Virtual Pressroom Asbury Theological Seminary is an interdenominational graduate school of theology that prepares men and women for Christian leadership in the Wesleyan-Arminian doctrinal tradition.
Graduates serve in a variety of capacities, including teaching, missions and para-church ministries.
The vast majority of students, however, return to the local church to serve as pastors. With an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students, Asbury is one of the nation s largest seminaries. Seventy denominations are represented among the Asbury Seminary student body, but the majority of students are affiliated with The United Methodist Church, the Free Methodist Church and The Wesleyan Church. The time was ripe for the birth of Asbury Seminary. In addition to a general desire for a sound evangelical school of theology, there were two other major considerations urging conservative theologians to action.