On January 23, 2001, the Board of Trustees of the Consortium voted unanimously to accept the Richmond Theological Consortium into full membership for the next three years. This momentous agreement marks the first significant expansion of the Consortium since the 1970's. Along with the addition of the College of Preachers (1999), it creats a Consortium of ten member institutions and two associate members.
The members of the Richmond Theological Consortium are:
The ecumenical work of the Consortium will be greatly facilitated by their outstanding faculties, over 1000 students, their state-of-the-art library of 300,000 volumes and their specialized programs.
As stated by the Council of Academic Deans, all the implications of this expansion are not known. This new situation will cause all Consortium members for creative ways to advance ecumenical collaboration.
Formal ceremonies to mark this new relationship will take place during the next several months.
As printed in the March-April 2001 The Bulletin.
