New Testament; and to developing some exciting new masters courses and

backgrounds. Over the past several years, she has spearheaded a number of equity

doctoral seminars.”

and inclusion efforts, including co-founding a wellness collective that seeks to

“Matthew Novenson is the most important scholar of Paul and early Judaism of his generation,” says John Bowlin, Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs.

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increase marginalized students’ access to justice-informed and culturally nuanced approaches to holistic health.

“He is also an accomplished teacher and mentor, a devoted theological educator.

As an adjunct instructor for Princeton Seminary during the fall 2023 semester, Laudig

He is committed to scholarship done at the highest level but also to a church

taught African American Religious History. In her new role, she looks forward to

transformed by that scholarship. He is precisely the colleague we need at this

creating courses focused on various themes and issues surrounding the long history

crucial moment in the Seminary’s history.”

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Princeton Theological Seminary Welcomes New Faculty (cont.) the colonial and antebellum periods. Potential course topics include the connections

forms of Asian faith, both within the intra-East Asian literary world and between Asia

between chattel slavery, empire, colonization, and religion in the early United

and Europe.

States, courses that trace African American women’s religious engagement, and courses that examine historical constructions of race, childhood, and religion in the

A double alum of Princeton Seminary, Park holds a PhD in World Christianity and the

United States.

History of Religions from the Department of History and Ecumenics, and an MATS in Religion and Society. She received an MA in Historical Theology from Wheaton

“Mélena Laudig’s appointment to our faculty heralds a new chapter of dynamic

Graduate School and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Università Ca’ Foscari

scholarship regarding the intersections of religion and race in the antebellum

Venezia in Italy and a grant holder for the PRIN project, “Making Korea a Religiously

South,” says Jonathan Lee Walton, President of Princeton Theological Seminary.

Plural Society? Historical, Legal, and Social Approaches.” The project is funded by the

“Her innovative research on childhood, religious imagination, and Christian reform

Italian Ministry for Universities and Research.

movements in the 19th century promises to enrich our academic community and transform the field of African American religious history.”

In her new role, Park will teach various courses on Asian Christianity, including Asian Literature and Religions, Interfaith Dialogue and World Christianity, and Translations. The Asian Christianity course will highlight the polycentric development

Dr. Shalon Park Assistant Professor of Asian Christianity A historian who is originally from South Korea, Park specializes in Asian Christianity. Her scholarship explores the intersections of Asian religions and transpacific Christianity from the sixteenth century to the contemporary era. Park’s research and teaching interests include Asian Catholicism, the rise of monasticism in Asia, women and celibacy, and Korean Christianity.

of Asian Christianity from premodern to contemporary South, Southeast, and East Asia. Translating World Christianity is an interdisciplinary course that underscores translation as a critical concept for exploring religious and literary boundaries in Asia and beyond.

“Shalon Park brings a wealth of expertise in World Christianity and a fresh perspective on the complexities of early Korean Christianity, challenging conventional narratives,” notes President Jonathan Lee Walton. “Her interdisciplinary approach promises to enrich the classroom experience and foster collaborative opportunities within our learning community.”

Another research interest regards Asian women’s expressions of piety and sexuality found at the interreligious borders of Confucianism and Catholicism.

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Seminary Snapshot In January, the Seminary welcomed our inaugural Master of Arts in Theology (Justice and Public Life) cohort to campus. Our students enjoyed a week of fellowship, worship, intellectual exploration, and connection.

Faculty Highlight: Celebrating the Inauguration of Dr. Keri Day

First Thursdays is a new series hosted at The Farminary, our 21-acre sustainable farm.

The series features scholars, activists, and artists being interviewed over dinner.

Each guest is paired with a world-class chef who prepares a meal with a portion of

This April, Dr. Keri Day was inaugurated as Professor of Constructive Theology and

the produce coming straight from the farm.

African American Religion, making her the first African American woman to be promoted to full professor in the 212-year history at Princeton Theological Seminary.

At her inauguration, she delivered an address entitled “‘We See Through a Glass Darkly’: Thinking the Fragment in Theology.”

Dr. Day is an internationally acclaimed scholar of theology, ethics, and black religion.

Photo Credit: Jenna Perfette

Her teaching and research interests include womanist/feminist theologies, social critical theory, cultural studies, economics, and Afro-Pentecostalism.

In April, Jonathan Eig, the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography She has authored four academic books, Unfinished Business: Black Women, The

King: A Life shared insights about the often-overlooked history of freedom struggles

Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America (2012); Religious Resistance to

and justice movements and their place in the classroom.

Neoliberalism: Womanist and Black Feminist Perspectives (2015); Notes of a Native Daughter: Testifying in Theological Education (2021); and her most recent book, Azusa Reimagined: A Radical Vision of Religious and Democratic Belonging (2022).

Dr. Day has also been recognized by NBC News as one of six black women at the center of gravity in theological education in America. She is a fourth-generation preacher in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC).

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Campus Highlights

Center for Barth Studies Wins National Endowment for the Humanities Grant

funded translation of three volumes of Barth’s shorter writings from 1905–1921.

The new grant will support translation of the next three volumes of Barth’s shorter lectures written between 1922 and 1933.

The center has championed all things Barth since its founding in 1997 and exists

SEMINARY RECEIVES GRANTS TO SUPPORT BARTH TRANSLATION AND INNOVATION

to provide leading resources on Barth’s theology and legacy. It hosts programs and events, provides research resources and tools, and facilitates constructive theological conversation in order to educate, equip, and empower scholars, students, pastors, and citizens worldwide for engagement with the Reformed theological tradition and its public significance today.

The center is the only entity now actively translating Barth’s work and is in it for what Theologian Karl Barth, widely considered

Dugan calls “not just the long term, but the long, long term. This project will probably

to be one of the great Protestant

extend beyond my lifetime.”

theologians of modern times, wrote volumes challenging the theological systems of his day. Yet most of his central texts have never been translated

For now, the grant work will focus on Barth’s extensive commentaries on social, cultural, religious, and political themes in Germany, including the outbreak of World War I and the rise of the Third Reich.

from the original German into English.

The Center for Barth Studies is enthusiastically

“THESE ARE CRITICAL TEXTS, NOT JUST FOR CHRISTIANS OR FOR THOSE IN THEOLOGY, BUT FOR THE HUMANITIES MORE GENERALLY.” Dr. Kaitlyn M. Dugan, Director of the Center for Barth Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary

pursuing the challenging work of translating Barth’s prolific and complex works under a prestigious Scholarly Editions and Translations grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent

Princeton Theological Seminary and Trinity Church Wall Street Collaborate for Spiritual Entrepreneurship Innovation

federal agency and one of the largest

By design, most seminaries prepare

funders of humanities programs in the

students for church leadership — which

United States.

has long been equated with preaching, teaching, administering sacraments,

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The three-year, $300,000 grant is the

and leading a congregation of the

second the NEH has awarded to the

faithful. Today’s students come with less defined views of ministry, and more

center. The first, awarded in 2018,

expansive views of the type of flocks who need shepherds. Many hope to create 21

new communities and experiment with alternative economic models that address

eight additional theological schools

the injustices of existing practices — leading students to explore social enterprise

have been awarded “learning grants”

and other entrepreneurial forms of ministry.

to support entrepreneurial learning experiences with their students: Austin

Recognizing this new moment in theological education, Princeton Theological

Theological Seminary (Austin, TX);

Seminary — with funding from Trinity Church Wall Street — has launched the

Candler School of Theology (Atlanta,

“Teaching Spiritual Entrepreneurship in Seminaries” Initiative. In this initiative, nine

GA); Garrett Evangelical Theological

partner seminaries will launch “learning experiments” to address the needs of

Seminary (Chicago, IL); George W. Truett

students who are called to explore social entrepreneurial forms of ministry. As Kenda

Theological Seminary (Waco, TX); Hood

Creasy Dean, the Initiative’s director and Princeton Seminary’s Mary D. Synnott

Theological Seminary (Salisbury, NC);

Professor of Youth, Church, and Culture, put it: “Young people smell something

Multnomah University (Portland, OR);

that is shifting, that feels like a call from God to catalyze the common good of our

San Francisco Theological Seminary (San

communities, and not just focus on what’s happening inside a church building.”

Francisco, CA); and Wesley Theological

Princeton’s learning experiments, for example, will create educational offerings in

Seminary (Washington, DC). Each school

spiritual entrepreneurship for three audiences: degree students, returning citizens

must work with “community partners”—

from prison, and pastors seeking an online certificate.

organizations already engaged in spiritual

Tim Soerens, co-founder of The Parish Collective and part of the project

entrepreneurship — to develop a unique, contextualized learning experiment.

design team, describes the Initiative’s purpose: “We’re discerning how to shape environments that form leaders of the future church, particularly those who are called to new entrepreneurial endeavors in neighborhoods and communities.” Javier Perez, Director of Global Missions Programs and Impact for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, underscored the importance of seminary

“WE’RE SEEING A TIME AND A SPACE WHEN WE NEED TO CRACK OUR IMAGINATIONS OPEN ABOUT WHAT CHURCH IS, AND HOW CHURCH FUNCTIONS IN A COMMUNITY. AND THAT MEANS THAT OUR LEADERSHIP FORMATION AND THE PRACTICES AROUND THAT NEED TO CHANGE.” Abigail Visco Rusert, Associate Dean, Continuing Education, Princeton Theological Seminary

involvement: “Seminary can bring theological imagination to this work that you will not find elsewhere.” Rooted Good’s Mark Sampson concurred: “How can we train leaders to think theologically about economic practices? How does that shape our

The Teaching Spiritual Entrepreneurship

understanding of ownership, of compensation and salary, of who gets included and

Initiative will continue through spring 2025.

invited into the conversation? These are deeply theological questions. And if we’re not wrestling with these questions in seminary, then who is going to wrestle with them?”

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In Memoriam

Sang Hyun Lee PhD, LHD (Hon.), DD (Hon.), Kyung-Chik Han

Sonia E. Waters, PhD ’13, Associate Professor (1972–2023)

Professor of Systematic Theology Emeritus (1938–2023)

In September, Associate Professor Sonia E. Waters, PhD ’13

In September, Princeton Theological Seminary mourned the passing of

passed away peacefully at home with her husband at her side.

Sang Hyun Lee PhD, LHD (Hon.), DD (Hon.), Kyung-Chik Han Professor of Systematic Theology Emeritus. Lee was a celebrated scholar, teacher,

Dr. Waters earned her BA in literature with a minor in gender

mentor, and the first Asian American faculty member at Princeton

studies from Wheaton College, her MDiv with honors from

Seminary, after joining the faculty in 1980.

The General Seminary of the Episcopal Church, and her PhD in pastoral theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. She

In the 30 years that followed, Lee was instrumental in the formation of

joined the Seminary faculty in 2013 and served as Associate

the Asian American Program (AAP) and served as its director. AAP went

Professor of Pastoral Theology. Her book Addiction and Pastoral Care was published

on to become a leading voice and hub for the teaching and scholarship of Asian American

in 2019.

theology and has evolved to become Princeton Seminary’s Center for Asian American Christianity. Today, the Center is not only a nucleus for scholarship, but also offers innovative

An Episcopal Priest, Dr. Waters was profoundly committed to feminist advocacy

conferences, yearly forums, and leadership development for those in the community.

work, where she focused on the prevention of violence against women. She had experience serving as a crisis counselor and shelter advocate. Her research interests

“The legacy that Dr. Lee leaves behind here at PTS and the wider theological academy is

included addictions, contextual pastoral theology, relational perspectives on the self,

extraordinary,” says Ki Joo (KC) Choi, Kyung-Chik Han Professor of Asian American Theology.

socioeconomics and mental health, and creativity.

“The AAP (and its present iteration as the Center for Asian American Christianity) would not exist were it not for his tireless dedication to the seminary and its students. Dr. Lee reminded

John R. Bowlin, Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs, reflects, “We are a

all of us in theological education why Asian American voices matter in the struggle for justice

community broken with grief over the death of Sonia Waters, our dear colleague,

in both church and society. We continue his legacy by doing the same, by working tirelessly to

teacher and friend. The loss is heavy, hard to bear. We give thanks to God for her

uplift those who have yet to be heard, by continuously expanding our circles of affection.”

courage and wisdom, for all that she taught us in living and departing this life.

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We pray that her husband John will know God’s comfort and peace in the days

A distinguished scholar, Lee was best known for his ground-breaking book, From a Liminal

ahead. We confess that whether we live or die we belong to a God who is love, who

Place: An Asian American Theology (2010). Among his other publications, Lee was also

will not turn away from us — who did not turn away from Sonia. And yet, this loss is

the editor of The Princeton Companion to Jonathan Edwards (2005) and author of The

heavy, this grief hard to bear. We will need God’s unfailing mercy in the days ahead.”

Philosophical Theology of Jonathan Edwards (1988).

Micah Cronin, MDiv ’20, shared the experience of learning in her classroom:

“Professor Sang Hyun Lee was arguably the most important interpreter of Jonathan Edwards

“Dr. Waters loved Jesus. The incarnation of God in Christ was her source and

of his generation,” says John R. Bowlin, Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs.

destination ... She wanted her students to understand that as ministers, pastors and

“He was also a serious and learned scholar of Christian doctrine and a profound and original

priests, our spiritual discipline must be love. We must get close to the people God

theologian in his own right. But note well, Professor Lee’s legacy endures not only through his

has entrusted to us. We must get close to their pain, their joys, their sins, and their

scholarship, but also through the students he taught, the dissertations he directed, and the

victories, and we must love them. Let this be Dr. Waters’ legacy.”

pastors and scholars he helped form. He will be dearly missed.”

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In Memoriam (cont.)

Trustee Emeritus Rev. Dr. Robert Merrihew Adams (1937–2024)

Trustee Emeritus Rev. Dr. John T. Galloway, Jr. (1941–2024)

In April, the Seminary mourned the passing of Trustee Emeritus

In May, Princeton Seminary mourned the passing of The

Rev. Dr. Robert Merrihew Adams, BD ‘62.

Reverend Dr. John T. Galloway, Jr., a former senior pastor of Wayne Presbyterian Church. Reverend Galloway was a Trustee

A wise counselor, faithful churchman, and world-renowned

of the Seminary, a member of the Alumni Association Executive

philosopher, Dr. Adams had deep ties to Princeton Theological

Council, and a class steward.

Seminary. His father, Rev. Dr. Arthur Adams, was a professor of practical theology and Dean of the Seminary from 1966 until

Reverend Galloway served as senior pastor at Wayne

1979. The younger Dr. Adams graduated from the Seminary in

Presbyterian Church from 1993 to 2007. He became known as

1962 with his Bachelor of Divinity. He earned his PhD in philosophy from Cornell

a dedicated teacher, church and community leader, and brilliant preacher whose

University before starting his teaching career at the University of California, Los

sermons were rooted in a deep theological understanding and an appreciation for

Angeles, and ultimately at Yale University as the Clark Professor of Moral Philosophy

story. They were insightful, thought provoking, and most often sprinkled with his

and Metaphysics. Upon his retirement from Yale, Dr. Adams taught at the University

trademark humor. He had a widespread and devoted audience from his pulpit and

of Oxford and was a senior research fellow at Mansfield College.

weekly radio broadcasts.

Dr. Adams authored four books and over 100 journal articles, was a member

His great impact was felt not only among his congregations and radio listeners but also

of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was a fellow of the British

in communities across the country. In the 1980’s, his strong and faithful support of

Academy. He is preceded in death by his wife, Marilyn McCord Adams (1943–

unemployed steelworkers and their families in Pittsburgh helped inspire the program

2017), a double alumna of Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv 1983, ThM 1984),

that became one of the most important children’s health programs ever enacted — the

adjunct philosopher, ordained Episcopalian minister, adjunct instructor, and 2006

Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which is still in place today.

Distinguished Alumna of the Seminary.

A third-generation Presbyterian minister, Reverend Galloway was educated at Dr. Adams’ commitment to the life of the mind was always enriched by his faith.

Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary. He was an avid reader

As an ordained PC(USA) pastor, he served the Montauk Community Church from

and the author of three books, including Ministry Loves Company: A Survival Guide

1962 to 1965. His dedication to Princeton Theological Seminary was also evident

for Pastors, which provides warmhearted yet essential support for pastors and

in his role as a trustee for over 30 years, during which he chaired the Board for

congregations. Reverend Galloway established the John T. and Susan H. Galloway

a significant portion of his tenure. His influence extended beyond the Seminary,

Scholarship Fund and the John T. Galloway Award in Expository Preaching at

as he was a founding trustee of the Charlotte Newcombe Foundation, which has

Princeton Seminary, an award given to a senior who has done the best work in the

distributed over $70 million to partner institutions, supporting student scholarships.

field of expository preaching over his Seminary career.

Dr. Adams’ profound contributions to philosophy and tireless service to Princeton Theological Seminary will be remembered.

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In Memoriam (cont.)

Rev. Dr. John William Stewart, Jr., Ralph B. and Helen S. Ashenfelter

Trustee Emeritus Peter E.B. Erdman (1928–2023)

Associate Professor of Ministry and Evangelism Emeritus (1934–2023)

In December, Princeton Seminary mourned the passing of

In October, Princeton Seminary mourned the passing of

Trustee Emeritus Peter E.B. Erdman at the age of 95. Trustee

Professor John William Stewart, Jr., Ralph B. and Helen S.

Erdman’s dedicated service to Princeton Theological Seminary

Ashenfelter Associate Professor of Ministry and Evangelism

from 1983 to 2004, particularly as a member and chair of the

Emeritus following a long illness.

Grounds & Building Committee, left an indelible mark on the entire Seminary community.

Before joining Princeton Theological Seminary, where he served for over a decade until his retirement in 2006, Professor

Trustee Erdman’s life was deeply interwoven with the fabric

Stewart had already amassed a formidable record of service

of the town of Princeton. A proud alumnus of both Princeton Country Day School

to God and the Church. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church, he shepherded

(1943) and Princeton University (1950), he nurtured a lifelong commitment to this

congregations in Pittsburgh and New Wilmington, PA, and served as an associate

community. He raised his beloved children in Princeton, served diligently as a

professor at Hope College. He took up the calling of senior pastor at Westminster

deacon at Nassau Presbyterian Church, and devoted countless hours as a weekly

Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids in 1974, where he served for 16 fruitful

volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. His presence was a testament to a life lived in

years before returning to the academic realm. His journey in teaching brought him

service and faith.

through the halls of Grand Valley State University, Yale Divinity School and, finally, Princeton Theological Seminary.

In his passing, Princeton Seminary remembers a dedicated trustee, community stalwart, and a loving family man. Predeceased by his wife of 53 years, Hope English

Professor Stewart was a man of the world, as well as a man of the Word. He loved

Erdman, he leaves behind a legacy through his four children, grandchildren, and the

to travel and engage with global communities, teaching or addressing students in

many lives he touched.

Egypt, Nepal and South Africa. As a scholar, his publications, including Envisioning the Congregation, Practicing the Gospel (2015), and Mediating the Center: Charles Hodge on American Science, Language, Literature, and Politics (1995), stand as a testament to his academic legacy, particularly our better understanding of 19th century theologian Charles Hodge of Princeton Seminary.

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Reunion Highlights IT WAS WONDERFUL WELCOMING OUR ALUMS BACK TO CAMPUS FOR REUNION 2024!

We had the largest crowd return for reunion in more than a dozen years, celebrating members of the Class of 1959 up to 2019.

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After earning his MDiv in 1981, he would go on to serve PC(USA) congregations in Colorado and Wisconsin and was senior pastor at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC. He taught at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary while serving as pastor at Shadyside (PA) Presbyterian Church. In 2012, he would be called back to the school “I have always loved the best.”

Barnes, who retired in January 2023 as the Seminary’s seventh president, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award at the alumni awards luncheon during this year’s Reunion.

The award is a recognition of the work he has done in the world and at Princeton

2024 Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipient: Craig Barnes The very last thing young Craig Barnes wanted to be when he entered Princeton Theological Seminary was a pastor.

Seminary in the 43 years since he graduated. For Barnes, it’s a personal celebration of the gifts Princeton Seminary gave him.

“Princeton gave me the community that helped me understand that I had gifts and that I was I called to be a pastor. That was a wonderful way to spend my life. That’s what Princeton has always been about, to me. That’s what they taught me how to do. So, I tried to serve with that same vision I learned from it.”

But like so many of the students he would one day lead as the Seminary’s president, his true call found him when he least expected it. Field education — which he signed up for his first year “to get it over with” — would change everything.

“I loved theology. When I was in college, all I wanted to do was study church history and the Bible,” he says. “In field education, I discovered I had these gifts for ministry that I didn’t want to have … but I did.”

As he completed his second year of field ed, “it became even more affirming.

The congregation was saying things to me like, ‘We really think you’re called to this.

You’ll get good at it. You’re not good yet. But you will get good!’”

He got very good at it, indeed.

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hardship. She has ministered to college students on the campuses of Georgetown University and Azuza Pacific University, and to youth in one of New Jersey’s most prominent African American congregations.

And, with the 2020 publishing of her first book, Parable of the Brown Girl, Adams established herself as an author exploring the inner lives of Black girls and women, discovering timeless theological themes from contemporary struggles. She wrote a follow-up, Unbossed, and a third book, Womanish Theology, was released in August.

While establishing herself as a writer, Adams also built a parallel career in a different arena. Seminary also helped to nurture in Adams an ability to forge empathic

2024 Alumni Council Service Awardee: Khristi Lauren Adams 2024 Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipient: CRAIG BARNES

Khristi Lauren Adams felt called to ministry, but uncertain where that call would lead.

She didn’t see herself preaching from the pulpit. And she saw needs beyond church walls that seemed just as compelling as those within.

“I never felt led to be a senior pastor,” said Adams, MDiv ‘08. “And during my time at Seminary it became clear there were so many possible directions that I could go in.”

In the 16 years since graduating, Adams has stayed true to that sense of possibility,

connections, a signature strength that has marked her career and led to life-changing encounters.

In 2018, she became a chaplain and later dean of spiritual life and equity at The Hill School, a venerable boarding school in Pennsylvania’s Delaware Valley.

“I feel like my time at Princeton Seminary gave me permission to engage in ministry in these nontraditional and unconventional ways,” she said. “The Seminary was a launching pad, and it launched me to where I am today.”

finding her calling as a writer, educator, and Black girlhood advocate, while putting her ministry and leadership skills to work across a range of different communities.

Her many accomplishments were recognized when she returned to Princeton Seminary to receive the Alumni Council Service Award at the 2024 Reunion.

An ordained Baptist minister, she has most recently served as dean of spiritual

She helped to open a gathering space for students from under-represented groups, the Warner Center for Spiritual Life and Equity. She also started a course, “Religion and Film in Contemporary Society,” influenced by a Seminary course, “Faith and Film,” taught by Kenda Creasy Dean.

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2023–2024 Faculty

Jonathan Lee Walton, PhD President and Professor of Religion and Society Afeosemime (“Afe”) Adogame, PhD Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Religion and Society Dale C. Allison, Jr., PhD Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Kenneth Glenn Appold, PhD, DrTheolHabil.

James Hastings Nichols Professor of Reformation History Eric D. Barreto, PhD Frederick and Margaret L. Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament Raimundo César Barreto, Jr., PhD Associate Professor of World Christianity Carl Clifton Black II, PhD Otto A. Piper Professor of Biblical Theology Lisa M. Bowens, PhD Associate Professor of New Testament John Rennell Bowlin, PhD Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Robert L. Stuart Professor of Philosophy and Christian Ethics

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Lisa J. Cleath, PhD Assistant Professor of Old Testament Keri L. Day, PhD Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religion

Bo Karen Lee, PhD Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology and Christian Formation Gordon Stanley Mikoski, PhD Associate Professor of Christian Education

Kenda Creasy Dean, PhD Mary D. Synnott Professor of Youth, Church, and Culture

Dennis Thorald Olson, PhD Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology

James Clifford Deming, PhD Associate Professor of Modern European Church History

Hanna Reichel, ThD Associate Professor of Reformed Theology

Frederick William Dobbs-Allsopp, PhD Professor of Old Testament and James Lenox Librarian Robert Craig Dykstra, PhD Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Pastoral Theology Mary K. Farag, PhD Associate Professor of Early Christian Studies Nancy Lammers Gross, PhD Arthur Sarell Rudd Professor of Speech Communication in Ministry Jay-Paul Hinds, PhD Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology

Michael Allen Brothers, PhD Associate Professor of Speech Communication in Ministry

George Hunsinger, PhD Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology

Heath Carter, PhD Associate Professor of American Christianity

Elaine T. James, PhD Associate Professor of Old Testament

Ki Joo Choi, PhD Kyung-Chik Han Chair Professor of Asian American Theology

Amelia J. Kennedy, PhD Assistant Professor of the History of Medieval Christianity

Margarita Mooney Clayton, PhD Associate Professor of Congregational Studies

Cleophus James LaRue, Jr., PhD, DD (Hon.) Francis Landey Patton Professor of Homiletics

Dirk Jacobus Smit, DTh, PhD (Hon.) Rimmer and Ruth de Vries Professor of Reformed Theology and Public Life Mark Stratton Smith, PhD Helena Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis Sarah Stewart-Kroeker, PhD Associate Professor of Early Christian Theology Nathan T. Stucky, PhD Director of Farminary and Sustainable Educational Initiatives Mark Lewis Taylor, PhD Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Theology and Culture Martin Tel, DMA C.F. Seabrook Director of Music Kimberly R. Wagner, PhD Assistant Professor of Preaching

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Letter from the Chair of the Board

2023–2024 Board of Trustees CHAIR

VICE CHAIR

SECRETARY

Michael G. Fisch New York, New York

Karen Jackson-Weaver Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Margaret Grun Kibben Alexandria, Virginia

Friends,

Philip D. Amoa Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert Maginn Naples, Florida

Pamela Davies Charlotte, North Carolina

Jay Marshall New York, New York

DJ del Rosario Federal Way, Washington

Michele Minter Plainsboro, New Jersey

of our learning community for life.

Gordon B. Fowler Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Phebe Novakovic Reston, Virginia

As President Walton shared in his inaugural address: “prayer grounds us, purpose signifies our

Robert M. Franklin, Jr. Atlanta, Georgia

Jeffrey V. O’Grady Nashville, Tennessee

Doris J. García-Rivera Carolina, Puerto Rico

Ray A. Owens Tulsa, Oklahoma

Nancy Oliver Gray Roanoke, Virginia

Ann E. Rondeau Monterrey, California

classrooms and the academy, and in the public arena.”

Heather Sturt Haaga La Cañada, California

Scott G. Sleyster Gladstone, New Jersey

Please know that your support is integral to our work. Whether you contributed your time,

Camille Howe Washington, D.C.

Mark P. Thomas St. Louis, Missouri

Todd B. Jones Nashville, Tennessee

Robert S. Underhill Bronxville, New York

view their world through the lens of theological inquiry and exploration.

Shannon Johnson Kershner Atlanta, Georgia

Peter E. Whitelock Lafayette, California

On behalf of the entire Board of Trustees, thank you for your belief in our enduring mission and

Hana Kim Seoul, South Korea

Steven Toshio Yamaguchi Tokyo, Japan

Don D. Lincoln West Chester, Pennsylvania

Sung Bihn Yim Seoul, South Korea

Warm greetings from the Board of Trustees! The last 12 months have been momentous.

Beginning last October with the inauguration of Jonathan Lee Walton as the eighth president of Princeton Theological Seminary through this week’s Board of Trustees meetings on campus as positivity, energy and mission progress permeates this great Seminary. Whether you were able to celebrate with us last October, returned to campus for reunion in May, or enrolled in one of our growing online continuing education offerings, we are thrilled to have you be a part

enduring mission and rich tradition of training Christian servants since 1812, and possibility reflects our dedication to innovation, acknowledging our ongoing commitment to expanding conceptions of whom God calls and how we are called to serve the world.” Our President as well as our tremendous faculty, staff and students continue to inspire us in so many ways as they further our mission: “Princeton Theological Seminary prepares women and men to serve Jesus Christ in ministries marked by faith, integrity, scholarship, competence, compassion, and joy, equipping them for leadership worldwide in congregations and the larger church, in

ideas, prayers, presence, or treasure, the Board of Trustees is very grateful for your investment in our beloved institution. Your stewardship directly supports our ability to attract world class faculty, recruit intellectually curious students, and connect with new audiences seeking to

for your willingness to partner in this exciting new chapter at Princeton Theological Seminary.

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