Pentecostal Theological Seminary
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| Motto | "Your Ministry is Our Mission" |
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| Type | Private, Theological Seminary |
| Established | 1975 |
| Affiliation | Church of God |
| President | Michael L. Baker |
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Academic staff
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17 |
| Students | 200 (Fall 2013) |
| Address |
900 Walker St, Cleveland, TN, Cleveland, Tennessee, United States 35°09′45″N 84°52′07″W / 35.1626°N 84.8685°WCoordinates: 35°09′45″N 84°52′07″W / 35.1626°N 84.8685°W |
| Campus | Suburban |
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| Website | ptseminary.edu |
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The Pentecostal Theological Seminary is a private, faith-based, accredited, graduate school in Cleveland, Tennessee. While part of the educational ministry of the Church of God, the school accepts students of other denominations, particularly those interested in its emphasis on Wesleyan/Holiness theology and Pentecostal spirituality. It has trained ministers since 1975.
The school offers the M.Div, M.T.S., and M.A, degrees with concentrations in Church Ministries, Discipleship and Christian Formation, Theological studies and Counseling. Some courses and degrees are offered online. It also offers the D.Min. degree for ministerial leaders seeking to expand their study.
The seminary has undergone several name changes in its history. It began in 1975 as the Church of God Graduate School of Christian Ministries. The name was changed to the Church of God School of Theology in 1978, and then became the Church of God Theological Seminary in 1997. These name changes were made to reflect the changing level of accreditation received by ATS and SACS. In 2004-2005 the name was changed again to Pentecostal Theological Seminary. This was done with the hope of extending a broader invitation to other Pentecostals.
Interest in a denomination seminary began in the 1960s and Charles W. Conn instituted a denominational Board of Education in 1968. This board appointed a committee (H.D. Williams, James M. Beaty, and R. Hollis Gause) to look at the possibility of such a seminary. During the early 1970s the denomination decided to pursue a graduation school for ministerial training and work began to launch such a school. The Seminary was granted a charter for graduate education by the state of Tennessee in 1975 as the Church of God Graduate School of Christian Ministries.
When it opened in the Fall of 1975, the school offered 2 degrees: the Master of Science in Religion and the Master of Arts in Religion. The offices and classrooms were in a renovated apartment building in Cleveland, Tennessee. It had two full-time faculty members, with one of those serving as Dean and Director. Opening with an enrollment of eighteen students, the graduate school increased to twenty-eight students the second term. At the first commencement on July 27, 1976, three students received the Master of Arts in Religion and two students received the Master of Science degree in Religion under the one-year curriculum. Eight more students graduated on July 26, 1977.
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