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McCormick is where God calls you to grow and lead beyond traditional limits through academic rigor, theological reflection, and liberating experiences.

09/25/2026

Seminary prepared you for ministry. But what about everything they forgot to teach you?

Introducing McCormick Leads: Everything They Forgot to Teach You in Seminary—a new professional development series bringing alumni and other recognized leaders together to share practical wisdom for leading with greater clarity, confidence, and impact.

The series launches during McCormick Days 2026.

📲 Scan the QR code to learn more and register or visit mccormick.edu/mccormickleads



El seminario te preparó para el ministerio. ¿Pero qué pasa con todo lo que olvidaron enseñarte?

Presentamos McCormick Leads: Todo lo que olvidaron enseñarte en el seminario (Everything They Forgot to Teach You in Seminary), una nueva serie de desarrollo profesional que reúne a exalumnos y otros líderes reconocidos para compartir sabiduría práctica sobre cómo liderar con mayor claridad, confianza e impacto.

La serie se lanza durante los McCormick Days 2026.

📲 Escanea el código QR para conocer más y registrarte.

09/24/2026

Our Trauma Healing Initiative cohort wrapped up the summer with an immersive travel seminar in Montana, learning alongside the Northern Cheyenne and Crow Nations in partnership with Auburn Theological Seminary.

The journey offered opportunities to encounter Indigenous traditions and worldviews that center community, narrative, restorative practices, and relationships as essential to the work of healing.

And while the travel seminar may be over, the learning is still being unpacked. More on the lessons learned will be shared in the weeks to come.

Participants returned carrying new questions, perspectives, stories, and understandings of what trauma-informed ministry can look like when healing is rooted in community and approached with humility.

That is at the heart of the Trauma Healing Initiative: formation that doesn't simply give us more to know, but challenges us to reconsider how we listen, lead, accompany, and create spaces for healing.

The journey ended in Montana. The formation continues.

09/23/2026

We did not arrive here empty-handed.

Our ancestors left us wisdom—sacred ways of knowing, creating, surviving, and caring for one another. That wisdom still lives in our stories, songs, prayers, and practices.

At McCormick, we understand Sacred Memory as ancestral technology: living knowledge that helps us remember who we are, discern what this moment requires, and prepare the next generation to lead, heal, and build.

We cannot faithfully become what we imagine without honoring what brought us this far.ďż˝

What will we remember—and what future will we build together?

09/22/2026

A Doctor of Ministry at McCormick is for leaders who are ready to turn theological insight into real-world impact.

Your DMin journey is an opportunity to sharpen your leadership, deepen your theological imagination, and develop practical tools for the challenges your community—and the world—faces today.

🛠️ Put theology into practice through hands-on, ministry-focused learning
📚 Engage the questions that matter with faculty and peers who challenge and equip you
🌍 Lead where the need is greatest as part of a globally-minded community committed to justice, equity, and transformative faith

Whether you’re reimagining your congregation, strengthening your community, leading through change, or creating new models of ministry, your work matters.

Your ministry is already making an impact. Your DMin can help you make it greater.

👉 Learn more and apply at the link in bio.



Un Doctorado en Ministerio (DMin) en McCormick es para líderes que están listos para convertir la perspectiva teológica en un impacto en el mundo real.

Tu viaje en el DMin es una oportunidad para afilar tu liderazgo, profundizar tu imaginación teológica y desarrollar herramientas prácticas para los desafíos que tu comunidad —y el mundo— enfrentan hoy.

🛠️ Pon la teología en práctica a través de un aprendizaje práctico enfocado en el ministerio.
📚 Aborda las preguntas que importan con profesores y compañeros que te retan y equipan.
🌍 Lidera donde la necesidad es mayor como parte de una comunidad con mentalidad global comprometida con la justicia, la equidad y la fe transformadora.

Ya sea que estés reimaginando tu congregación, fortaleciendo a tu comunidad, liderando en medio del cambio o creando nuevos modelos de ministerio, tu trabajo importa.

Tu ministerio ya está generando un impacto. Tu DMin puede ayudarte a multiplicarlo.

👉 Conoce más y aplica visitando mccormick.edu

09/21/2026

McCormick proudly congratulates longtime affiliate faculty member Dr. Daniel S. Schipani on being named a recipient of the Justo & Catherine González Lifetime Award, to be presented at the upcoming Biennial Gathering of the Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH).

A psychologist, theologian, ordained Mennonite minister, educator, and author, Dr. Schipani has devoted his career to advancing pastoral care, practical theology, and intercultural formation. His scholarship, teaching, and service—particularly within Hispanic and Latin American communities—have strengthened theological education and inspired generations of leaders.

Please join us in celebrating Dr. Schipani and this well-deserved honor!



McCormick se enorgullece en felicitar al veterano miembro de la facultad afiliada, el Dr. Daniel S. Schipani, por haber sido nombrado galardonado del Premio a la Trayectoria Vitalicia Justo & Catherine González (Justo & Catherine González Lifetime Award), el cual será entregado en la próxima Reunión Bienal de la Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH).

Psicólogo, teólogo, ministro menonita ordenado, educador y autor, el Dr. Schipani ha dedicado su carrera a avanzar en el cuidado pastoral, la teología práctica y la formación intercultural. Su trayectoria en la academia, la enseñanza y el servicio —particularmente dentro de las comunidades hispanas y latinoamericanas— ha fortalecido la educación teológica e inspirado a generaciones de líderes.

¡Únete a nosotros para celebrar al Dr. Schipani y este muy merecido reconocimiento!

09/18/2026

🏠 Welcome home—McCormick Days registration is now open!

Join us October 15–16 to reconnect, celebrate, and imagine what comes next.

This year’s theme, (Be)coming What We Imagine, calls us to move from possibility to practice—trusting in the God who can do “immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine” (Ephesians 3:20).

Across generations, McCormick alumni have carried our theological imagination into congregations, classrooms, communities, creative spaces, and the public square. Now, we come together to celebrate those stories—and the role each of us plays in shaping the McCormick and the world we imagine together.

Register today through the link in our bio.



🏠 ¡Bienvenidos a casa! Ya están abiertas las inscripciones para McCormick Days.

Acompáñennos los días 15 y 16 de octubre para reencontrarnos, celebrar e imaginar lo que está por venir.

El lema de este año, *(Be)coming What We Imagine* (Llegar a ser lo que imaginamos), nos invita a pasar de la posibilidad a la acción, confiando en el Dios capaz de hacer «infinitamente más de lo que pedimos o imaginamos» (Efesios 3:20).

A lo largo de las generaciones, los exalumnos de McCormick han llevado nuestra imaginación teológica a congregaciones, aulas, comunidades, espacios creativos y al ámbito público. Ahora, nos reunimos para celebrar esas historias y el papel que cada uno de nosotros desempeña en la construcción de McCormick y del mundo que imaginamos juntos.

Inscríbanse hoy mismo a través del enlace en nuestra biografía.

09/18/2026

A new season of Community Worship is beginning at McCormick! 🙌🏾

Join our new worship leader, Rev. Dr. Reggie Williams Jr., and the McCormick community every Tuesday at 5 p.m. for a time of worship, reflection, connection, and renewal.ďż˝

Come as you are—and join us in person on campus or wherever you are via MTS Facebook Live or Zoom (MEETING ID #999 5211 8115
PASSCODE #278291). The community is gathering. There is a place for you.ďż˝



¡Una nueva temporada de Adoración Comunitaria está comenzando en McCormick! 🙌🏾

Ăšnete a nuestro nuevo lĂ­der de adoraciĂłn, el Rev. Dr. Reggie Williams Jr., y a la comunidad de McCormick todos los martes a las 5:00 p.m. para un tiempo de adoraciĂłn, reflexiĂłn, conexiĂłn y renovaciĂłn.

Ven tal como eres, y acompáñanos en persona en el campus o desde donde estés a través de MTS Facebook Live o Zoom (ID DE REUNIÓN: #999 5211 8115 | CÓDIGO DE ACCESO: #278291). La comunidad se está reuniendo. Hay un lugar para ti.

09/17/2026

The future of theological education is already taking shape—and Professor Adriana “Dri” Rivera is helping lead the way. 🌟

Meet McCormick’s 2026 Rising Star Award recipient: an educator, researcher, curriculum designer, and advocate reimagining how theological learning can honor the whole person.

From trauma-informed teaching and faculty development to contextual education and student formation, Dri is creating learning spaces rooted in care, accessibility, and belonging. Their work asks not only what future leaders need to know, but who they are becoming—and how they might help their communities heal and flourish.

Read how Dri is putting formation into action on the McCormick blog at the link in our bio. Then join us in celebrating them at McCormick Days 2026, October 15–16!

09/16/2026

Today, we give thanks as we proudly announce the Rev. Dr. Ozzie E. Smith Jr. as McCormick Theological Seminary’s 2026 Distinguished Alumnus! 🎉

Across more than five decades as a pastor, educator, musician, mentor, and community leader, Rev. Dr. Smith has woven together faith, creativity, justice, learning, and service. His remarkable ministry gives faithful imagination hands and feet—strengthening the Church, enriching communities, and inspiring those who will lead next.

Discover the story of a life still becoming on the McCormick blog at the link in our bio. Then make plans to celebrate Rev. Dr. Smith with us during McCormick Days 2026, October 15–16.



Hoy damos gracias al anunciar con orgullo al Rev. Dr. Ozzie E. Smith Jr. como el Exalumno Distinguido 2026 del Seminario Teológico McCormick! 🎉

A lo largo de más de cinco décadas como pastor, educador, músico, mentor y líder comunitario, el Rev. Dr. Smith ha entrelazado la fe, la creatividad, la justicia, el aprendizaje y el servicio. Su notable ministerio le da manos y pies a la imaginación fiel, fortaleciendo a la Iglesia, enriqueciendo a las comunidades e inspirando a quienes liderarán en el futuro.

Descubre la historia de una vida que sigue transformándose en el blog de McCormick a través del enlace en nuestra biografía. Luego, haz planes para celebrar junto al Rev. Dr. Smith durante los McCormick Days 2026, del 15 al 16 de octubre.

09/15/2026

An MDiv isn’t only put to the test in the pulpit. It matters most when communities are navigating change, confronting injustice, carrying pain, or imagining what comes next.

At McCormick, our MDiv prepares you for those moments—with educators grounded in lived experience, courses shaped for a complicated world, and a diverse community committed to putting faith into action.

How will your theological education change the way you serve your neighbors—and help transform the world around you?

Discover an MDiv built for the moments that matter. Learn more at the link below.



Un MDiv (Maestría en Divinidad) no solo se pone a prueba en el púlpito. Importa más cuando las comunidades están navegando el cambio, confrontando la injusticia, cargando con el dolor o imaginando lo que viene después.

En McCormick, nuestro programa de MDiv te prepara para esos momentos, con educadores arraigados en la experiencia vivida, cursos diseñados para un mundo complejo y una comunidad diversa comprometida en poner la fe en acción.

¿Cómo cambiará tu educación teológica la forma en que sirves a tus prójimos y ayudas a transformar el mundo que te rodea?

Descubre un MDiv construido para los momentos que importan.

🔗 Conoce más visitando mccormick.edu

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