Welcome to Hood Seminary

The 1885 Society is the signature fundraising initiative of the Hood Theological Seminary National Alumni Association, established to provide scholarship support for HTS students. Named for the Seminary’s founding year, the Society recognizes alumni and friends who fulfill a $1,885 commitment to the HTSNAA Student Scholarship Fund.

The annual 1885 Society Alumni Banquet brings the Hood community together to celebrate and induct new Founding Members, recognize alumni and community leaders, and support the educational journey of current HTS students through scholarship funding.

The Ruben L. Speaks Endowed Memorial Lecture Series is named in honor of the late Bishop Ruben Lee Speaks, a gifted African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church leader acknowledged on numerous occasions for his leadership and creative engagement in ministry. Speaks received the Chancellor’s Award from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Brooklyn Advisory Committee of the New York Urban League.

Watch the Playback of this inspiring and spirit-filled Convocation Message

by our Bishop-in-Residence,  Bishop Michael A. Frencher Sr.

You're Invited to the Inaugural Shalom Teaching Institute Conference!

Join us for the first-ever Shalom Teaching Institute: Striving for Justice, Love, and Belonging - a transformative gathering that will bring together clergy, seminarians, lay leaders, scholars, community organizers, and people of goodwill committed to creating a more just, compassionate, and flourishing world.  

https://www.accelevents.com/e/the-shalom-teaching-institute

Hosted by the Center for Justice, Love and Belonging at Hood Theological Seminary, this inaugural conference is designed to inspire courageous conversations, faithful leadership, and meaningful action in response to today's most pressing challenges.