Scripture is the starting point for the Graduate Theological Urban Studies (GTUS) program. In particular, a biblical theology...

...of the powers serves as our lens for understanding the city. However, seminary students are also themselves immersed in the urban environment and engaged with those very powers. Here they learn to discern ministry in the city, frame social analysis and come to a deeper self-understanding.

At its very beginning, SCUPE developed the GTUS program in partnership with schools of theology to link traditional theological education, largely conducted in the classroom, with the concrete experience of ministry in urban communities.

The GTUS program helps seminary students deepen their understanding of what it means to work within urban realities and beyond the traditional church setting.