Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary provides a home for a variety of degree programs, certificates, and continuing education for passionate, creative, and courageous spiritual leaders seeking to make a difference.
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary provides a home for a variety of degree programs, certificates, and continuing education for passionate, creative, and courageous spiritual leaders seeking to make a difference.
The leaders we prepare here will not just manage churches, organizations, and institutions, but will lead movements in their local communities and our world.
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary is deeply committed to forming courageous leaders in the way of Jesus to cultivate communities of justice, compassion, and hope for the thriving of the Church and the healing of the world.
For over 170 years we have prepared spiritually adventurous, intellectually daring, and deeply faithful leaders for service to the Church, the academy, and diverse cultures and settings. Over the course of that long history, much has remained constant—our Christian identity and purpose, our Methodist tradition and ethos, our ecumenical spirit and commitment, and our determination to form and equip servant leaders who are ready, willing, and able to lead courageously in challenging times.
Dr. Johnson comes to seminary after a career in academia. A former physics and astronomy professor, he earned a PhD in science in religion after he retired but found himself yearning to pursue a ministerial vocation. After a year in lay leadership at his local Methodist Church, he made the decision to enroll in Garrett’s MDiv program, but was unclear where that road would lead him.
“You can’t be Christian unless you’re taking care of the Earth. You don’t get to claim this faith and abdicate your responsibility to care for creation.” The intensity of rev. dr. abby mohaupt’s eyes increases ten-fold as she names humans and the natural world’s interdependence. The Director of the Garrett Collective recently finished co-teaching an adult education class at First Presbyterian Church in Deerfield, IL, with Dr. Brooke Lester, Garrett’s Associate Professor of Hebrew Scriptures.
