Eden Theological Seminary

A St. Louis program helps clergy navigate the contentious 2024 election season

Elaine Cha

Praxis Cohorts supports faith leaders working to foster relationships among people of faith who hold different political views but share community priorities.

Students and staff from Eden Theological Seminary collect leftover corn from a field in Vincennes, Indiana. Lonny Vieck, right, has helped convince relatives and neighbors in the small farming community to allow volunteers from the seminary to collect excess produce from their farms.

Race, Identity & Faith

Eden Seminary Students Partner With Indiana Farmers To Distribute Leftover Produce

Shahla Farzan

Volunteers from St. Louis have harvested thousands of pounds of vegetables from Indiana farms this summer, distributing it to local food pantries and soup kitchens.

Deborah Krause, a long-time faculty member and former academic dean at Eden Theological Seminar, will become the school's 13th president on July 1.

Arts

For The First Time in 170 Years, Eden Seminary Will Have A Female President

Shahla Farzan

Eden Theological Seminary is preparing to appoint its first-ever female president.Longtime Eden faculty member and former academic Dean Deborah Krause…

Deborah Krause, a long-time faculty member and former academic dean at Eden Theological Seminar, will become the school's next president in July.

Arts

Eden Theological Seminary Appoints First-Ever Female President

Shahla Farzan

Eden Theological Seminary will soon have a female president for the first time in the school’s nearly 170-year history.The seminary’s board of trustees…

The Grandel is a former church in Grand Center that now houses the Dark Room, a jazz club. The building was also home to the Black Rep theater for 20 years. April 19, 2019.

Arts

Empty Pews May Mean It’s Time To Downsize, Religious Leaders Say

Shahla Farzan

Declining church attendance is forcing some religious leaders to make difficult decisions — namely, what to do with outsized or vacant places of…

Arts

'The Church Next' examines the latest chapter in religious upheaval

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 9, 2010 - American Protestantism is in the ER, says a growing number of church leaders as well…