United Methodism’s removal of Asbury Theological Seminary, located outside Lexington, Kentucky, from its list of approved schools for persons seeking ordination was inevitable but arrived quicker than expected.
Asbury is America’s eighth-largest seminary, with nearly 900 full time students. (View data for America’s seminaries from the Association of Theological Schools here.) The top seven seminaries are Baptist. The top United Methodist Seminary is Duke Divinity School, with 592 full-time students, ranking 16th in size.
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