STH History

Please click on the headings below to find out more
about the history of the School of Theology and Boston University.

Beginnings

• LaRoy Sunderland, Essay on Theological Education, 1834
• Conference at Bromfield Street Church, 1839

Newbury Biblical Institute, 1840-1847

• Newbury Seminary
• Osmon Baker, Newbury Biblical Institute

Methodist General Biblical Institute, 1847-1867

• John Dempster
• Methodist General Biblica Institute

Boston, Beacon Hill, 1867-1949

• William Fairfield Warren
• Boston University
• 72 Mount Vernon Street
• Personalism, Heresy, Missions, Practical Theology
• School of Religious Education, School of Social Work

Boston, Commonwealth Avenue, 1949-

• Commonwealth Avenue Campus
• Dean Walter G. Muelder
• Ecumenics, Ethics, Pastoral Counseling, Library
• Dean Richard D. Nesmith, Anna Howard Shaw Center
• Dean Robert C. Neville, Center for Congregational Research and Development
• The Future