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God’s Enduring Faith: D. Cabbagestalk (UTS’07)

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BARRYTOWN – We often hear of the enduring faith and love a mother has for her child. A faith and love so strong that it resonates far beyond what we would ordinarily believe possible. We don’t always equate that same faith and love with the source from which it flows, from its origin, from the Creator. For Damon Cabbagestalk, a second-year student in the Doctor of Ministry program at the Unification Theological Seminary (UTS), however, it is precisely because of God’s enduring faith and love that he finds himself where he is today. And with a dream of where he will be...

UTS continues Ad Campaign

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The Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) launched an ad campaign in Positive Community magazine in the Fall of 2015. UTS is continuing the campaign in Spring, 2016 with this latest ad placed in the March edition. Positive Community (http://thepositivecommunity.com) is the only faith-based lifestyle magazine targeting the African American market in the New York/New Jersey area. Positive Community publishes the best of what is happening in the Black church and community. It was the vision of the co-founders, Jean Nash Wells and Adrian A. Council, to create a balanced medium that...

UTS Social Media/Facebook

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Over the next 4 months, UTS will be expanding its social media presence. UTS already has a website (with a brand new website coming soon). There is a Facebook page, and UTS has an online email marketing solution. UTS will be repositioning itself and expand across several social media platforms to help network, promote and share. Please help us to expand our reach. Please take a moment togo check out UTS’ page and LIKE us on Facebook. If you enjoy any of the articles we have been posting lately, then why not go one step further to both LIKE and SHARE our content. UTS...

It’s Coming

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We talked about it. | The “prezi” We promised the sun, the moon, and the stars | UTS@40: UTS has been building bridges We said that this was one of the projects that your donations were going to help support. | Re-imagine, Re-define, Re-position We kept the launch date quiet, till NOW | The new UTS website is coming in less than 3 weeks. Launch date Monday March 28

Diversity in Action: Rev. Raymond Dyer

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NEW YORK – When the word diversity is heard today it often implies a difference of skin color, religion or gender. When the Reverend Raymond Dyer (M.Div.‘12), pastor of the First Church of Illumination in Harlem since 1999, uses the word, however, he’s speaking of another form of diversity: a diversity of ideas and thought not confined to race, religion, ethnicity or gender. During his time as a student at the Manhattan campus of the Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) starting nearly a decade ago, it quickly became clear to him that he was involved in a very unique kind of...

Spiritual Mentoring

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New York – “Spiritual Mentoring” is offered as a 3 credit, Continuing Education Course (CEU), one of the UTS offerings in its lifelong learning program. It is held in Tarrytown, New York, and started on February 16, 2016. When I first heard the topic of the class I was interested right away. I have always considered myself a naturally spiritual person and mentor. The information and assignments after having a few classes has already transformed my life. I use the term “transformed” because “changed” just does not suffice. The class has given me a stronger sense of self, the...

UTS Meets All Accreditation Standards

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New York, NY, March 5, 2016 — At its session on March 3, The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) acted to accept Unification Theological Seminary’s monitoring report. The Commission ruled that UTS is now in compliance with all of the accreditation standards. The Seminary is required to submit a further monitoring report, due September 1, documenting adequate staffing, further development of financial planning and budgeting, and further implementation of assessment processes to evaluate and improve student learning. “Continuing approval by MSCHE is essential for...

How to Fix Other People’s Problems

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First published in Huffpost Religion, February 25, 2016 Mette Ivie Harrison Ph.D. (Princeton) Mormon in progress, mother of 5, author of ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ and “His Right Hand,” All-American triathlete Talking to a family member who is currently serving in a role of pastoral care, I was surprised to hear him talk openly about the many, many members of his ward who came to him with massive problems: divorce, infidelity, financial ruin, children with disabilities, deaths, and every tragedy you can probably imagine. “How do you fix problems like that?” I said, since...

The Certificate Program in Biblical Studies

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In many quarters of the African-American and Latino inner cities of our country the psycho-emotional and social ramifications of long-term poverty and the despair that often accompanies it has taken a toll. The statistical fact that 3 out of 4 children born in these communities are born out of wedlock and approximately 85 percent of family households are headed by single parents (mostly women) is stunning. One is forced to wonder if this generation, as was the case with many before, will continue to experience the deep and daunting social, economic and other challenges that are inevitable...