Meadville Lombard Theological School
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Former names
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Meadville Theological School Lombard College |
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| Motto | "Changing Lives to Change the World" |
| Type | Private, Unitarian Universalist |
| Established | 1930 1844 - Meadville Theological School 1853 - Lombard College |
| Endowment | Undisclosed but estimated to be around $20-25 million |
| President | Lee Barker |
| Provost | Sharon Welch |
| Dean | Darrick Jackson |
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Academic staff
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7 |
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Administrative staff
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11 |
| Students | 71 |
| Postgraduates | 68 |
| 3 | |
| Location |
Chicago, Illinois, USA 41°52′26″N 87°37′29″W / 41.8740°N 87.6247°WCoordinates: 41°52′26″N 87°37′29″W / 41.8740°N 87.6247°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Association of Chicago Theological Schools (ACTS), International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) |
| Website | meadville.edu |
The Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago is a Unitarian Universalist seminary in the United States.
Meadville Lombard Theological School is one of two Unitarian Universalist seminaries and offers the following graduate degree programs: Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Religion, and the Master of Arts in Leadership Studies (with the option to add a concentration in Lay Community Ministry). The school's mission is "to educate students in the Unitarian Universalist tradition to embody liberal religious ministry in Unitarian Universalist congregations and wherever else they are called to serve."
The seminary's historic 16,000 sq. ft. Collegiate Gothic style building was erected in 1933 on 5701 S. Woodlawn Avenue, across from First Unitarian Church of Chicago and near the campus of the University of Chicago in Hyde Park. In 2011 the University of Chicago purchased the building and hired Kliment Halsband Architects to turn it into a home for the Neubauer Family Collegium for Culture and Society.
Meadville Lombard is now located in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago, sharing space with the Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership.
Meadville Lombard is a result of a merger in the 1930s between two institutions, a Unitarian seminary and a Universalist seminary.
Meadville Theological School was founded in 1844 in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Most of the original funding came from Harm Jan Huidekoper, a recent convert to Christian Unitarianism and a wealthy businessman, and from the Independent Congregational Church.
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