Erskine Theological Seminary is an institution of graduate

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and

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al education. The

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is based in

Due West, South Carolina Due West is a town in Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,247 at the 2010 census. It is the home of Erskine College and Dixie High School. History Some say the name is a mispronunciation of "DeWitt's Corner", ...

, United States, and also offers classes at a second degree-granting campus in Columbia, South Carolina. Erskine Seminary operates an extension site in Greenville, South Carolina. Erskine Seminary is in the conservative

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tradition, and primarily prepares candidates for

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Christian ministry, as well as pastoral counselors. The Seminary, founded in 1837, is the graduate arm of

Erskine College Erskine College is a private Christian college in Due West, South Carolina. It is an undergraduate liberal arts college and a graduate theological seminary. The college was founded in 1839 by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Its sp ...

, a liberal arts college established in 1839 and affiliated with the

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. The mission of Erskine Theological Seminary is to prepare "men and women to fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus Christ through theological higher education that is ecclesial, missional, and confessional."

History

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. The Seminary began strengthening conservative and evangelical positions and alliances. Dr. Michael A. Milton, the former chancellor of Reformed Seminary, president of Knox Theological Seminary, Chaplain (Colonel) USA Ret., and a longtime pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America, became Provost in December 2019.

Degree programs

Erskine Theological Seminary offers residential study at its campuses in Due West, Columbia, and Greenville, South Carolina. The Seminary provides study opportunities through residential, blended online and online. Students may create concentrations in Chaplain Ministries, Pastoral Counseling, and Sports Ministry. *Master of Divinity (M.Div.) *Master of Arts in Practical Ministry (M.A.P.M) *Master of Arts in Theological Studies (M.A.T.S) *Master of Theology (Th.M.) *Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.)

References

External links

Erskine Theological Seminary Official PageATS profile of Erskine Theological Seminary
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