• Affinity Groups: Choose a group that fits you. You will find groups for your region, graduation year, ministry setting, identity, and interests. Currently we have the following affinity groups available with plans to continue to grow the list:
  • New Alum Group: If you are a new alum this is a great place to connect with those with whom you recently graduated.
  • Chaplain Group: COMING SOON! A monthly alum Chaplain Group was started to provide peer support, educational support, and occasional guest speakers.
• Mighty Networks: The Mighty Networks is the new platform that Phillips is using to connect with alums and to connect alums with each other. We are excited to use this platform for affinity groups, webinars, and educational opportunities. Join Phillips Seminary Connect (connect.ptstulsa.edu)
• Chapel: You can connect to our chapels on our YouTube channel, Phillips Seminary. You may join us live or watch chapel after the live event. You will find other videos from events on the YouTube channel.
• Phillips Communities: COMING SOON! Phillips Communities will be a group in some geographic areas that will bring together students and alums to connect and support each other. The Phillips Communities will get together once or twice a year for dinner, happy hour or similar event. There will be an alumni coordinator in each area. If you are interested in being a coordinator in your area, please contact Tara Thompson to get more information.
• Eblast: A monthly email from the Advancement office sharing exciting happenings around Phillips!
• Facebook: Alumni/ae are invited to connect with us on our  Official Alum Facebook Page.

• Center for Ministry and Lay Training: CMLT provides year-round educational opportunities for you and your congregants. CMLT is a great place to provide extra training for the leaders in your church and to supplement your own education at a low cost. Each class occurs on-line for 8 weeks. Click Here to see current available classes, learn more about CMLT, and register for a class.
• Center for Religion and Public Life: CRPL provides a podcast, blog and other resources to the public. To learn more about the programs, activities, and learning opportunities provided by the CRPL click here.
• Audit: Every semester particular classes are designated as available to auditors. This is a great way to keep up with new theories and practices of ministry without entering a degree program.
• Remind & Renew: Each winter Phillips hosts Remind & Renew, a two-day conference for alumni/ae, laity, and ministers. For more information about Remind & Renew and the upcoming conference theme, click here.
• Library Usage: All Phillips graduates are automatically given alumni/ae status with the library. Alumni/ae retain all prior privileges when on campus. Remote privileges vary by license agreements with our vendors. Learn about more library privileges available to alumni/ae here. You may also access all of your benefits on the library website.
• Other educational opportunities to look for:
  • Webinars
  • Clergy Circles

• Volunteer Opportunities
  • Phillips Encouragement Program (PEP): COMING SOON! PEP is an encouragement program pairing alums with students to encourage them through their Phillips career. At a minimum, the alumni/ae are expected to send encouraging notes (mail or email) to the student each semester and pray for them as they prepare for them. How the encouragement relationship grows will depend on the needs of the student as long as the interaction stays within the boundaries of the program protocols. If you would like to be a PEP volunteer, please contact Tara Thompson.
  • Recruiting: We are all recruiters for Phillips. As an alum, you are one of the most important recruiters because the majority of students are referred to Phillips by an alum. If you would like information about referring potential students to Phillips or have questions for the Phillips recruiter, contact Ulysses Allen.
• Give a Gift to Phillips: You may give a gift by mail or online. You may visit the “Ways to Give” page of the Advancement section on the website to learn more about supporting Phillips through your monetary gifts.
• iFundPhillips: iFP is the annual fall campaign to connect with our alumni/ae and raise funds to support student services. More information is available on the iFundPhillips page on the Phillips web-site.
• Sustaining Donor Club: As an alum, monthly giving is a great way to support your alma mater. The monthly giving program, Sustaining Donor Club, allows Phillips to budget and count on a gift each month that will help support the students, innovation, and the monthly needs of the seminary. To become a Sustaining Donor, contact Tammy Ryan.
• Emerging Vision: Phillips Theological Seminary is creating a new “place of belonging” called Bedford House on our Tulsa, Okla. campus near historic Route 66 to support students, wherever they may reside, as they build the kind of relationships and have the conversations that form good ministers and theological leaders. To learn more about Bedford House and the Emerging Vision, click here.

• Current Assemblies Attending: Phillips wants to meet you at your assembly! Look for opportunities to connect with other Phillips alums, staff, and/or faculty at the DOC, UCC, UU, and other assemblies.
• Mighty Networks: Join other alums on our new networking site. The site contains affinity groups, educational opportunities, and is a great way to stay up to date with activities at Phillips. Phillips Seminary Connect (connect.ptstulsa.edu)
• Update Form: We want to stay in touch with you and your ministry. Please complete this form if you have an address, phone or ministry setting change.
• Sign up for the monthly ENews: If you do not currently receive the monthly ENews from Phillips, please send your name and email address to Advancement@ptstulsa.edu with ENEWS in the subject line or complete the form at the bottom of the Alumni/ae page.
• Tell us your story: We want to stay in touch but also want to know your story. Do you have an interesting ministry story to tell or a life changing seminary experience to share? Submit your story here.

• The Board of Directors of the Alum Association has responsibility for the affairs of the Association and assisting the Association to fulfill its purpose.
• List of Board Members
  • The Rev. Kay Korpics (2018), President
  • The Rev.  Brandon Proffitt (2022), Vice President
  • The Rev. Dr. Josh Bell (2017, 2018, 2024)
  • The Rev. Andrea Clark Chambers (2010)
  • The Rev. Natalie Dixon Crewell (2008)
  • The Rev. Kara Farrow (2018)
  • The Rev. Matthew Franks (2009)
  • The Rev. Paul Ellis Jackson (2017)
  • The Rev. Travis Smith McKee (2014)
  • The Rev. Dr. Nancy Niero (2023)
  • Linda Tucker (2019)
  • The Rev. Darren Williams (2019)
  • The Rev. Randy Williams (1979)

The Marshall Award recognizes graduates of Phillips Theological Seminary, Phillips Graduate Seminary, The Graduate Seminary of Phillips University, or the College of the Bible whose service to God, the Church and the human Community has been faithful and exemplary.

The Alum Association is currently in the process of accepting applications for Marshall Award nominees. Please complete the nomination form if you would like to nominate a Phillips Alum for the distinguished award. You may request a nominations form from Tammy Ryan.

Distinguished Alum Award

(2001 – 2008)

January-01              Jack Allen Oliver

January-02              Spencer Austin                  Stanley Warfield

January-03              Jerry Perryman                  Paul Ehly

January-04              John Henry Cain                Marvin Nelson

January-05              Robert Elliott                      George Young

July-05                    Sharon Watkins

January-06              Robert Gartman                 Robin Meyers

July-06                    Gary Cox

January-07              David Wilson                     Orval Holt

January-08              Honored all previous alumni/ae for Centennial

Frank H. Marshall Award for Ministerial Excellence

(2009 – Present)

January-09              O. Eugene Moore              Alan Lobaugh

January-10              Leslie Penrose                  Eugene Frazier

January-11              Ron Nofziger                     Bill Reece

January-13              Phil Snider                        Archie Lawrence

January-14              Todd Adams                     Jesse Jackson

January-15              Skipped Nominations for lack of nominees

January-16              Sheri Curry

January-17              Melinda Foster                  John Wolfersberger

January-18              Mike Hardgrove

January-19              David Hockensmith            Paul Krueger

January-20              Gene Spillman, Jr.             Myrna Jones

January-21              Bill Inglish                          Maribeth Westerfield

January 22              Anna Holloway, Virzola Law, and Don Pittman, Honorary Posthumous

January 23            Renee Bridwell   Mark Pumphrey

January 24              Bob Barrett                      Noel Gray

January 25.           Chris Moore       Faith Wambugu

The Reverend Kelley Becker

Rev. Kelley Becker holds an A.A. from Heartland Community College, Normal, Illinois, and an MDiv. from Phillips Theological Seminary (2014). Kelley served First Presbyterian Church in Normal, Illinois, as the Director of Children and Youth Ministries and First Christian Church in Bloomington, Illinois, as the associate minister before her call to Disciples Christian Church in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, in January 2017.

While in Bartlesville, Kelley has served on numerous non-profit boards, including Family Promise, Oklahomans for Equality-Bartlesville, Ray of Hope Advocacy Center, and the PTS Alum Association Board. In 2018, she led Disciples Christian Church through the discernment process of becoming an Open and Affirming congregation. Disciples Christian Church remains the only Christian congregation in Bartlesville that fully welcomes everyone.

Kelley has served the Oklahoma Region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) by serving on the Commission on Clergy, the Regional Board and Executive Committee, and counseling and directing church camp. She currently serves as the Northeast Area Moderator.

For 19 years, Kelley has been married to John who is an exercise physiologist at Oklahoma Heart Institute in Tulsa. They have two sons (Christopher and Andrew), two grandsons (Kane and Bair), and another grandchild on the way. Kelley and John have two labrador retrievers, Porter and Scout. The Beckers enjoy long distance road biking, traveling, and anything dog related.

The Reverend Doctor  Robin McGonigle

For more than four decades, Rev. Dr. Robin McGonigle has devoted her life to parish ministry, community leadership, and interfaith collaboration. Over the span of 40+ years, she has served five congregations—serving one of them twice—leaving a lasting legacy of pastoral care, thoughtful leadership, and progressive theological insight.

Deeply committed to social justice, Robin has served on numerous community boards focused on homelessness, LGBTQ+ inclusion, combating bigotry and racism in schools and workplaces, supporting women, and addressing the needs of people living in poverty.

A respected voice in contemporary biblical scholarship, Robin is the incoming President of the Westar Institute, the organization best known as the home of the Jesus Seminar. She also serves on the Editorial Board of Westar’s scholarly magazine, The Fourth R, helping shape accessible, research-based conversations about Christian origins and modern faith.

Interfaith bridge-building has been a defining theme of her ministry. In an act of hospitality, Robin welcomed a local Islamic community to house its new school within their Christian church for six years.

Alongside her parish responsibilities, Robin has contributed to higher education as an Adjunct Professor for two universities, where she has taught, mentored, and inspired the next generation of theological leaders. Her commitment to supporting emerging clergy—especially women—has been a hallmark of her vocation.

Across every chapter of her ministry, Robin has embodied a thoughtful, justice-oriented, and relational approach to leadership. Her career stands as a testament to the power of inclusive faith, intellectual integrity, courageous engagement in the public square, and a deep and abiding belief in the capacity of communities—religious and otherwise—to transform lives. Robin is currently the Sr. Minister of Riverside Christian Church in Wichita, KS.