PTS Black Seminarians Call for 15% of Endowment as Reparations
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Michael Hopkins
6 years ago
Facts
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John Machen
7 years ago
J. Gresham Machen, class of 1905, faculty from 1906-1929. I fully support reparations for injustice. #JusticeForMachen
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Lisa Powell
7 years ago
MDiv alum 2001, PhD 2008
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Sarah Bixler
7 years ago
MDiv 2016, PhD candidate
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Fernando Rodriguez
7 years ago
Amén.
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Tonia Bartlett
7 years ago
What an incredible message of humility and reconciliation this would be to anyone in this world who doesn't know the Father yet! Praise Him for this opportunity to witness to others through acting on these tangible steps of acting out the way of life PTS claims and teaches!
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Anonymous
7 years ago
M.Div. 2016, Ph.D. candidate
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Byron Tannous
7 years ago
MDiv 2020
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Do Hee Kim
7 years ago
Class of 2018
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Yenny Delgado
7 years ago
After attending the conference about PTS and Slavery, I fully endorse this petition.
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Robert Rivers
7 years ago
As a member of a Bethesda Presbyterian Church (PC USA) I fully endorse this petition.
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Victor Koon
7 years ago
The covenant community we seek to create cannot be achieved selectively. It has to be achieved through an intentional effort to lift up those who aren't as strong as the rest of us, irrespective of our backgrounds or connections. The Christ who called into his body - the CHURCH - is not divided!
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Ryan Klein
7 years ago
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If slavery accounts for no less than 15% of the Seminary’s income during the period its endowment was established, it seems fitting and common sense to use at least 15% of that endowment to work against the legacy of slavery.
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Vanessa Coker
7 years ago
This is good, good, work not only for PTS but all institutions claiming to do the work of theological formation and education.
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Samantha Paulin
7 years ago
Encouraged to see a seminary engaging in this work!
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John Davies
7 years ago
It is time for ppl of color to have the power. Time for the white male to pay for the sins of his forefathers.
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Maximus300 Maximus300
7 years ago
The petition makes zero sense with respect to its call for reparations. First, to blame individuals and institutions today for acts committed 150 years or more in the past is absurd. Second, the reparations you request will result in increased costs to attend PTS borne by future students who are innocent of the allegations you allege. Third, the future beneficiaries of the reparations request have no claim to the past victimization caused by the existence of slavery so long ago. Finally, the use of Leviticus 26:40-42 to justify this request is inappropriate (especially by so-called divinity students/pastors/priests) as it references God's acknowledgment that the Israelites will not keep the law but nevertheless allows for redemption if only they confess their own sin of unfaithfulness and the unfaithfulness of their fathers. I feel sorry for those who purport to be people of deep faith, yet who would pervert the bible for their social justice agenda. It would be good to remember that humans are sinners and we are all in need of redemption. "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." - Matthew 6: 14-15. Amen.
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Rev Michael Ozaki
7 years ago
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Class of 2014, Participating in reconciliation must always go hand in hand with the releasing of institutional privlage and power that was created by an unjust past. This money would be a real signal of that commitment for PTS. Dealing with the pain our privlaged past has created must cost something real.
Facts
J. Gresham Machen, class of 1905, faculty from 1906-1929. I fully support reparations for injustice. #JusticeForMachen
MDiv alum 2001, PhD 2008
MDiv 2016, PhD candidate
Amén.
What an incredible message of humility and reconciliation this would be to anyone in this world who doesn't know the Father yet! Praise Him for this opportunity to witness to others through acting on these tangible steps of acting out the way of life PTS claims and teaches!
M.Div. 2016, Ph.D. candidate
MDiv 2020
Class of 2018
After attending the conference about PTS and Slavery, I fully endorse this petition.
As a member of a Bethesda Presbyterian Church (PC USA) I fully endorse this petition.
The covenant community we seek to create cannot be achieved selectively. It has to be achieved through an intentional effort to lift up those who aren't as strong as the rest of us, irrespective of our backgrounds or connections. The Christ who called into his body - the CHURCH - is not divided!
If slavery accounts for no less than 15% of the Seminary’s income during the period its endowment was established, it seems fitting and common sense to use at least 15% of that endowment to work against the legacy of slavery.
This is good, good, work not only for PTS but all institutions claiming to do the work of theological formation and education.
Encouraged to see a seminary engaging in this work!
It is time for ppl of color to have the power. Time for the white male to pay for the sins of his forefathers.
The petition makes zero sense with respect to its call for reparations. First, to blame individuals and institutions today for acts committed 150 years or more in the past is absurd. Second, the reparations you request will result in increased costs to attend PTS borne by future students who are innocent of the allegations you allege. Third, the future beneficiaries of the reparations request have no claim to the past victimization caused by the existence of slavery so long ago. Finally, the use of Leviticus 26:40-42 to justify this request is inappropriate (especially by so-called divinity students/pastors/priests) as it references God's acknowledgment that the Israelites will not keep the law but nevertheless allows for redemption if only they confess their own sin of unfaithfulness and the unfaithfulness of their fathers. I feel sorry for those who purport to be people of deep faith, yet who would pervert the bible for their social justice agenda. It would be good to remember that humans are sinners and we are all in need of redemption. "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." - Matthew 6: 14-15. Amen.
Class of 2014, Participating in reconciliation must always go hand in hand with the releasing of institutional privlage and power that was created by an unjust past. This money would be a real signal of that commitment for PTS. Dealing with the pain our privlaged past has created must cost something real.
M.Div. 2017, Ph.D. 2022
MDiv 2018