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The mission of Wesley Theological Seminary is to equip persons for Christian ministry and leadership in the church and the world, to advance theological scholarship, and to model a prophetic voice in the public square.

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            Faces of Wesley



Meet Kenia Vanessa Rodriguez, Esq., an immigration lawyer and a Wesley 3rd year M.Div. student,
anticipating graduation in May 2021. 

Vanessa is well known around campus, as one of the founders of the Gente Latinx Seminarians Association (GLSA) in 2018, a group that has been very active in their
support of Latinx students on campus and raising understanding of the Latinx Community to the Wesley Community.

Vanessa served last year as GLSA’s Co-Director, and continues service to Wesley this year as Vice President of the Student Council Executive Board (2020-2021).

Vanessa was born in Bolivia but raised in Fairfax, VA from the age of 3 years. She holds a BS in Business Administration and a BS in Computer Information Systems from American University (Washington, DC) and then earned a JD from American University’s Washington College of Law.

“Location was key” in Vanessa’s decision to choose Wesley. She knew Wesley from studying next door at American University.

She felt welcomed when she visited Wesley and was struck by Wesley’s “community and openness to diversity.

For Vanessa, community is very important. “As a Latina, community is a pillar of my being and thus, establishing that and fostering that in all my spaces and places is elemental,” she noted.

As she approaches her Wesley graduation, she sees that she has been changed by her experiences at Wesley. “The most impactful experience I had at Wesley, aside from the courses and community, was the MLK immersion I did in January 2021,” said Vanessa. Her field education experience – known as PMM at Wesley – was also powerfully affecting. She served in two hospital chaplaincy settings for her PMM, and she discovered a real passion for hospital chaplaincy, and hopes to be able to continue to be involved in chaplaincy in the future.

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Wesley's Centers of Excellence

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Engage with Faithful Leaders, seeking to create a transformed church and world that promotes communities where all people are cherished and flourish.

wesley seminary's luce center for the arts and religion

The Henry Luce III Center for Arts and Religion nurtures and guides students, churches, and artists exploring the intersection of the arts and theology.

Lewis center for church leadership

Created on the premise that effective leadership is critical to fruitful ministry, the center helps the whole church enhance their leadership effectiveness and help develop leadership in others.

Meet the People of Wesley

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The Word With Us: 10/20/2020 - The Rev. Sathi Clarke, Th.D., preaching

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