Erskine Theological Seminary


Motto	For Christ and His Church.
Type	Theological Seminary
Established	1837
Dean	Ralph J. Gore
Academic staff	7
Students	116
Location	Due West, SC, USA 34°19′53″N 82°23′25″W / 34.33139°N 82.39028°W / 34.33139; -82.39028Coordinates: 34°19′53″N 82°23′25″W / 34.33139°N 82.39028°W / 34.33139; -82.39028
Campus	Rural
Colors	Maroon, Old Gold
Affiliations	Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, SACS
Website	seminary.erskine.edu

Erskine Theological Seminary is an institution of graduate theological and pastoral education. The Seminary is based in Due West, South Carolina, United States, and also offers classes at four extension sites in the region: Augusta, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; Columbia, South Carolina and Greenville, South Carolina. It is in the conservative Presbyterian tradition, and primarily prepares candidates for ordained Christian ministry. The Seminary - founded in 1837 - is now the graduate arm of Erskine College, a liberal arts college established in 1839 and affiliated with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.

Notable events

Erskine Theological Seminary is known for the development of "The Erskine Declaration," which was a proclamation of students enrolled at Erskine declaring that racial segregation was inappropriate for most Christian congregations. It became a pattern for declarations from several other seminary student bodies in the 1980s and 1990s.

On April 22, 2011, five members of the Erskine College and Seminary faculties issued a Good Friday Statement addressing toleration of neo-orthodoxy among the Seminary faculty and supporting their understanding of the Bible as "inerrant in the original autographs" as the official position of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.^[1]

References

↑ "Statement on Scripture by Concerned Erskine Faculty Members". reformation21. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

External links

Erskine College

Academics	Erskine Theological Seminary

Facilities	Due West Female College

Organizations	Euphemian Literary Society Mustard Seed Ministries Philomathean Literary Society

Athletics	Football

Colleges and universities in South Carolina

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Private institutions	Allen Anderson Benedict Bob Jones Charleston Southern Claflin Columbia Columbia International Coker Converse Erskine Furman Limestone Morris Newberry North Greenville Presbyterian Sherman Southern Wesleyan Spartanburg Methodist Voorhees Wofford

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