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0.7 miKruse Way & Kruse Oaks
0.8 miSouthwest Pacific Highway & 74th
0.8 miSouthwest Pacific Highway & 72nd
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Specialties
George Fox Evangelical Seminary is a multi-denominational, evangelical, university-based seminary committed to equipping women and men academically, spiritually, emotionally, and theologically for ministry in the church and world. We are located in Portland, Oregon. We offer the opportunity to attend class one day per week on a full– or part-time basis or as a part of an Online Learning Community (OLC) for those interested in distance learning. Whether on campus or online our faculty and staff create an environment where students are educated, trained, and mentored for leadership service.
We exist to serve the present and future church by developing students as leaders and scholars to be influencers in the Kingdom of God. By integrating spiritual formation into a historical, theological, biblical, and pastoral curriculum, students are encouraged to deepen their understanding of themselves as connected to God, the Church, and the world.
History
Established in 1947.
George Fox Evangelical Seminary began in 1947 as the Western School of Evangelical Religion. In 1951, it became Western Evangelical Seminary. The original campus was on the Evangelical Church conference grounds at Jennings Lodge, east of Portland. In 1993, the seminary moved to a new centrally located and more easily accessible campus near Interstate 5 and highways 99W and 217. In 1996, it merged with George Fox College to form George Fox University, and changed its name on Jan. 1, 2000, to George Fox Evangelical Seminary. The site of the seminary is now the university’s Portland Center.
The first students came from the founding denominations: the Evangelical Church of North America, Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, the Free Methodists, the Nazarenes, and the Church of God, Anderson. Today, more than 35 denominations are represented in the student body.
