Western Theological Seminary maintains a high standard of academic excellence, while also encouraging strong relationship and collaboration between faculty and students.
Our faculty comes from some of the best theological schools, including Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Oxford, and our own WTS! Combined, our faculty has published over 50 books and countless articles. They are diverse in age, gender, and cultural background.Western also prepares our students for further Ph.D. study should they choose to pursue it.
Dr. J. Todd Billings, the Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology, has his B.A. from Wheaton College, M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary, and Th.D. from Harvard Divinity School. He is also the award-winning author of Union with Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the church, and Rejoicing in Lament: Wrestling with incurable cancer and life in Christ.
Dr. Billings shares how Western has been a nurturing community during his own personal battle with cancer….
Dr. Suzanne McDonald, professor of historical and systematic theology, has her B.A. from the University of Western Australia, an M.Phil. from University of Oxford, M.A. from University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews.
Dr. McDonald shares about a book that influenced her life in this video from last year’s “Theological Libraries Month”…
“After spending a semester doing intense coursework as a doctoral student at Duke Divinity School, I am increasingly grateful for the formation and education I received at Western Theological Seminary. My WTS education continues to influence me in at least two significant ways: first, WTS provided me with the breadth of theological and biblical knowledge necessary to be able to engage in the highest academic setting. Second, WTS gave me the rare spiritual and ministerial formation and nourishment that has kept me rooted in Christ and the Spirit’s leading as I pursue all my academic objectives.”
-Alberto La Rosa, M.Div. ’16, Th.D. student at Duke Divinity School
