Greetings From The Dean
Dear Friends,
Drew Theological School lives and thrives in a forest of oak trees. As we learn together in this place, we walk among the acorns, marvel at the changing of the leaves, reorder our journey with the stark bareness of winter and rejoice when the cycle begins again in the spring.
Our journey toward wisdom and holiness has its own seasons as we live here together. Gently we become community as we worship, study, play and eat. While our United Methodist connections are extremely important to us, we also represent more than twenty denominations and many communities with no denominational identity. We come from many different countries and states, and represent a variety of ethnic cultures. What a unique gift this environment is to the preparation for ministry!
Here we believe that the study of God must be not only rigorous and thorough, it must be full of passion and brilliance. The unique gifts of an exceptional faculty help make this corporate vision a reality. Community ministries and cross cultural experiences broaden and deepen our sensitivity to the wide variety within the world we are called to serve. As we each clarify our personal vision for our own future, we move into the flow of God's preferred future. This is good for us, but more important it is good for our world, as we become a more affective agent for justice, peace and other holy possibilities.
The information in these pages can do little more than tease your awareness and your interest. If what you read awakens in you passionate thoughts and creative energy, we hope that you will want to find out more. Theological schools are not all the same. So come and spend time with us. Get to know us. As you visit our forest and enter into our environment, you will come to know whether Drew is where you belong. We hope it is!
Maxine Clarke Beach
Dean of the Theological School