Abstract
Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) began in 1958, the result of merging four separate theological seminaries to form at that time the most creative venture in American theological education. These seminaries were: Gammon Theological Seminary (United Methodist), Morehouse School of Religion (Baptist), Phillips School of Theology (Christian Methodist Episcopal), and Turner Theological Seminary (African Methodist Episcopal). In 1970, Johnson C. Smith Seminary (Presbyterian USA) moved from Charlotte, North Carolina, where it had existed since 1867, to become the fifth denominational constituent seminary of ITC. A year later, 1971, the Church of God in Christ established its first theological School (Charles Harrison Mason Seminary), becoming the sixth seminary of ITC. The Episcopal Church organized the Absalom Jones Episcopal Institute and positioned it at the Institution during the seventies.