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Five additional faculty members joined The General Theological Seminary in the 2025-26 academic year through joint appointments with Virginia Theological Seminary, reflecting the growing collaboration between the two seminaries.
When our beloved Immanuel Chapel (1881) burned to the ground on October 22, 2010, little did we know the significance of such a day of sadness and tears. Out of the ashes emerged a Chapel Garden and a new Chapel which was consecrated in 2015.
Earlier this year, the Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, Ph.D., announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2027-28 academic year, triggering the start of the search process for the next dean and president of VTS and GTS.
VTS conferred an honorary doctoral degree on the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III in recognition of his prophetic ministry and work championing love, justice, and a theology of Black liberation.
Lifelong Learning at VTS has been awarded a $5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help revitalize faith by sharing personal narratives. The grant is the largest in the Seminary’s history.
VTS has launched a Faith and Justice Concentration in its Master of Divinity degree. The new offering enables students to pursue a pathway that focuses on formation for transformative engagement in the public square.
Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) has conferred the Dean’s Cross for Servant Leadership on Stephen Colbert for his work as a satirist who provokes critical thinking and inspires change, and on Evelyn McGee-Colbert for her ministry and leadership in the arts.
Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) congratulates the Rev. Ruthanna Hooke, Ph.D., on her appointment as the 10th Dean and President of Seminary of the Southwest.
Student Jasina Wise shares how being a Saint Nicholas Center for Faith and Justice Fellow is enriching her formation.