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August 28, 2024

2024

Christian Theological Seminary celebrates its 100th Anniversary – a century of offering theological education to “all students on an equal…
September 10, 2021

2016

CTS launches the first-of-its-kind PhD degree program in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric.
September 10, 2021

2012

The Trustees adopt a resolution making CTS “open and affirming,” committed to the full inclusion of the LGBTQ community.
September 10, 2021

2003

CTS reaches goals of diversifying the administration, faculty, staff, and student body.
September 10, 2021

1979

Sue Webb Cardwell is appointed the first woman to serve on the regular, full-time faculty of CTS. The appointment of…
September 10, 2021

1971

CTS begins offering graduate degree programs in pastoral care and counseling. Methodist theologian Willie White becomes the first African American…
September 10, 2021

1970s

A “new ethos” develops at CTS, emphasizing the church’s active engagement with contemporary issues and social scientific approaches to the…
September 10, 2021

1968

CTS launches its Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree program, one of the first seminaries in the U.S. to do so.
September 10, 2021

1958-59

The School of Religion and Butler University enter into a separation agreement, but maintain continued cooperation in some academic programs.…