Phillips Theological Seminary

Phillips Theological Seminary announces the addition of two scholars to its faculty in the 2026-27 academic year. The Rev. Dr. S. Helen Chukka is joining the faculty as Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible. She is currently Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Wartburg Theological Seminary. Dr. Hannah Stork, who completed her PhD at Yale University this year, comes to Philli...

Phillips Theological Seminary continues to stand in solidarity with the overwhelming show of support for beloved community in Minneapolis and calls for continued peaceful protests against government leaders and policies dehumanizing our neighbors throughout the country.

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As 2025 closes, we remember Professor of Christian Education Emerita Elizabeth Box Price (June 27, 1941 – January 3, 2025).

“Elizabeth Box Price was one of the most important administrative leaders in Phillips’ transition from Enid to Tulsa,” wrote President Emeritus Gary Peluso-Verdend. “I am not speaking primarily of the relocation but of the ways th...

The Rev. Trista Soendker Nicholson

Phillips Theological Seminary welcomes the Rev. Trista Soendker Nicholson as interim executive director of the Center for Religion in Public Life. She will begin her two-year term on January 1, 2026.

Soendker Nicholson, an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and PhD candidate at Wesley Ho...