Erskine Greenville at Mitchell Road
Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church is excited to be in a gospel alliance with Erskine Theological Seminary. Mitchell Road is the home for Erskine Greenville, an embedded extension site of the seminary with in-person classes offered on weekday evenings and Saturdays during the fall, spring, and summer semesters.
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Register Now for Summer 2024 Seminary Classes
Seminary registration is now open for the summer 2024 semester through our Gospel Alliance with Erskine Theological Seminary. Classes run from mid-May through early August. MRPC members can take any seminary course for credit while receiving a substantial scholarship (or can audit for free).
Erskine will offer one in-person class at Mitchell Road:
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Dr. Chris Crain will teach ST 750 Christology (The Doctrine of Christ) on four Saturdays (6/8, 6/29, 7/13, and 8/3).
There are also a host of online classes open to Mitchell Road members. To register or for more information, contact Seminary Student Services Specialist, Ms. Stacey Fleming at stacey.fleming@erskine.edu or (800) 770-6936.
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Membership Benefits
Members of Mitchell Road benefit from the ability to take any seminary course for credit while receiving a substantial scholarship (or can audit for free). Courses may be taken for personal spiritual growth, to try out what seminary study feels like, for life-long learning, to prepare for vocational ministry, or to explore how one might integrate the Christian faith in his or her current workplace.
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Erskine Theological Seminary is an accredited, Gospel-centered, Presbyterian seminary based in South Carolina founded in 1837. Erskine’s commitments to the Bible as the inerrant Word of God and Reformed theology and its ecclesial and missional spirit resonate with Mitchell Road’s vision to incarnate Christ in word and deed in Greenville, throughout the Upstate, and into all the world.
Rev. Seth J. Nelson
Dean of the Seminary
Rev. Seth J. Nelson (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; M.Div., Westminster Theological Seminary) is Dean of Erskine Theological Seminary and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Educational Leadership. Dr. Nelson oversees the seminary’s Greenville location, hosted by Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church. Seth is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), having previously served for ten years in two local congregations. He loves to teach and pastor (new and developing) pastors, by exploring together how to facilitate the formation of Kingdom-hearted, gospel-loving disciples of Jesus Christ. Seth, his wife, Heather, and their twin daughters, Lucia and Alethia, live in Greenville and worship at Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church.