The
Middle East Travel Seminar (METS) is an annual event that involves
students from the following protestant seminaries; Candler School
of Theology of Emory University (Atlanta, GA), Columbia Theological
Seminar (Decatur, GA), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville,
KY), The Divinity School of Duke University (Durham, NC), Emmanuel
School of Religion (Johnson City, TN), McAfee School of Theology (Atlanta,
GA; 1997 and following)
Thirty students are selected from these seminaries each year to
participate in the METS experience. The main criterion for selection
is promise of leadership in their respective denominations. Along
with the seminarians, ten non-seminarians are selected who also
are recognized as leaders in various professions, government and
the arts.
The center piece of the program is a three-week trip through Syria,
Lebanon, Jordan, Sinai, Israel, West Bank and Greece. It is funded
by the Pittulloch Foundation, with additional support from the Fraser-Parker
Foundation, and the Cully A. and Lois Dowdle Cobb Foundation. Approximately
eight hundred and thirty people have participated in this program since it
was initiated in 1980. |
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