Bishop Cummins Scholars Program
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100% Tuition Funding for On-Campus Students​
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​Reformed Episcopal Seminary has a nearly 140-year tradition of educating men and women for service to the church. Throughout its history, RES has striven to ensure that students are able to obtain a seminary education without incurring a substantial financial burden. Due to the generosity of our donors, alumni, and trustees, RES is able to offer 100% funding to full-time students pursuing the MDiv, MA, or Certificate in Anglican Studies on campus. Information may be obtained by contacting the admissions office: [email protected].

Summer Course Intensives


​May 19-23, 2025:  Deep Anglicanism with Professor Gerald McDermott


​June 9, 10, 12, 13: Teaching for Spiritual Formation with Dr Kyle Hughes 
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Deep Anglicanism
AN 650
Dr Gerald McDermott
2 credits 
An exploration into the Anglican tradition at a deeper level of that tradition. "Deep” implies an approach that transcends the usual demarcations of “high church,” “broad church,” and “low church". It is an effort to get to the "root vision of traditional Anglicanism." It means digging down to see how the greatest Anglican minds and hearts saw the Trinitarian God, and the ways they saw this God come to his people through the church of Jesus Christ. It means starting in the first centuries of Christianity in the British Isles and not simply the sixteenth century. It means exploring the wealth of Anglican spirituality in the 14th and 17th centuries. It means appreciating the liturgical genius of Thomas Cranmer in the Prayer Book as well as the extension and revision of that liturgy by the bishops of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, which is still the only official version in the Anglican Communion. It means figuring out not only what distinguishes Canterbury from Rome and Geneva, but also from Wittenberg. More recently, it means discerning why the orthodox center of Anglicanism has moved to the Global South and away from Canterbury.

Christian Education:
Teaching for Spiritual Formation
PT 708
2 credits
This course will explore a fresh vision of Christian teaching and learning by drawing upon the riches of the Christian tradition, synthesizing the wisdom of the early church fathers with contemporary efforts to cultivate a distinctively Christian approach to education. Of interest to Christian educators, clergy, and parents this course will examine how the writings of five significant church fathers can illuminate our understanding of the vocation of teachers, the nature of students, the purpose of curriculum, decisions about pedagogy, and how spiritual formation works. Besides reimagining these aspects of Christian education, the course will also consider habits and practices that can help bring this vision of Christian teaching and learning to life, challenging Christian educators to sharpen their approach to the integration of faith and learning in practical and accessible ways.

Reformed Anglican

Founded on Scripture

The Reformed Episcopal Seminary was established in 1887 by evangelical Anglicans to provide formal theological education for those dedicated to ordained and lay Christian ministry.

RES holds to "the faith once delivered unto the saints," and declares its belief in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the Word of God, as the sole rule of Faith and Practice.

Firmly Anglican

As a founding member of the Anglican Church in America, the Reformed Episcopal Church and RES remain committed to the mission of the ACNA and the preservation of orthodox Anglicanism in the North America. We welcome students from every ACNA diocese and jurisdiction, confident that the God inspired spirit of truth, unity, and concord of the universal Church enhances the seminary experience.

Faithful to Tradition

Throughout its history, Reformed Episcopal Seminary has distinguished itself as:
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• Biblical – built upon the foundation of the authoritative Word of God and setting our highest priority on biblical worship.
• Catholic – affirming the faith of the apostles and of the early creeds, while also rejoicing with those everywhere who confess Christ Jesus as Lord.
• Protestant – holding to the English Reformation doctrines of the primacy of Scripture and Justification by grace through faith.
• Ecumenical – welcoming students from a variety of church groups and backgrounds and declaring our commitment to the work of evangelism.
• Anglican – holding to the worship, doctrine, and order of the English Reformation.

The Reformed Episcopal Seminary upholds the authority and doctrine contained in the Holy Scriptures, the Creeds, the Ecumenical Councils, the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, and the Book of Common Prayer.

Academic Programs

Degree Programs

Master of Divinity (M.Div.)

​Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.)

Certificate Programs

​RES offers a wide range of certificates for those interested in obtaining specialized knowledge. Programs include Anglican Studies, Biblical Languages, Old and New Testament, and Dogmatic and Historical Theology.

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New Deacon and Deaconess Program

Obtain the Diaconal or Deaconess Licentiate in Theological Ministry (L.Th.)
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The vocational deacon and deaconess are important parts of the Church's ministry team. RES' Deacon or Deaconess program allows those discerning a call to these ministries to complete the licentiate in two years of part-time study. Learn more on the L.Th. page.

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