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December 2009
Read the Christmas greeting from President Kent and Meg Ulery >more

 

September 17, 2009
President Kent J. Ulery offers this reflection to the BTS community as an educational piece for reflection, discussion, and debate on Constitution Day 2009.

>Constitution Day reflection


September 2009
President Kent J. Ulery presided over Opening Convocations in Bangor and Portland
>read the sermon

 

September 2009
BTS announces new members of the Board of Trustees

>more

 

July 2009
BTS appoints T. Richard Snyder, Ph.D., as Academic Dean
>more

 

April 2009

New faculty appointed: President Kent Ulery and the Board of Trustees are pleased to announce  the appointment of Michelle Ellis as Instructor of Hebrew Scripture and Pamela Shellberg as Instructor of New Testament.

     >the search process
     >more about Rev. Ellis

     >more about Ms. Shellberg

 

 

November 2008
BTS hosted visiting teams from the accrediting agencies for their 10 year review.

> more

 

May 2008

The Rev. Dr. J. Samuel Subramanian named Visiting Professor for 2008-2009.

>more

 

 

April 2008

The Rev. Dr. Kent J. Ulery will become the tenth President of Bangor Theological Seminary.

>more

 

 

February 2008

Professor David Trobisch will take early retirement effective July 1 to focus on writing, lecturing, and research interests.
>more

 

June 2007

President Imes to retire in July 2008

>more

 

February 2007
BTS announces new Trustees
>more

 

September 26, 2006
Student Robert Bach honored by the President of Nicaragua for humanitarian efforts.
>Bangor Daily News article

September 2006
Portland Press Herald editorial regarding the anniversary of 9/11 by President William Imes >link

 

 

September 7, 2005
Opening Convocation
in Bangor was held at Beach Chapel, followed by lunch in Wellman Commons and a processional to the College Circle Campus >read more

August 23 2005
The move has begun! >read more
 

August 2003
BTS mourns passing of oldest graduate
Harry Butman '28
had a distinguished career as a parish pastor, and was a leading voice on behalf of independent Congregationalism. >more

 

May 2005
BTS Board of Trustees approves move of the Bangor Campus to space at Husson College in Bangor. [read more about the move]

 

January, 2005

Massachusetts Woman Leaves Bangor Theological Seminary $1 Million [more]

October, 2004
Bangor Theological Seminary and Harvard Divinity School present "Religion, Spirituality, and Your Career" at colleges in Maine and Massachusetts.  [more]

May, 2004
Inspired by a chapel speaker, student Bonnie Lipton embarks on a mission trip to the Ukraine, Hungary, and Serbia. [more]

June, 2003
President Imes signs historic agreement with the Barmen School of Theology in Wuppertal, Germany. [more]

 

 

May 2009

The 190th Commencement was held in Bangor. Twenty students participated in graduation exercises. >more

 

January 2009

The inauguration of the Rev. Kent J. Ulery, as the 10th President of Bangor Theological Seminary.

>more  >inaugural address

 

January 2009
104th Annual Convocation: "The Scriptures We Share"

>more

 

May 2008
The 189th Commencement was held in Portland, with 18 students graduating.
>more

 

January 2008
103rd Annual Convocation held in Bangor.

>more

 

March 2007
The 188th Commencement

>more

 

January 22-24 2007
102nd Annual Convocation

>more

 

May 2006

The 187th Commencement

>more


January, 2006
BTS trip to Greece with Dr. David Trobisch January 9-19. Read daily updates by clicking the link.
>Greece Trip Page

 

 

January 23-25 2006 : 101st Annual Convocation
Featured Tony Campolo, Marilynne Robinson, Wilson Yates and Susan Collins.
>more

 

May 20 2005
The 186th Commencement was held in Bangor. Sixteen students participated in graduation exercises. [more]

 

 

January, 2005
100th Annual Convocation. Featuring  Susan Garrett, Joseph Sprague, and Frederica Brenneman.  

[Convocation web page]

May, 2004
The 185th Commencement Daniel C. Maguire speaks on "Christianity and the American Empire". [more]

 

May 23, 2003
The 184th Commencement
Fred Craddock delivers address to twenty nine graduates. [more]

 

January, 2003
BTS students, faculty and graduates spent two weeks in Turkey exploring the major role this region played in the history of the church. [more]

 

January 2009
Visiting Professor David Trobisch led a group of students and friends of BTS to Ethiopia.

>more


January 2009
Burton H. Throckmorton Jr. (1921-2009)

Read more about the life and legacy of the Hayes Professor of New Testament, Emeritus.

>more

 

February 2006
Ethics Professor Marvin M. Ellison's article "Talking Sex, Desiring Justice" appears in Conscience: The Newsjournal of Catholic opinion.
 

 

December, 2005
Associate Professor Cliff Guthrie publishes "From Pew to Pulpit: A Beginner's Guide to Preaching".
>more

September 25, 2005
Theology Professor Robert Sherman reflects on Hurricane Katrina in the latest issue of Vital Theology. >more
 

May 2005
Waldo Professor of Church History Glenn Miller interviewed by the Bangor Daily News regarding  reports of the alleged desecration of the Quran.
[read the article]

 

 

March 2005
Dr. Cliff Guthrie, Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship, has "God and Gray Matter" course featured in Science and Theology News. [link to article]

 

August, 2004

President Imes and Dean Miller present “Congregationalists Encounter the Other” in the Netherlands. Read the full text inside.  [more]

 

March 2004
Theology Professor Robert Sherman publishes King, Priest and Prophet: A Trinitarian Theory of the Atonement. [more]

 

January 2004
Marvin M. Ellison,  Bass Professor of Christian Ethics, publishes Same-Sex Marriage? A Christian Ethical analysis. [more]

 

 

August 2003
New Testament Professor David Trobisch discovers 14th century Psalms manuscript in Dresden, Germany. [more]