More than 40 graduates will celebrate a completed course of study May 12 during Northeastern Seminary’s commencement ceremony in the Cultural Life Center at Roberts Wesleyan College. Dr. Richard J. Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, will provide the keynote address.
Mouw has held faculty and administration positions in higher education for more than 40 years. He has served on editorial boards for several publications, including Books and Culture, and has authored 17 books, including “The God Who Commands” and “The Smell of Sawdust.” In 2007, he was awarded the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life. Mouw is president of the Association of Theological Schools and represents the Presbyterian Church as co-chair of the official Reformed-Catholic Dialogue.
The Northern Seminary graduating class of 2012 includes three Doctor of Ministry recipients, 21 master’s degree recipients and 19 certificate recipients. Many of the ministry degree graduates are either ordained or seeking ordination in their respective traditions, including Methodist, Pentecostal, Baptist, Anglican and nondenominational. Nearly two-thirds of this year’s graduates reside in the Greater Rochester Region, with others hailing from Erie County, Syracuse, Albany, and Plant City, Florida.
Certificate in Ministry graduates come from the El Centro Hispano de Estudios Teológicos/Center for Theological Studies, a Northeastern Seminary program dedicated to providing support and resources to Hispanic ministries in upstate New York, as well as from two affiliate certificate programs: Sound of the Genuine Biblical Institute and the Rochester Institute for Christian Education.
The commencement ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. with a reception to follow from 3 to 4 p.m. Tickets are required for the reception. For information or to reserve tickets, call 585-594-6623 or e-mail Sharp_Faith@nes.edu.
Since opening its doors in 1998. Northeastern Seminary on the campus of Roberts Wesleyan College has continued to grow in prominence as a significant resource for the church community in upstate New York. Northeastern Seminary is an independent, multi-denominational seminary in its approach to theological education, leading to an academically and professionally accredited Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Theological Studies/Theology and Social Justice/Transformational Leadership, or Doctor of Ministry degree.
An article about the growth of the institution was printed February 19, 2012 in all Westside News Inc. publications and is available in the archives on this website.
