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Welcome to McCormick Theological Seminary!

One of McCormick's goals in our current strategic plan is that McCormick will “Foster a community of collaborative teaching and learning for the preparation for ministry and the professional education of ministers that is Reformed, ecumenical, urban and cross-cultural.”

This statement lifts up several of the core values that we intend to be visible in every class and program. We believe that “teachers learn and learners teach.” Education is a process of life-transformation for all parties involved. We expect teachers to bring the results of their research, scholarship and experience; we expect students likewise to bring their own knowledge, experience, questions and vision into the educational enterprise.

Three commitments ground our education in both content and form. McCormick is a seminary that is at the same time Reformed, founded by and committed to the Presbyterian Church and its theological tradition; ecumenical, embracing of the widest extent of Christian faith and practice; and multicultural, welcoming and being shaped by persons from many cultural backgrounds.

In 2005-2006, McCormick Seminary celebrated its 175th year of ministry in theological education. Since our founding, this school has sought to prepare women and men for leadership and service in the Church of Jesus Christ. Since the 1860s, McCormick has carried out this mission in the vibrant urban setting of Chicago. This context is much more than location. It is a critically important component of our educational mission.