Bethany Announces Commencement Speaker

Bethany Theological Seminary has announced that Dr. Kathy Melhorn, a former member of the Board of Trustees, will give this year’s commencement address. Her address is entitled, “Open the Doors … See All the People.” The ceremony

Bethany Holds Service Day at Boys and Girls Club

Bethany Theological Seminary students, faculty, and staff participated in a half-day of Service at the Boys and Girls Club of Wayne County on Monday, March 31, 2025. 

Two dozen individuals spent time at the Boys and

Dr. Tamisha Tyler

Dr. Tamisha Tyler Featured at Huntingdon Museum Event

Dr. Tamisha Tyler, visiting assistant professor of theology and culture and theopoetics, was featured at the Huntingdon Museum in Los Angeles in a panel discussion entitled, “Sowing Community: Living with Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Parables.’” The event was

Bethany Board Holds Spring Meeting

The Bethany Theological Seminary Board of Trustees gathered on March 21-22, 2025 for a meeting at its Richmond, Indiana campus. 

The trustees approved next fiscal year’s budget and heard reports regarding academics, student support, finances,

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Bethany Sponsors Spring Leadership and Service Event

Bethany Theological Seminary hosted a leadership development lunch and workshop on Friday, March 7, 2025, for students from Bethany, the Earlham School of Religion, and Ivy Tech Community College. This was the second event of this type

The No-Debt Difference

By Jonathan Graham

A remarkable thing happened at Bethany this year: not a single student took out a student loan. This was not a random occurrence or a simple stroke of luck. Instead, the Seminary reached

Bethany Recognized for Service

Bethany Theological Seminary has received a Corporate Caring Award from the Good News chapter of Habitat for Humanity during its second annual awards gala, which was held on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, at the Leland Legacy in

Kathy and Mark Melhorn Commit $1.4M to Flourish Campaign

Former Trustee Kathy Melhorn and her husband, Mark, have made a $1.4 million commitment to Flourish: A Campaign for Bethany Theological Seminary. The Melhorns, who live in Wichita, Kansas, have made an estate gift that can be used

Bethany Offers January Intensives

This month, Bethany students and professors are participating in three January Intensive travel courses, all far from the Seminary’s Richmond, Indiana campus.

Art, Faith, and Justice — Pasadena, California

Dr. Tamisha Tyler, visiting assistant professor of theopoetics

Bethany Marks 30 Years in Richmond

As 2024 draws to a close, Bethany Theological Seminary is marking the end of its 30th year in Richmond, Indiana.

The seminary enrolls students from across the country and around the world, but in the past decade, it has placed