Does this make me official?

At the beginning of August I joined the faculty of Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee. MTS is the seminary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

My position here is as an instructor in historical theology and Wesleyan studies. That means that I teach mostly in the area of church history, with particular emphasis on courses in the Wesleyan / Methodist Tradition. MTS is an officially approved seminary by the University Senate of the United Methodist Church. And that means that candidates for ordination in the UMC are allowed to pursue their Master of Divinity training here. (See our admissions page if you are interested in becoming a student!)

So a few days ago, the good folks in the IT department here at MTS gave me my own faculty webpage. You can find it at this link. I supposed that makes me 'official,' though I sometimes have a hard time thinking of myself on this particular side of the desk!