San Francisco seminary to close Pasadena campus
Because of a significant budget shortfall, the Presbyterian-related San Francisco Theological Seminary has announced that it will close its 21-year-old Southern California campus in Pasadena on June 30.
Laird J. Stuart, interim president of the main campus in San Anselmo near San Francisco, said that earlier steps taken to reduce the seminary's operating budget by $850,000 annually over four years were not enough to reach its goals.
The Pasadena campus, whose classes meet at Pasadena Presbyterian Church near Fuller Theological Seminary, has graduated nearly 300 students who serve in various ministries in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and other denominations.
