Category: People of PTS

Second year student Noah Morgan likes to remind people that there is still good in the world. That’s one of many reasons he’s pursuing his M.Div. at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and preparing for ordination in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to follow God’s call into local parish ministry. “I was a preacher’s kid growing up, so…

Second year M.Div. student Stephanie Backus wants people to know that God will never leave nor forsake us, even if we leave or forsake God. She knows this from experience. Her call to ministry has sometimes felt like playing the children’s game of “hot or cold” and searching in the dark for the unknown thing…

Some people put you at ease the moment you meet them. Pamela Tarpley is one of these people. And when she graduates from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary this May, she will use that gift in ways she never imagined. Pamela, the mother of four adult children, is pursuing a Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies with…