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Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Established	1853
Type:	Theological seminary
President:	Philip A. Amerson
Dean:	Lallene J. Rector
Location	Evanston, Illinois, USA
Affiliations:	United Methodist Church[1]
Website:	http://www.garrett.northwestern.edu

Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (G-ETS) is a graduate school of theology of the United Methodist Church located in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1853, Garrett-Evangelical, is on the campus of Northwestern University and continues many associations with the university. The seminary offers a number of masters and doctoral level degree programs in theology and is actively engaged in outreach to congregations focusing in the midwest but with influence around the world. The school has was a pioneer institution in preparing women for ministry. The Chicago Training School for women was merged into Garrett Biblical Institute in 1930. Dr. Georgia Harkness was the first woman to hold the post or professor of theology at any seminary in the United States. The Center for the Church and the Black Experience was one of the earliest centers focusing on ministry and the African American experience.

G-ETS was formed in 1974 when the Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston merged with the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Naperville, Illinois (both U. M. schools). The merged school occupied the Garrett campus.^[2]

Garrett's Mission Statement is: To Know God in Christ and, through preparing spiritual leaders, to help others know God in Christ.

• Hobart Baumann Amstutz (B.D.) - a Bishop of The Methodist Church
• Don Wendell Holter (B.D., 1930) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Edsel Albert Ammons (B.D., 1956) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• David J. Lawson (B.D., 1959) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Jonathan D. Keaton (M.Div., 1971; S.T.D., 1979) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• James Hal Cone (M.Div.) - Father of Black Liberation Theology
• Chul-Ho Youn[PhD) - Professor of Systematic Theology at Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea (www.pcts.ac.kr)
• Distinguished alumni/ae identified by the seminary ^[3] include John Kurewa, Lyle Schaller, Bishop Rueben Philip Job, Myron McCoy, Bishop Beverly J. Shamana, Bishop Charlene P. Kammerer, Bishop Jesse DeWitt, Howard Clinebell, and the Rev. Sanford Brown.

• Edsel Albert Ammons - Professor, 1968-76
• Wayne K. Clymer - Professor of Pastoral Care , 1946-57; Dean, 1957-67; President, 1967-72 (all at Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, Illinois); Bishop of the United Methodist Church (1972-)

• Don Wendell Holter - Professor of Church History and Missions (1949-58); then Founding President of St. Paul School of Theology
• Jonathan D. Keaton - Graduate Teaching Assistant in Communications, Ethics and Society, and Church and the Black Experience (1970's at Garrett and Garrett-Evangelical)

• Sharon Zimmerman Rader

1. ^ Garret-Evangelical Theological Seminary. International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges, and Universities (IAMSCU). Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
2. ^ Garrett-Evangelical: An Arranged Marriage. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
3. ^ http://www.garrett.edu/content.asp?A=4&C=1256

• Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary: Homepage

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