Organizations holding affiliate status with The Association of Theological Schools (ATS) are not members of the Association. They are organizations with a substantial interest in theological education but not involved in educational programs leading to a degree, or they are schools offering graduate theological degrees and related to identifiable communities of faith other than the Christian and Jewish faiths. Upon initial application and subsequent recommendation by the ATS Board of Directors, ATS affiliates are elected by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at a meeting of the Association. Affiliate status carries eligibility for appointment to committees and voice, but no vote in Association meetings. ATS affiliates pay annual dues as prescribed by the Association.
Affiliate status is not a membership category of ATS nor is it a pathway to membership. Schools wishing to become members of ATS can learn more about the membership process here.
American Islamic College
640 W. Irving Park Road
Chicago, IL 60613
Phone: 773-281-4700
Contact: Timothy Gianotti
American Theological Library Association
200 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3100
Chicago, IL 60606-5877
Phone: 872-310-4229
Toll-free: 888-665-2852
Contact: John Kutsko
Asociacion Para La Educacion Teologica Hispana (AETH)
PO Box 677848
Orlando, FL 32867
Phone: 407-482-7595
Contact: Elizabeth Conde-Frazier
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc.
One West Court Square, Suite 325
Decatur, GA 30030
Phone: 404-320-1472
Contact: Trace Haythorn
Association for Doctor of Ministry Education (ADME)
100 E. 27th Street
Austin, TX 78705-5797
Phone: 512-404-4880
Contact: Sarah Farwell
Association for Theological Field Education
c/o Dipa H. Hart
Dallas Theological Seminary
3909 Swiss Avenue
Dallas, TX 75080
Phone: 214-887-5266
Contact: Dipa H. Hart
Association of Asian/North American Theological Educators (AANATE)
c/o Christine J. Hong
819 Kirk Rd.
Decatur, GA 30030
Phone: 206-992-5154
Contact: Christine J. Hong
Auburn Theological Seminary
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1800
New York, NY 10115
Phone: 212-662-4315
Contact: Emma Jordan-Simpson
College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy
PO Box 2563
Candler, NC 28715-2563
Phone: 212-246-6410
Contact: Raymond J. Lawrence
The COMISS Network of Ministry in Specialized Settings
1200 East Broad Street,
Box 980664
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0664
Phone: 704-355-5298
Contact: Will Kinnaird
Dharma Realm Buddhist University
4951 Bodhi Way
Ukiah, CA 95482
Phone: 707-462-5486
Contact: TBA
Digital Theological Library
1893 Vista Way
El Cajon, CA 92019
Phone: 619-813-1248
Contact: Thomas E. Phillips
Disciples Seminary Foundation
115 East Wilshire Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92832
Phone: 909-624-0712
Toll-free: 866-273-2799
Contact: Belva Brown Jordan
Epiphany Association
820 Crane Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15216
Phone: 412-341-7494
Toll-free: 877-324-6873
Contact: Susan Muto
Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway at Reinhold Niebuhr Place
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-280-1568
Contact: Kelly Brown Douglas
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Vocation and Education Unit
8765 West Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60631
Phone: 773-380-2873
Contact: Jonathan Strandjord
Foundation for Theological Education in Southeast Asia
11 Broadway, Suite 615
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 215-247-2458
Contact: H.S. Wilson
Hispanic Summer Program
1100 East 55th Street
Chicago, IL 60615
Phone: 773-256-0761
Director: Daisy Machado
Hispanic Theological Initiative/Hispanic Theological Initiative Consortium
12 Library Place
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-252-1721
Contact: Joanne Rodriguez
Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies
956 Dulaney Valley Road
Baltimore, MD 21204
Phone: 410-494-7161
Contact: Heather Miller Rubens
Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development
130 Morningside Road
Verona, NJ 07044
Phone: 973-433-3322
Contact: Yonatan Neril
ISAAC: Innovative Space for Asian American Christianity
4706 Via Colina #780
Los Angeles, CA 90042
Phone: 626-676-5010
Contact: Young Lee Hertig
Latin American Leadership Development Program
553 Cherry Lane
Holland, MI 49424
Phone: 626-963-9399
Contact: Charles E. Van Engen
The Mentored Apprenticeship Program of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (MAP.EPC)
629 E. 15th Street
Ottawa, KS 66067
Phone: 785-418-1635
Contact: Dean Weaver
Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew
College
160 Herrick Road
Newton Centre, MA 02459
Phone: 617-559-8816
Contact: Rabbi Or N. Rose
Omaha Presbyterian Seminary Foundation
7101 Mercy Road
Suite 2016
Omaha, NE 68106
Phone: 402-397-5138
Contact: Shelli Latham
Pacific Association for Theological Studies/
Northwest Theological Collaboration
13421 93rd Avenue SE
Snohomish, WA 98296
Phone: 425-343-4494
Contact (US): Marty Folsom
10100 No. 1 Road
Richmond, BC V7E 1S2
Phone: 778-887-2350
Contact (Canada): W. Ward Gasque
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Office of Theological Education
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202-1396
Phone: 502-569-5357
Toll-free: 888-728-7228, ext. 5357
Contact: G. Lee Hinson-Hasty
The Seventh Day Baptist School of Ministry
3120 Kennedy Road
PO Box 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
Phone: 608-752-5055, ext. 1006
Contact: Nicholas J. Kersten
The Islamic Seminary of America
811 South Central Expressway
Suite 350
Richardson, TX 75080
Phone: 214-484-1309
Contact: James Jones
Toronto School of Theology
47 Queen's Park Crescent East
Toronto, ON M5S 2C3
Canada
Phone: 416-978-7822
Contact: Darren Dias
Unification Theological Seminary
30 Seminary Drive
Barrytown, NY 12507
Phone: 845-752-3000
Contact: Thomas G. Walsh
Unitarian Universalist Association of
Congregations
Ministerial Credentialing Office
24 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210-1409
Phone: 617-948-6402
Contact: Jonipher Kwong
United Church of Christ
Ministerial Excellence Support and Authorization
700 Prospect Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: 216-736-3881
Contact: Holly Miller Shank
United Methodist Church, Division of Ordained Ministry
Board of Higher Education and Ministry
Box 340007
Nashville, TN 37203-0007
1001 19th Avenue, South
Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-340-7357
Contact: Shannon Conklin-Miller
University of the West
1409 Walnut Grove Ave.
Rosemead, CA 91770
Phone: 626-677-3342
Contact: Jane Naomi Iwamura
World Spiritual Health Organization
PO Box 711096
Salt Lake City, UT 84171
Phone: 801-870-0315
Contact: Mark Allison
To pursue affiliate status, please complete the application below. Applications are due by March 15 of even-numbered years, to be voted upon at that year's ATS/COA Biennial Meeting.
Marissa Dechant serves as the communications coordinator for The Association of Theological Schools. Her work includes producing in-house publications, including Colloquy Online, managing ATS website content and social media, and implementing the Association’s communications and engagement plan. She joined the staff in 2018 as executive assistant.
Before coming to ATS, she worked as a staff writer for The Derrick and The News-Herald in Oil City, Pennsylvania, covering the City of Franklin, crime and courts, and religion beats. Dechant is a graduate of Clarion University of Pennsylvania with a communications major, a concentration in journalism, and a minor in creative writing.
