Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

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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 informal 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 in the midwest.

G-ETS was formed 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.

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

1 Notable Alumni
2 Faculty/Former Faculty
3 Bishops-in-Residence
4 External links

[edit] Notable Alumni

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

[edit] 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)