Saint Andrew's Theological College and Seminary is a church-affiliated educational institution of the Orthodox Anglican Church, the United States branch of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. Instruction began in Statesville, North Carolina in 1967 and the school was formally dedicated as Cranmer Seminary on September 19, 1971. Cranmer Seminary was officially incorporated in the state of North Carolina on September 3, 1975. A vocational school for the ministry, the seminary provided denominationally-specific theological training and education for traditional Anglican clergy. In 1996, a distance education program was initiated. Between 1999 and 2003, the seminary actively assisted training clergy of the Anglican Rite Synod in the Americas, established an Internet presence and instituted open admission to the general public. The school was renamed Saint Andrew's Theological College and Seminary in 2002. Many of the bishops and leaders of the Continuing Anglican movement are past students and graduates of St. Andrew’s. The Right Reverend Thomas E. Gordon serves as the school's seventh President.
Since its inception the school has been headquartered in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Instruction is conducted via distance learning and from its centers in Charlotte, North Carolina and Florence, Italy. Liturgical seminars are conducted in Charlotte, North Carolina, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Lexington, North Carolina. In 2008 the school became an affiliate institution of the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE). The school is also officially recognized as an associate body of the National Confederation of the Italian Popular Universities (Confederazione Nazionale delle Università Popolari Italiane) and is a member institution of the Association of Christian Continuing Education Schools and Seminaries (ACCESS).
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