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Saint Paul Fellows: February Deadline for Full Tuition and Fellowship
Seminary Fellows Program Eliminates Student Loan Debt for Future Pastors Leawood, Kan. and Oklahoma City, Okla.— Saint Paul School of Theology, one seminary in two locations: Oklahoma City University and Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS will expand its groundbreaking full tuition and fellowship program The three-year Fellows program offers candidates called to full-time…

Graduate Talks About Building Long-Term Missions
Dr. Jim Brandt and Saint Paul alum Trista Soendker Nicholson recently compared their experiences in Guatemala and Haiti. Trista shared stories of Haiti and gave advice to current students about building long-term missions. “One of my greatest privileges teaching at Saint Paul has been taking students to Guatemala to learn from Guatemalans about their lives…

Faculty Write Commentaries for WorkingPreacher.org
Saint Paul faculty members Dr. Amy Oden, Professor of Early Church History and Spirituality, and Dr. Israel Kamudzandu, Associate Professor of New Testament Studies and Biblical Interpretation, have contributed numerous commentaries to the popular website for preachers, WorkingPreacher.org. Dr. Amy Oden Dr. Amy Oden is a faculty member at the Saint Paul: Oklahoma City University…

Nationally Known Preacher Talks Peace and Justice
The Rev. Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr. is Senior Minister Emeritus of the Riverside Church in the City of New York and served as Senior Minister for 18 years (1989-2007). He is nationally and internationally known as a speaker, preacher and teacher and was named one of the 12 “most effective preachers” in the English-speaking…

Dr. Sample Brings Community Organizing to Saint Paul
Tex Sample is a specialist in church and society, a storyteller, author, and the Robert B. and Kathleen Rogers Professor Emeritus of Church and Society at Saint Paul School of Theology. After moving back to Kansas City, Dr. Sample has reengaged with the seminary in several ways. This past August, students at the Saint Paul:…