Press ReleasesNews Release: For Immediate ReleaseSALT LAKE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY RAISES OVER $250,000 DOLLARS IN 30 DAYSSalt Lake City, APRIL 29, 2005 – Less than thirty days after launching an appeal to raise $500,000, Salt Lake Theological Seminary has passed the half way mark.“As of today, we have raised $250,924,” says seminary President Don McCullough. “With just ten days left before the appeal ends on May 12, we continue to press forward in the faith that we will make our goal.” The money raised so far has come in gifts large and small from individuals and church groups around the state and across the country. “The broad based support from the community has been humbling and gratifying at the same time,” McCullough adds. The largest single donation received is a gift of $50,000 from a local Christian businessman. The smallest is $1 bill from an elderly woman with a walker. Most individual gifts have been modest, in the $200 to $5,000 range.
Support from local church congregations has also been evident. Westminster Presbyterian Church in Fruit Heights donated $20,000 at the encouragement of its pastor Rev Neal Humphrey, who sees the pressing need to train local candidates for ministry in Utah. “We have to stop sending our ‘called’ people out of state for training, because they leave and never come back! We have to have a Christian seminary in Utah if we’re going to advance the Kingdom of God, and that’s the role Salt Lake Theological Seminary plays,” Reverend Humphrey says. He has issued a challenge to 25 other local churches to follow his church’s lead in supporting the seminary.
Donations in support of the seminary can be made at Brighton Bank’s City Center office at 311 South State Street or mailed to Salt Lake Theological Seminary at PO Box 2096, SLC UT 84110. About Salt Lake Theological SeminarySalt Lake Theological Seminary is an inter-denominational graduate school of biblical and theological studies, engaged in the training and development of Christian leaders. The seminary offers Masters and Doctoral degrees for professionals preparing for ministry or already actively engaged in ministry work, as well as various Diploma and Certificate programs for students studying at the non-graduate level or for personal enrichment. Classes, courses, seminars, workshops and conferences are also offered to meet the needs of the broader Christian community. More information can be found on this web site. ### For more information contact: |