We are excited to invite you to our Back-to-School Picnic, scheduled for Saturday, August 23rd. This event is an excellent opportunity for students, families, friends, and faculty to come together and celebrate the start of a new school year. Invite your friends and family, and feel free to bring a dish to share! If you […]
How did first-century Christians live? What was a typical day like for them? What were their homes like? How would they have heard the Gospel and have understood the letters from Paul, John, James, or Peter? How does understanding their way of life influence our reading of the New Testament? Step back in time with […]
Join us as we visit the locations where C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the other Inklings lived and worked. This will be an unforgettable tour through the heart of England! Dr. Melody Green, who teaches classes on Tolkien, Lewis, and the Inklings at Urbana Seminary and has extensive experience speaking and publishing on them, will […]
Dr. Emily G. Wenneborg October 28, 7:00-8:30 Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion, Room C (200 W Green St, Champaign). Nearly four centuries before the invention of the smartphone, French Catholic thinker Blaise Pascal identified our human tendency to seek distraction and fear boredom. Come learn Pascal’s diagnosis of the real reason for our boredom, and […]
Dr. Melody Green C. S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength at 80 Years Old Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion, Room A (200 W Green St, Champaign). Even though it was written during WWII, C. S. Lewis’s dystopian/science fiction novel That Hideous Strength explores science, faith, myth, relationships, and community that are in some ways even more […]
Dr. Pearce Durst AI, Writing, and Integrity November 11, 2025 Friends Conference Room 215 (Champaign Public Library. 200 W Green St, Champaign) The rise of AI presents both opportunities and challenges for Christian scholars, pastors, and leaders. Writing has always been a central practice in seminary education, but what happens when AI tools enter the […]
Dr. Todd Daly Forget the AI Apocalypse: How AI Is Already Making Us Less Human, and What to Do about It November 18, 2025, Busey Bank Conference Room 222 (Champaign Public Library, 200 W Green St, Champaign) The specter of Artificial super Intelligence gaining consciousness and enslaving or destroying humans is a dominant feature of […]
The spring semester is almost here, and we’re excited to celebrate! Everyone is invited to join the Urbana Seminary community for an evening of food, fun, and fellowship. Board games will be available throughout the evening, and you are welcome to bring your favorite ingredient to share at our taco bar. If you would like […]
"The Past, Present, and Future of American Christianity" February 23, 2026. Dr. Ryan Burge SIGN UP HERE “The Past, Present, and Future of American Christianity” offers a wide- angle look at how faith has shaped—and been reshaped by—the American experience. Across this day of lectures, Ryan Burge traces the long arc of Christian influence in […]
March 8-20, 2026Tour Host: Dr. Kenneth Cuffey Download the brochure here. Application Form Urbana Seminary’s Training through Travel is delighted to announce a new trip to the lands of the Bible. This March 8-20, 2026, you can join us for a trip through Turkey to see Biblical sites. Did you know that there are so […]
SIGN UP HERE Connected by Story: Building your Community through Media Date: April 27, 2026 Location: Stratford Park Bible Chapel Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Cost: $40 per person, lunch included Featuring Dr. Matt Green and Monty Klecker The heart of ministry is relationship — and the heart of relationship is story. In […]
Remember the excitement of a school book fair, the thrill of discovering something unexpected on every table? We invite you to rediscover that joy at Urbana Seminary’s library booksale. Each year, we receive a wide range of donated books—some beyond our collection’s scope, others duplicates of titles we already hold. This sale is our way […]
Summer Reading Program 2026 Were you the kind of kid who liked summer reading programs? Are you the kind of adult who loves to read but needs a little motivation? Are you the kind of adult who loves to read, but would like to do it in community with others? If any of these sound […]
REGISTER HERE Join us on May 30th for an unforgettable journey through the Old Testament in Chicago! We’ll step into the past at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) Museum (formerly the Oriental Institute) on the University of Chicago campus, where fascinating artifacts from Ancient Israel, Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, and Canaan bring […]
Urbana Seminary has a rich history of partnering with Audiofeed, a yearly summer music festival held at the Champaign County fairgrounds that features Christian artists and engaging speakers. This year, professors and friends of the seminary will present talks on timely cultural topics. We will be there on July 4th and 5th. We hope to […]