The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology has announced the hire of Dr. Angela Parker as a core faculty member and an Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies. Dr. Parker will join The Seattle School beginning in the Fall 2015 term. She completed her Ph.D. in New Testament studies at Chicago Theological Seminary, and her primary […]
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology has announced its first annual benefit gathering, an opportunity to gather together, hear stories of impact, and share vision for the future. The gathering, 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, will feature dinner, drinks, live music, and opportunities to partner with The Seattle School in advancing its mission. […]
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology has released its 2014 Annual Report. The report offers a comprehensive look at the growth and changes that occurred during the 2014 calendar year—including record enrollment numbers in the graduate school and certificate programs, unprecedented participation in The Allender Center’s workshops and conferences, and substantial infrastructure improvements and […]
Last month, The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology’s Office of Students & Alumni was awarded a $257,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The three-year grant, officially titled the Alumni Vocational Care & Formation Program for Early Career Transition, will be used to help build and develop alumni infrastructure and programming. Paul Steinke, […]
Dr. Nancy Murphy, Adjunct Professor at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology and Executive Director of Northwest Family Life Learning and Counseling Center, will be participating in a conference presented by UN Women, a United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. Organized by the Baptist Women’s Alliance, the panel […]
Dr. Dan B. Allender, Professor of Counseling Psychology and Founder Emeritus at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, is on an academic sabbatical from teaching at The Seattle School. Allender’s sabbatical began on January 1 and will last for the duration of 2015. While Allender will continue in his speaking engagements and conference events […]
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology and The Parish Collective are preparing to join hundreds of leaders and practitioners on April 17-18 for Inhabit: Faithful Practice in the New Commons. Inhabit is a two-day conference designed to engage, encourage, and empower innovative, missional practitioners by asking questions and sparking dialogue about how we practice […]
Students, staff, and faculty of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology gathered for the annual State of the School event last Monday, February 2. Dr. Keith Anderson, President of The Seattle School, addressed the community with a recap of the past year and an update on upcoming changes. “It’s a chapter of growth—not much […]
Five students from The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology recently participated in One Night Count, an annual effort organized by the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness to document the nature and extent of homelessness in the city. Launched in 1980, One Night Count is the largest community-driven count of its kind in the United […]
The Forum at The Seattle School launched its 2015 season with lectures by Peter Rollins, author of The Idolatry of God and Insurrection, and John Philip Newell, a scholar and author known for his studies of the history and theology of Celtic spirituality. Rollins visited The Seattle School on January 7. His lecture, “God is […]
“Advent is actually a dramatically simple question: what do you do with the claim that Jesus is God With Us? It was God With Us, not the God Up There Somewhere who answers our prayers by lifting us out of our lives, but the God Who Comes To Us in the midst of them. However […]
Dwight J. Friesen (Associate Professor of Practical Theology), Tim Soerens, and Paul Sparks, Leadership in the New Parish Certificate program facilitators and authors of the popular book, The New Parish, recently returned from a multi-city book tour along the West Coast of the United States and into Canada. During the tour, the authors met with […]