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Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (G-ETS) is a graduate school of theology of the United Methodist Church located in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1853, Garrett-Evangelical, is on the campus of Northwestern University and continues many associations with the university. The seminary offers a number of masters and doctoral level degree programs in theology and is actively engaged in outreach to congregations focusing in the midwest but with influence around the world. The school has was a pioneer institution in preparing women for ministry. The Chicago Training School for women was merged into Garrett Biblical Institute in 1930. Dr. Georgia Harkness was the first woman to hold the post or professor of theology at any seminary in the United States. The Center for the Church and the Black Experience was one of the earliest centers focusing on ministry and the African American experience.
G-ETS was formed in 1974 when the Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston merged with the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Naperville, Illinois (both U. M. schools). The merged school occupied the Garrett campus.
Garrett's Mission Statement is:
To Know God in Christ and, through preparing spiritual leaders, to help others know God in Christ.

Notable Alumni

Hobart Baumann Amstutz (B.D.) - a Bishop of The Methodist Church
Don Wendell Holter (B.D., 1930) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
George McGovern (No degree, 1946) - Historian, Politician, and 1972 Democratic Presidential Candidate
Edsel Albert Ammons (B.D., 1956) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
David J. Lawson (B.D., 1959) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
Jonathan D. Keaton (M.Div., 1971; S.T.D., 1979) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
James Hal Cone (M.Div.) - Father of Black Liberation Theology
Chul-Ho Youn[PhD) - Professor of Systematic Theology at Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea (www.pcts.ac.kr)
Distinguished alumni/ae identified by the seminary include John Kurewa, Lyle Schaller, Bishop Rueben Philip Job, Myron McCoy, Bishop Beverly J. Shamana, Bishop Charlene P. Kammerer, Bishop Jesse DeWitt, Howard Clinebell, and the Rev. Sanford Brown.

Faculty/Former Faculty

Edsel Albert Ammons - Professor, 1968-76

Wayne K. Clymer - Professor of Pastoral Care, 1946-57; Dean, 1957-67; President, 1967-72 (all at Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, Illinois); Bishop of the United Methodist Church (1972-)

Don Wendell Holter - Professor of Church History and Missions (1949-58); then Founding President of St. Paul School of Theology

Jonathan D. Keaton - Graduate Teaching Assistant in Communications, Ethics and Society, and Church and the Black Experience (1970's at Garrett and Garrett-Evangelical)

Bishops-in-Residence

Sharon Zimmerman Rader

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