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Beeson Divinity and the Anglican Church in North America Forge Partnership:
Beeson Divinity School's Certificate of Anglican Studies Recognized by the Anglican Church in North America
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (May 11, 2016) -- The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) recently approved Samford University's Beeson Divinity School's Certificate of Anglican Studies (CAS). Beeson is recognized by the denomination as only one of two non-Anglican seminaries in the United States to train Anglican clergy.
The announcement came from ACNA's Archbishop Foley Beach while he was in Nairobi, Kenya at the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) Primates Meeting in April.
"We are excited that one of the most rigorous seminary programs in the United States has a well-developed track for training clergy and laypeople in the Anglican way," Beach said. "We look forward to a strong partnership with Beeson in the future."
Beeson Divnity's founding dean, Timothy George, hopes that this is a partnership that will deepen and flourish for years to come.
"In past years Beeson has attracted a growing number of Anglican students," George said. "Our interdenominational divinity school is delighted to be able to train men and women for ministry in the growing worldwide Anglican Communion."
Beeson established an Anglican Institute and the CAS in 2014 to foster biblical Anglicanism and to help students deepen their knowledge and practice of Anglican belief, worship and spirituality. This certificate is awarded with the successful completion of the M.Div. degree through Beeson. Four Anglican churches in the Birmingham area offer opportunities for Anglican internships that meet the certificate requirements.
"Our interdenominational faculty provides students with differing but orthodox perspectives. And with seven Anglican professors, we are able to give abundant personal attention to Anglican ordinands," said Anglican Chair of Divinity Gerald McDermott, who also oversees the Anglican Institute. "Beeson aims to be a premier center for orthodox Anglican training."
For more information, please contact Kristen Padilla, Marketing and Communications Coordinator at Beeson Divinity School, at kpadilla@samford.edu or 205-726-2398 or The Rev. Canon Andrew Gross, Director of Communications and Media Relations at the Anglican Church in North America at andrew.gross@anglicanchurch.net or 269-214-2979.
Beeson Divinity School of Samford University is an evangelical, interdenominational, theological school, whose mission is to train ministers of the gospel. For more information about Beeson Divinity, visit www.beesondivinity.com.
