About Virginia Theological Seminary School at Seminary Hill in Alexandria VA
Virginia Theological Seminary School is located on an 80-acre campus at 3737 Seminary Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22304. Virginia Theological Seminary is abbreviated VTS, but the formal name of the school is the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia. VTS was founded in 1818 and is now is the largest accredited Episcopal seminary in the United States.
Virginia Theological Seminary
The seminary’s primary mission is to form men and women for lay or ordained leadership and service in the ministry of the church. Out of its evangelical heritage and its missionary tradition, it emphasizes the life of prayer, worship and community, the ministries of preaching, teaching, pastoral care and social justice. It seeks to prepare its students as servants of Jesus Christ to equip the people of God for their vocation and ministry in the world. Although it is an Episcopal school, VTS also provides continuing theological education for clergy and laity of all denominations.
The seminary believes that theological education leading to ordination normally requires full-time study and full participation in its common life and worship. It also believes that theological education is greatly enhanced when it is done within an ecumenical, international and cross-cultural context.
The well-kept grounds of the VTS seem to make it a welcome neighbor has property values surrounding the seminary are steady and suggest desirability of the neighborhood.
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$849,948 : 3528 Saylor Pl, Alexandria4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$399,999 : 4010 Duke St, Alexandria3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$1,078,000 : 3582 Trinity Dr, Alexandria4 beds, 4 full baths
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$550,000 : 811 Latham St N, Alexandria4 beds, 2 full baths
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