June 2020 News

Rev. Jonna Jensen ('81)
June 30, 2020
“Jonna [Jensen] comes to us with deep history, experience, and shared gifts within the United Church of Christ. She is a gifted pastor, writer, and interpreter and...
From Sojourners June 25, 2020
June 26, 2020
“Thirty years after the ADA, religious institutions, which were exempted from many of the law’s provisions, are still largely inaccessible to people with disabilities.” -...
Charles "Chaz" Howard (MDiv '03)
June 23, 2020
resident Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett are pleased to announce the appointment of Charles L. “Chaz” Howard as the University of Pennsylvania’s first-ever Vice...
Emily Bruce, Campus and Outreach Minister
June 22, 2020
Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School will host two events during the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association. The first event will be a State of...
The Rev. Dr. Thomas Freeman (BD '42)
June 18, 2020
When Thomas Freeman entered Andover Newton in 1939, Andover and Newton had only begun to share a campus and mission. Although “Andover Newton Theological School” did not...
Photo by Gregg Brekke for Sojourners
June 18, 2020
The Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell, pastor of Queen Anne Baptist Church in Seattle, saw Basior’s post on Tuesday and volunteered for her first shift Wednesday. After the events...
Mindi Welton-Mitchell and Seattle-area clergy
June 16, 2020
“Our chaplain station is simple: hand sanitizer and masks, some candles, and a sign saying Interfaith Chaplains…” From “Protest Chaplain—A report from Seattle’s Capitol...
Rev. Dr. Kirk Byron Jones
June 15, 2020
Convocation Speaker In a recent meeting, the Andover Newton Alumni/ae Association Board voted unanimously to invite the Rev. Dr. Kirk Byron Jones to be Andover Newton’s...
Andover Newton Seminary-affiliated faculty members
June 5, 2020
Affiliated faculty members of Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School offer their wisdom to those who care about faith community leadership in these most trying of...