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Remembering Rev. Dr. Bob Bryant, Professor Emeritus

By | on 06, Jan 2025 |   Academics Faculty

In 1961, just before United was formed, Robert H. Bryant was hired as the successor to Frederick Herzog at Mission House Seminary. He came from Center College in Danville, Kentucky, and earned his BD [...]

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Rev. Cyreta Oduniyi (’19) Ministers through Counseling & Relationships

By | on 17, Dec 2024 |   social justice Faith

“Since I was a teenager,” Rev. Cyreta Oduniyi reflects, “I always…said I would love to be a youth pastor.” So it made sense that she earned an MDiv in pastoral care and counseling. While at United, Cy[...]

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Rev. Gloria Roach Thomas (’98) Ministers through Love, Healing, and Hope in a Hurting World

By | on 25, Nov 2024 |   Community Relationships VOICES

Rev. Gloria Roach Thomas (’98) grew up in a small town in South Carolina. As she recalls, “I drank out of the colored water fountains, I went to the colored elementary school.” Still, she reflects, th[...]

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What Is Black Liberation Theology?

By | on 22, Nov 2024 |   Black Liberation Theology Black Church

At its most basic, Black liberation theology is a contextual theology that centers its focus on liberating Black people from historical and ongoing oppression—namely, the multi-layered, criminally zea[...]

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Social Transformation Student Doe Hoyer Follows the Spirit

By | on 19, Nov 2024 |   social transformation VOICES

Doe Hoyer, who is pursuing an MDiv in Social Transformation, grew up southeast of the Twin Cities. Their grandfather was a Lutheran pastor. “I really had a strong love and resonance with him as a chil[...]

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Statement by United President Molly T. Marshall on the 2024 US Election

By | on 07, Nov 2024 |   statement

This morning, many in our community are fearful, not knowing what comes next for them and their loved ones. The possibilities of disenfranchisement, displacement, and oppression foster despair and rig[...]

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