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The Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa aka Fedsem was a multi-denominational theological seminary in South Africa, and an experiment in ecumenical theological education .
The Seminary was created for the purpose of providing theological education and ministerial formation for candidates from the Anglican, Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian churches in southern Africa, in an ecumenical setting and within a non-racial community context.
On a Sunday afternoon in August 1985, the telephone rang at the Federal Theological. Seminary (Fedsem) at Imbali, in South Africa's Natal province.
The birth of the Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa (Fedsem) was the result of the coming together of a number of Eng-lish-speaking denominational streams which had grown out of the particular ministerial needs of the churches concerned as they grew and developed in the unique context of South Africa from the early nineteenth century.
The Federal Theological Seminary (Fedsem) was established in 1963 in Alice, in the Eastern Cape. From the beginning, the apartheid state watched it with concern. It was multiracial.
The Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa was established in a changing and fluid situation in 1960s South Africa both politically and ecclesiastically. Its foundation can be attributed to the influence of these national and church influences.
Established in 1963 in Alice, in proximity to the Fort Hare University campus, the Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa, also known as Fedsem, occupies a unique place in South...
