North Park Theological Seminary
North Park Theological Seminary
North Park Theological Seminary, founded in 1891, is the graduate school of theology of the Evangelical Covenant Church. It is a professional school designed to educate people for ministry, whether as pastors, missionaries, church educators or trained laity. The seminary is a community of professors, students and staff gathered not only for the purpose of theological study but also for worship, fellowship and the deepening of the spiritual life. The seminary also includes in its purposes the continuing education of ministers. It sees itself as a servant of the Church of Jesus Christ, and particularly of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
North Park (NPTS) is located on the far north side of Chicago and can be reached by car via the Chicago metropolitan expressway system from Lake Shore Drive (north) and west on Foster Street, or the Kennedy Expressway (I-90/94) and east on Foster, or by public transportation, taking the CTA elevated Howard train (Red Line) to the Berwyn Street station and connecting bus or the Ravenswood line (Brown Line) to the Kimball Street station.
