{"id":33,"date":"2023-12-12T08:47:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/united.edu\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:31:14","slug":"accreditation-association","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/united.edu\/ko\/accreditation-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation and Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33\" class=\"elementor elementor-33\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28920f17 elementor-section-height-min-height bg-overlay elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"28920f17\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-96e1741\" data-id=\"96e1741\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b4ef341 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b4ef341\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be52993\" data-id=\"be52993\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3179f5d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3179f5d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>United Theological Seminary is accredited by the\u00a0<b>Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools<\/b>, and the following degree programs are approved:<\/p><ul><li>MDiv<\/li><li>MA<\/li><li>MA in Christian Ministries<\/li><li>MTS<\/li><li>MMin<\/li><li>DMin<\/li><li>ThD<\/li><li>Approved for a Comprehensive Distance Education Program<ul><li>In January 2023 the ATS Board of Commissioners approved a five-year experiment permitting synchronous online delivery as an exception to residency for half or more of the Doctor of Theology program.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><b>For More Information<\/b><br \/><br \/>The Commission on Accrediting of The Association of Theological Schools<br \/>10 Summit Park Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15275 USA<br \/><b>Phone:<\/b>\u00a0412.788.6505 |\u00a0<b>Fax:<\/b>\u00a0412.788.6510 |\u00a0<b>Website:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ats.edu\/\"><b>www.ats.edu<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59bd7fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59bd7fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b15004\" data-id=\"0b15004\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ed804 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"62ed804\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowTransparency=\"true\" width=\"150\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.yoshki.com\/iframe\/54732.html\" style=\"border:0px; margin:0px; padding:0px; backgroundColor:transparent;\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e43906\" data-id=\"5e43906\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1eeac6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1eeac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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href=\"mailto:info@hlcommission.org\">info@hlcommission.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a66c1cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a66c1cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7afbdd6\" data-id=\"7afbdd6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-093a37a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"093a37a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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Authorization from the Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><b>STATE AUTHORIZATION RECIPROCITY ACT (SARA)<\/b><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><p>United Theological Seminary offers online ministry degree programs in every US state. Visit the link below for more information.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/united.edu\/accreditation-association\/state-authorization-distance-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/united.edu\/accreditation-association\/state-authorization-distance-education\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1773414061344000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1KXsmJF_6nalVImhe-4PZF\">State Authorization for Distance Education<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31e96dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31e96dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f898deb\" data-id=\"f898deb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a377264 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a377264\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ASSOCIATION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05be70f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05be70f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>United Theological Seminary is one of thirteen United Methodist seminaries in the United States and is listed by the University Senate of the denomination as an approved theological school for the education of United Methodist clergy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACCREDITATION AND ASSOCIATION ACCREDITATION COMMISSION ON ACCREDITING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS United Theological Seminary is accredited by the\u00a0Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools, and the following degree programs are approved: MDiv MA MA in Christian Ministries MTS MMin DMin ThD Approved for a Comprehensive Distance Education Program In January 2023 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/united.edu\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/united.edu\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/united.edu\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/united.edu\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/united.edu\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":84,"href":"https:\/\/united.edu\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63000,"href":"https:\/\/united.edu\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/63000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/united.edu\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}