Union awarded $1 million to help faith leaders address America’s cultural divide
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Union Seminary to use $4.5M grant to address religion in families
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Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference and McCormick Theological Seminary launch Center for Reparative Justice, Transformation, and Remediation
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Jim Miller is the 2020 Recipient of the Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology, and the Christian Faith McCall Award
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Statement by Union Seminary faculty on oppression, systemic racism in U.S.
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