We are nearly a month into the 2020-21 school year with good news to report! A global pandemic can’t dampen our spirits. The work of the seminary continues, and here are several highlights: We welcomed 61 new students to WTS this fall. There is now a total of 345...
We are so proud of the Class of 2020 The WTS community is saddened that we could not gather together this year to celebrate our 2020 graduates in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. While we hope to be able to celebrate next May alongside the class of 2021, in the...
A Letter From President Felix Theonugraha Dear WTS community, It is with a heavy heart that I share with you that one of our Doctor of Ministry students, Bishop H. Javier Patón, has passed away due to COVID-19. Bishop H. Javier Patón Osco was born in La Paz, Bolivia...
Adjusting to God’s Curriculum When I arrived in Rome on New Year’s Day, I had no idea that the Coronavirus would arrive in Italy two weeks later. Although the first case was not diagnosed until late January, we now know that it was making itself at home in the...
Introducing Rev. Karl Overbeek Rev. Overbeek is fond of saying that he received all of his formal education within three miles of his boyhood home. His path wound from Holland Christian High School to Hope College to Western Theological Seminary, all in Holland,...