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EVANSTON, October 4, 2011— Bexley Hall in Columbus, Ohio and Seabury Western Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois, two theological schools affiliated with the Episcopal Church, are jointly seeking a president.

EVANSTON, September 23, 2011—Officials at Seabury Western Theological Seminary announced today that the school will move from suburban Evanston into space at the Lutheran Center, the headquarters of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in Chicago.

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EVANSTON, Illinois—Tom Ehrich, writer, church consultant and priest, will be the guest speaker at the 153^rd  Commencement of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary at 9:30 am Friday, May 13, in the Chapel of St. John the Divine at the seminary.

Ehrich, the founder of New York City-based Morning Walk Media Inc., writes a nationally syndicated newspaper column on faith and ethics for Religion News Service and publishes daily and weekly writings. He is the author of several books, including Just Wondering, Jesus:100 Questions People Want to Ask (Morehouse Publishing, 2005), and Church Wellness (Morehouse division of Church Publishing Inc., 2008). 

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May 18, 2011

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With deep gratitude for his 14 years of service, the board of directors of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago accepted the resignation of the Rev. Dr. James Kenneth Echols. Dr. Echols was the first African American to serve as president of a North American Lutheran seminary. A celebration of Dr. Echols’ leadership at LSTC is being planned for a later date.

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Digital Reformation Happening Now

Tweet If You ♥ Jesus author says social media is extension

of ancient Christian practice; visits Chicago on June 2

New York, NY, May 17, 2011—The next Reformation is happening on Facebook, according to Santa Clara University professor Elizabeth Drescher, author of the new book Tweet if You ♥ Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation.

On Thursday, June 2 at 7 pm, Drescher will speak and sign books at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 4550 North Hermitage Avenue in Chicago. The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by Seabury Western Theological Seminary. All Saints’ is accessible via the Brown Line El to Damen, the 145 Michigan Avenue bus to Wilson, and the Union Pacific North Line to the Ravenswood stop. Parking is available one block west of the church along Ravenswood Avenue and on surrouding streets.

In her new book, Drescher explains that social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, are both powerful tools for the practice of Christian faith and a great challenge to modern understandings of what it means to be a friend, a spiritual companion, or a member of a community. “What does it mean to ‘love your neighbor’ in a world in which a ‘friend’ might as easily be the kid from down the street you grew up with as a woman in Botswana whom you’ve never seen in person and only know in the context of Facebook…?” she asks in the book’s introduction.