Employment
Current Openings
Presidential Search
Phillips Theological Seminary invites applications from and nominations of visionary and strategic leaders prepared to serve as their next President.
As the chief executive officer of the seminary, the President will be responsible for ensuring that the institution has the plans, personnel, culture, material assets, systems, and relationships necessary to fulfill its mission and to achieve the excellence for which Phillips strives. The President will exercise strategic and visionary leadership for the seminary while ensuring its continuing spiritual, academic, fiscal, and operational effectiveness.
How to Apply
Phillips has partnered with Academic Search to conduct this executive search. Click here to find the full position description:
https://www.academicsearch.org/open-searches-public/entry/19348/?search=19348
Applications should consist of a substantial letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, and a list of five professional references with full contact information. No references will be contacted without the explicit permission of the candidate. Applications, nominations, and expressions of interest can be submitted electronically, and in confidence, to:
PhillipsPresident@academicsearch.org
The position is open until filled but only applications received by Thursday, September 19, 2024, can be assured full consideration. The Seminary is being assisted by Academic Search. Confidential discussions about this opportunity may be arranged by contacting consultants Ann Hasselmo at Ann.Hasselmo@academicsearch.org and Chris Butler at Chris.Butler@academicsearch.org. Further information about Phillips Theological Seminary is available at https://ptstulsa.edu/.
History and Culture
Phillips Theological Seminary is a 110-year-old educational institution that offers theological education dedicated to learning the way of Jesus in order to cultivate vital communities, vital conversations, and the public good. The primary method of fulfilling that mission has been offering master’s level education for clergy candidates. A key challenge is expanding the Seminary’s educational offerings to include a wider range of professional and lay education programs.
The Seminary offers four master’s degrees, one doctoral degree, as well as a Graduate Certificate. The physical campus is in northeast Tulsa. Students take courses at the Tulsa campus weekly, in weekend and in week-long concentrated courses, and online. Phillips’s 110 students come from 17 states and 17 denominations.
Phillips is a progressive Christian graduate school—meaning we employ critical historical scholarship and spiritually-formed imaginations as we seek to understand what it means to follow Jesus’ way in the world today, emphasizing how Christians should contribute to the common good through working for peace and justice with compassion and intelligence. Some people call the seminary "liberal."
The seminary's non-discrimination statement is broad-ranging and fairly indicates both the seminary's values and the diversity of persons who work and study at the seminary. Read the seminary's non-discrimination statement here.