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Presbyterian School of Christian Education

Union Presbyterian Seminary
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Type Private
Established 1812
Affiliation Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
President Brian Blount
Location Richmond, Virginia, United States
Website

www.upsem.edu

Union Presbyterian Seminary
Union Presbyterian Seminary is located in Virginia
Union Presbyterian Seminary
Union Presbyterian Seminary is located in the US
Union Presbyterian Seminary
Location 3401 Brook Rd., Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Area 12 acres (5 ha)
Built 1896
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 83003309
VLR # 127-0316
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 14, 1983
Designated VLR September 16, 1982

Coordinates: 37°34′43.7″N 77°26′57.9″W / 37.578806°N 77.449417°W / 37.578806; -77.449417

www.upsem.edu

Union Presbyterian Seminary, located on the near north side of the city of Richmond, Virginia, United States, is a theological seminary founded by the Presbyterian Church. Through its main campus in Richmond, Virginia, a non-residential campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, and an extended campus online, Union prepares men and women to serve the church as pastors, educators, scholars, chaplains and missionaries.

As a result of efforts undertaken together by the Synod of Virginia and the Synod of North Carolina, Union Theological Seminary was founded in 1812 as the theological department of Hampden–Sydney College, located near Farmville, Virginia, and housed in Venable Hall. In 1898, the school was relocated to its current campus location on the north side of Richmond, Virginia. The General Assembly’s Training School (ATS) for Lay Workers was founded in Richmond in 1914 as a complementary institution intended to train “workers outside of the regular ordained ministry.” In 1959 ATS was renamed the Presbyterian School of Christian Education (PSCE). PSCE offered a master's degree in Christian Education, and operated across the street from Union Seminary until 1997, when Union and PSCE were joined in federation, becoming Union-PSCE. In 2002, a commuter campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, began on the campus of Queens University of Charlotte, offering both M.Div. and M.A.C.E. degrees to part-time students. The Charlotte campus for Union Presbyterian was relocated to its new facility on 5141 Sharon Road in 2012.


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