MTSO's president writes in response to the United Methodist Special General Conference in St. Louis.
Inside MTSO
This is is the right time. This is the right school. Classes for MTSO’s newly announced Master of Arts in Social Justice begin in the fall.
The pioneering United Methodist bishop, who died Jan. 18, served MTSO as a trustee, bishop in residence and visiting professor of church leadership.
Upcoming
Apr 4
Scholar and peacemaker Najeeba Syeed, associate professor of interreligious education at Claremont School of Theology, will speak on the topic “The Death of Civility: On the Birth of Dignity-Based Interfaith Ritual and Practices.” The lecture is presented by the Theological Consortium of Greater Columbus.
May 7
What does it mean to read Paul’s prison letter cognizant of the over 2.2 million persons currently in jail or prison in the United States? Schellenberg, MTSO assistant professor of New Testament, considers the question in his lecture “Reading Philippians in the Age of Mass Incarceration.”
May 25
We honor the class of 2019 at MTSO's 57th commencement in Dickinson Courtyard. The commencement address will be delivered by Vergel Lattimore, president of Hood Theological Seminary and MTSO emeritus professor of pastoral care and counseling.