Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary

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 was a pioneer institution in preparing women for ministry.{{^[2]}} 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 of 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.^[3]

Notable alumni

• Edsel Albert Ammons (B.D., 1956) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Hobart Baumann Amstutz (B.D.) - a Bishop of The Methodist Church
• William H. Bernhardt - Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Theology and Ethics at Iliff School of Theology (1929-1964)
• James Hal Cone (M.Div.) - Father of Black Liberation Theology
• Don Wendell Holter (B.D., 1930) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Jonathan D. Keaton (M.Div., 1971; S.T.D., 1979) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• David J. Lawson (B.D., 1959) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• George McGovern (No degree, 1946) - Historian, Politician, and 1972 Democratic Presidential Candidate
• J. Gordon Melton (M.Div., 1968) - a research specialist in religion and New Religious Movements
• Lloyd John Ogilvie (M.Theology) - Presbyterian minister, author, and former Chaplain of the United States Senate
• John S. Stamm (graduate of Evangelical Theological Seminary-Naperville, Illinois [E.T.S.]) - Bishop of the Evangelical Church
• John McKendree Springer (B.D. from Garrett Biblical Institute, 1901) - pioneering Methodist missionary in Africa and bishop
• Bruce R. Ough (M.Div., 1978) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• James Zwerg - a freedom rider before attending seminary
• Distinguished alumni/ae identified by the seminary^[4] include John Kurewa, Lyle Schaller, Bishop Rueben Philip Job, Bishop Donald Ott, Bishop Sharon Rader, Myron McCoy (President of St. Paul School of Theology, Dr. John Wesley Kurawa, Bishop Beverly J. Shamana, Bishop Charlene P. Kammerer, Bishop Jesse DeWitt, Howard Clinebell, the Rev. Sanford Brown, and Dr. Abraham Vereide.

Faculty/Former Faculty

• 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)
• John S. Stamm - Professor of Systematic Theology at E.T.S. (1919–26)

References

External links

• Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary: Homepage