When we wanted to describe Bexley Hall, we went straight to those who live Bexley Hall: its students and faculty.

One wintry night, we asked students for one word to describe the strengths of Bexley Hall. Here’s what they said:

These adjectives catch the flavor of this unusual seminary based in Columbus, Ohio.

Our frontier history gives us the background to be at the cutting edge of today's Church. We engage in ministry in the Church of the real world and are not interested in propping up traditions for their own sake, while being true to the spirit of Catholic tradition. Each day, we struggle to live out the implications of the Gospel in a world marked with change.

Our motto says it all:

Why consider Bexley?
We understand our mission is to engage in intentional formation of ecclesial personhood in a community of prayer, so that you are prepared as fully and completely as possible for Christian ministry in a pluralistic world.

We are a seminary in the liberal Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism.  You will receive training in the Catholic spiritual disciplines, liturgy, communal and private prayer, and an emphasis on the great Catholic doctrines and their connection to social action.  Putting this side-by-side with the riches of Lutheranism in Biblical studies and theology produces an incredible mix.  And in addition:

Intentional formation.
Attending seminary isn't just about acquiring knowledge or skills. It is instead intentional formation as a deep molding of your total self through:

• the classical understandings of the Bible as the revealed Word of God;

• a critical understanding of human reason and experience, which are the traces of God and the workings of the Holy Spirit; and

• a positive commitment to the tradition of the Church, as it has unfolded over the last two millenia under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. We’re less interested in what’s right or wrong with the tradition than how we can more fully live into it.