The Starr King School for the Ministry is an American Unitarian Universalist (UU) seminary in Berkeley, California and part of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU). The seminary was formed in 1904 to train leaders for the growing number of congregations in the western part of the country. An emphasis on the practical skills of religious leadership and individualized study characterized the school’s transformation-based educational philosophy from the beginning.
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