Eden Theological Seminary

Eden Theological Seminary

Type	Seminary
Established	1850 (1850)
Affiliation	United Church of Christ
President	Deborah Krause
Academic staff	6
Students	56
Location	Webster Groves , Missouri , United States
Campus	Suburban
Website	www.eden.edu

Eden Theological Seminary is a seminary of the United Church of Christ in Webster Groves, Missouri.

History

The seminary was established in 1850 by German pastors in what was then the American frontier. The pastors soon formed the German Evangelical Synod of North America. This, after subsequent mergers, became a part of the UCC. One of the early campuses in St. Louis became Normandy High School. The school was augmented by a merger with the Central Theological Seminary, an institution of the Reformed Church in the United States in Dayton, Ohio, in the 1930s, concurrent with the merger of the two denominations into the Evangelical and Reformed Church.

Conversations at Eden Theological Seminary, beginning in 1937, led to the 1957 merger of the E&R Church and the Congregational Christian Churches and the formation of the United Church of Christ.

Presidents

WCRC presidents are ordinarily elected for a term of seven years at every General Council:

Term	Name	Notes
1986 - 1993	Eugene S. Wehrli
1993 - 1996	Charles R. Kniker
1997 - 2020	David Greenhaw
2020 - Present	Deborah Krause	First woman president of Eden Seminary, Professor of New Testament and former academic dean

Academics

Eden Theological Seminary offers four degree programs: Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Master of Arts in Professional Studies (M.A.P.S), Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.), and Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.). Eden's campus offers on-campus housing and dormitories to its student body.

Notable faculty and alumni

Samuel D. Press Hall

Notable alumni of Eden include Reinhold Niebuhr, H. Richard Niebuhr, Walter Brueggemann, Catherine Keller and Seth Senyo Agidi.

External links

• Official website