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The SCS community continues to pray that our students and partners are safe and healthy, particularly as we all navigate uncharted territory due to the coronavirus. To abide by the directives of local civic leaders and help slow the spread of the virus, SCS is moving...

  “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Stark College and Seminary is a diverse community of Christ followers seeking to theologically educate individuals to serve the church and community. SCS, since...

  It was the Fall of 2011 and my first residency of my Ph.D. program. I sat quietly, intimidated by those I sat among, listening intently to a man who would come to influence me in ways that I could only have imagined.  It was in that course that I was first...

  As I reflect on the year I graduated from Bastrop High School in 1993, many of my friends went to college straight after high school and never stopped until they obtained a master or doctorate degree. My path was a little different.  My journey in higher education...

  In order for one to fully grasp what graduating from Stark College & Seminary means to me, let's travel back in time to a small elementary school in San Antonio. Then, I was just a little girl with dark brown eyes and dark brown hair that sat so quietly in a small...

  Amos Yong Renewing Christian Theology: Systematics for a Global Christianity Who Is the Holy Spirit?: A Walk with the Apostles Spirit of Love: A Trinitarian Theology of Grace Theology and Down Syndrome: Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity The Bible, Disability,...

  It is my conviction that God’s call is the primary requirement for anyone venturing in ministry. God’s call does not discriminate based on race, gender, or ethnicity.  Thankfully, theological education can bridge the gap between followers of Christ from vastly...

  My seminary career began ten years ago during the economic downturn. Like so many others, my family had lost a lot in the few years leading up to 2010: our jobs, house, possessions, and way of life. It was during this time of uncertainty and loss that God’s call on...

  “In a culture that is increasingly apathetic and/or hostile to the gospel, it is critical that God raise up leaders for the church and community who are equipped to boldly and comprehensively proclaim the gospel and to think Christianly about their lives, their...