BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FEBRUARY 2015 REPORT

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1 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FEBRUARY 2015 REPORT This report includes items acted on during the Board of Commissioners meeting February 2 3, 2015, as well as those acted on during the September 2014 and January 2015 Reader Panels, July 2014 and October 2014 Officers Committee conference calls, and by ATS Commission staff from June 1, 2014, through January 31, The Board considered evaluation committee reports from visits to the following schools: Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, Georgetown, KY Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Chestnut Hill, MA China Evangelical Seminary North America, West Covina, CA Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester, NY Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley, CA Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit, MI Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA General Theological Seminary, New York, NY Grace Mission University Graduate School, Fullerton, CA Grace School of Theology, Woodlands, TX Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT Immaculate Conception Seminary, South Orange, NJ Kearley Graduate School of Theology, Montgomery, AL Logos Evangelical Seminary, El Monte, CA M. Christopher White School of Divinity, Boiling Springs, NC Mid-America Reformed Seminary, Dyer, IN Neal T. Jones Seminary of Washington University of Virginia, Annandale, VA New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, NJ New York Theological Seminary, New York, NY Newman Theological College, Edmonton, AB Northwest Nazarene University School of Theology and Christian Ministries (Graduate), Nampa, ID Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, OH Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH Saint Paul School of Theology, Overland Park, KS Saint Paul University Faculty of Theology, Ottawa, ON St. Mark s College, Vancouver, BC St. Patrick s Seminary and University, Menlo Park, CA United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, New Brighton, MN University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, Dubuque, IA Western Seminary, Portland, OR Winebrenner Theological Seminary, Findlay, OH

2 Petitions for new or revised degree programs, changes in degree programs or nomenclature, comprehensive distance education, extension sites, educational exceptions and experiments, and petitions pertaining to changes in governance from the following schools were considered: Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX Alliance Theological Seminary, Nyack, NY Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, MO Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, OH Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Springfield, MO Biblical Theological Seminary, Hatfield, PA Candler School of Theology of Emory University, Atlanta, GA Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX Denver Seminary, Littleton, CO Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Johnson City, TN George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University, Waco, TX Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, CA Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA Harding School of Theology, Memphis, TN John Leland Center for Theological Studies, Arlington, VA Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, KY Lutheran Theological Seminary (SK), Saskatoon, SK M. Christopher White School of Divinity, Boiling Springs, NC Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO Moravian Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, PA New York Theological Seminary, New York, NY Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, IL Northwest Baptist Seminary, Langley, BC Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, TX Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, OK Phoenix Seminary, Phoenix, AZ Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA Regent College, Vancouver, BC Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Richmond, VA San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, CA Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX St. Andrew s College, Saskatoon, SK Starr King School for the Ministry, Berkeley, CA Talbot School of Theology, La Mirada, CA Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH

3 United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, New Brighton, MN Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN Western Seminary, Portland, OR Western Theological Seminary, Holland, MI World Mission University, Los Angeles, CA Reports, including reports pertaining to the removal of notations, from the following member schools were reviewed: Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX Acadia Divinity College, Wolfville, NS Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, MA Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, MO Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, OH Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Springfield, MO Associated Canadian Theological Schools, Langley, BC Athenaeum of Ohio, Cincinnati, OH Beeson Divinity School of Samford University, Birmingham, AL Bethel Seminary of Bethel University, St. Paul, MN Biblical Theological Seminary, Hatfield, PA Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius, Pittsburgh, PA Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary, Hamilton, ON Carey Theological College, Vancouver, BC Carolina Graduate School of Divinity, Greensboro, NC Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL Christ The King Seminary, East Aurora, NY Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA Concordia Theological Seminary (IN), Fort Wayne, IN Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX Denver Seminary, Littleton, CO Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC Dominican Study Center of the Caribbean, Bayamon, PR Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit, MI Emmanuel College of Victoria University, Toronto, ON Erskine Theological Seminary, Due West, SC George Fox Evangelical Seminary, Portland, OR George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University, Waco, TX Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, CA Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, IN Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT Hazelip School of Theology, Nashville, TN Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA Houston Graduate School of Theology, Houston, TX Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA International Theological Seminary, El Monte, CA

4 John Leland Center for Theological Studies, Arlington, VA Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St. Louis, MO Knox College, Toronto, ON Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, KY Logsdon Seminary of Logsdon School of Theology, Abilene, TX Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, SC McGill University Faculty of Religious Studies, Montreal, QC Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School, Chicago, IL Montreal School of Theology, Montreal, QC Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Portland, OR Nashotah House, Nashotah, WI Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA Palmer Theological Seminary, King of Prussia, PA Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, TX Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH Reformed Episcopal Seminary, Blue Bell, PA Regent College, Vancouver, BC Regis College, Toronto, ON Saint Meinrad School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, TX Shaw University Divinity School, Raleigh, NC Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake, MI St. Andrew s College, Saskatoon, SK St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver, CO St. John s University School of Theology Seminary, Collegeville, MN St. Mary s Seminary and University, Baltimore, MD St. Peter s Seminary, London, ON Starr King School for the Ministry, Berkeley, CA Toronto School of Theology, Toronto, ON Trinity College Faculty of Divinity, Toronto, ON Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH Tyndale University College & Seminary, Toronto, ON United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, New Brighton, MN Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, VA University of Notre Dame Department of Theology, Notre Dame, IN University of St. Mary of the Lake Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, IL University of St. Michael s College, Toronto, ON Vancouver School of Theology, Vancouver, BC Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Winston-Salem, NC Western Theological Seminary, Holland, MI

5 Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA Westminster Theological Seminary in California, Escondido, CA World Mission University, Los Angeles, CA Wycliffe College, Toronto, ON Notifications and requests from the following schools were acted on: Ambrose Seminary of Ambrose University College, Calgary, AB Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Johnson City, TN General Theological Seminary, New York, NY Knox College, Toronto, ON Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, IL