Blue Recipient of Biggs Chair Established at PTS
Return to ListApr 28, 2008
The Rev. Dr. Ellen Blue is the first woman at PTS to hold a chair.
Blue has recently been named as the Mouzon Biggs, Jr. Chair of
United Methodist Studies.
Blue Named Recipient of Biggs Chair at PTS
A couple from Boston Avenue United Methodist Church is establishing a chair at Phillips Theological Seminary honoring Boston Avenue’s senior minister, the Rev. Dr. Mouzon Biggs.
Richard and Norma Small are providing half the funds for a chair in United Methodist Studies at Phillips. Chester and Debbie Cadieux, who are matching all new gifts to the seminary’s permanent endowment, are contributing the other half of the gift necessary to endow the academic chair.
“We are delighted that the Smalls, who have been generous to us for a number of years, have seen fit to enhance the already rich ties between Boston Avenue and Phillips,” said seminary president William Tabbernee. “Dr. Biggs has taught here. Our professors regularly teach classes at Boston Avenue. The Smalls have provided a wonderful gift. And we are honored to have the Mouzon Biggs, Jr. chair of United Methodist Studies here.”
Dr. Biggs has served as senior pastor of Boston Avenue United Methodist Church in Tulsa for more than 26 years.
An ecumenical graduate school, Phillips Theological Seminary has approximately 90 United Methodist students most of whom are preparing for ordination to serve as local church ministers.
Dr. Ellen Blue, associate professor of the History of Christianity and United Methodist Studies, is the first occupant of the Biggs Chair. She is an ordained elder in full connection with the Louisiana Conference of The United Methodist Church and an experienced pastor. A specialist in modern and American Christianity, Dr. Blue's teaching and research interests include religion in Latin America, women's studies, spirituality, and United Methodist studies.