Chicago Theological Seminary

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Chicago Theological Seminary in Hyde Park

Motto	"Leaders for the Next"
Type	Private
Established	1855; 169 years ago (1855)
Religious affiliation	United Church of Christ
Academic affiliations	University of Chicago Association of Chicago Theological Schools
President	Stephen G. Ray Jr.
Dean	Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder
Academic staff	13 Full-time (Fall 2022)[1]
Students	294 (Fall 2022)[1]
Address	1407 E. 60th Street , Chicago , Illinois , United States
Campus	Urban 78,000 sq ft (7,200 m2), 4-story seminary with full basement located in the center of the University of Chicago campus
Website	www.ctschicago.edu

The Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS) is a Christian ecumenical American seminary located in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of several seminaries historically affiliated with the United Church of Christ. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Chicago, originally established in 1855 under the direction of the abolitionist Stephen Peet^[2] and the Congregational Church (now the United Church of Christ) by charter of the Illinois legislature.^[3]

In addition to being a seminary of the United Church of Christ, CTS offers students coursework necessary to be ordained by the Metropolitan Community Church denomination. It was the first theological school to introduce the field education experience into a seminary curriculum,^[4] the first to create a distinct Department of Christian Sociology in an American theological school,^[5] and the first seminary to award a degree in divinity to a woman in the United States (Florence Fensham, 1902).^[6]