Columbia Seminary

In Celebration

Our Graduates

2025 Baccalaureate & Commencement

Baccalaureate Service

Join us at 6:30 pm, May 16 for Baccalaureate Service at Decatur Presbyterian Church (205 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA 30030) in downtown Decatur, about a mile and a half from the seminary.

We are honored to have Scholar, theologian and author, The Rev. Dr. Renita Weems, Chief Academic Officer and Dean of the Gammon Theological Seminary and the nation’s first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Old Testament studies as our speaker.

The sanctuary doors will open for seating at 6:00 p.m. There is plenty of open seating to accommodate family, friends, guests, and graduates.

Commencement Service

Columbia Theological Seminary’s 2025 Commencement ceremony is 10:00 am May 17, 2025, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA. (3003 Howell Mill Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30327).

Sanctuary doors will open at 9:30 am. The service begins at 10:00 am and there will be a reception with light refreshments immediately following the ceremony in the Trinity Presbyterian Church Williams Hall.


“ As our graduates move forward in their calls to ministry, I hope you will apply the wisdom and knowledge from our faculty, contextual education supervisors, librarians, alums, mentors, fellow students, and staff in abundance and grace. As a graduate of this esteemed institution, you are celebrated and will always be a member of the Columbia Seminary family!”

— President Victor Aloyo, Jr.


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