Memphis City Seminary

Looking for a book that gets to the heart of Christianity? Professor Jeremy Jones highly recommends Delighting in the Trinity! This classic explores how the Trinity shapes every facet of the Christian life.

Too many ministry leaders in Memphis never complete seminary.

Why? Traditional seminary programs can be expensive, disconnected from real-world ministry, and difficult to balance with the demands of work, family, and church leadership.

Memphis City Seminary was created to address these challenges by offering affordable, accessible, and high-quality theological education designed for leaders actively serving in ministry.

You don't have to choose between your calling and your education. We exist to provide an education that can fuel your calling.

Learn more at memphiscityseminary.edu.

From called 👉 equipped. Memphis City Seminary is preparing Christ-like leaders for effective gospel ministry through accessible, affordable, and accredited theological education.

Whether you're pursuing pastoral ministry, nonprofit leadership, or deeper theological formation, MCS offers three graduate-level degree programs designed to meet you where you are:

🎓 Master of Divinity
🎓 Master of Arts in Biblical Studies
🎓 Certificate of Biblical Studies Learn more at memphiscityseminary.edu

Shoutout to these incredible students who spent their Saturday last weekend learning Hebrew. If this isn't commitment to theological education, we don't know what is!👏

📣Summer Course Spotlight!📣 Last week was the launch of a brand-new course, African American Hermeneutics and Homiletics. We were thrilled to have 14 participants take in lectures from the incredible Dr. Sherelle Ducksworth and outstanding Pastor Rufus Smith!

If you're looking to add some new voices to your reference shelf, President Taylor Tollison recommends checking out The New Testament in Color! Written by a team of multi-ethnic Bible scholars, this commentary combines diverse voices to illuminate the New Testament.

We are thrilled to announce Kelvin J. Washington is joining the MCS team as a Visiting Professor! 🎉

Dr. Washington is a pastor and theologian who is committed to seeing the gospel of Jesus Christ transform every area of life. Through his ministry, he desires to help believers apply the truths about Jesus to all of life. He serves as the Lead Pastor of New Valley Church, in Waynesboro, Virginia. He, alongside, his wife and a core team of eight people helped plant New Valley Church in January of 2020. Dr. Washington serves as an Adjunct Professor at Liberty University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he teaches courses on Christian Theology, Culture, Social Justice, and Race Relations. His various works focus on equipping the church to understand how the gospel shapes every life, culture, and public witness. His writing often reflects on the contributions of the African American theological tradition and the witness of black evangelicals. Along with his pastoral ministry and scholarship, Dr. Washington hosts the podcast Gospel Culture, which exists to see the Gospel of Jesus Christ transform us and the world.

Join us in welcoming Claude Atcho as an official MCS Visiting Professor! We are thrilled to have him on board. 👏

Claude is the pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesville, VA. Previously, he served as a church planter in Boston, MA, and as a pastor in Memphis, TN. He's the award-winning author of Reading Black Books: How African-American Literature Can Make Our Faith More Whole and Just (Brazos, 2022) and Rhythms of Faith: A Devotional Pilgrimage Through the Church Year (Waterbrook, 2025). Holding graduate degrees in both English and Theological Studies, Rev. Atcho is also a doctoral student in New Testament, studying at Trinity Bristol.

We designed our class structures with you in mind! All classes can be accessed in Memphis with no travel to other cities and vary between three convenient in-person formats to make them as accessible as possible for full-time workers:

📚 1 Evening Per Week
Courses are regularly offered on a weeknight for consecutive weeks throughout the semester.

📚 2 Weekends Per Semester
Our courses are often offered as weekend intensives, meeting twice a semester. Generally, our weekend courses meet on Friday nights from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm and on Saturday from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm.

📚 3 Day Intensives
Typically, one or two courses are offered per semester in a 3-day intensive format.