Seminary News: Spring 2024
From the Dean
North Park Theological Seminary (NPTS) is excited to share insights into our community as we celebrate the installation of three endowed faculty chairs and continue to equip our students for lives in ministry.
Expansion of Ignite and Equip
The Equip and Ignite cohorts have been fruitful, collaborative partnerships between NPTS and the Midwest and Pacific Southwest Conferences for many years. Today, they enter a new chapter.
News from Commencement
At our spring Commencement, we celebrated the accomplishments of our outstanding graduates.
Endowed Chairs Recognize Seminary Faculty
NPTS deeply values endowed chairs, which support faculty teaching, research, and scholarship.
New Classroom Technology
NPTS recently used funding from the Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative to equip three classrooms as Microsoft Teams Rooms.
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”
—Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV)
Aisha Cox MA ’24
Cox reflects on her time in an Equip cohort while earning a Master of Arts in Christian Formation.
Cheyenne Johnson MA ’24
Johnson graduated with a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry with a restorative arts track.
Faculty and Staff
For seven years, Luke Palmerlee served as the seminary’s director of operations. He made a lasting impact on NPTS and helped our day-to-day operations run smoothly by coordinating events and providing stewardship to our donors. We are grateful for his service and wish him the best in his next chapter.
