Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan is in the heart of the spectacular Blue Ridge Mountains in Johnson City, Tennessee. For over 50 years, Emmanuel has brought together strong academics, a commitment to ministry, and true discipleship in a loving Christian community in order to train the next generation of leaders in ministry.
Emmanuel has a long history of attracting students from the West, thanks in part to the Pacific Northwest Scholarship. Students come to Emmanuel to be deeply prepared to serve Christ as a preacher, missionary, military chaplain, campus minister, youth minister, counselor, Bible translator, and in a host of other servant-leader vocations.
2025 Events
Norkenzie Christian Church – Eugene OR
Thursday, March 13
6:30 p.m. dinner
RSVP: Anita Nott, 541.505.6466 or info.norkenzie.net
Mountlake Terrace Christian Church – Mountlake Terrace, WA
Saturday, March 15
11:30 a.m. lunch
RSVP: Don Green, 541.660.5186 or dgreen56@duck.com
Turner Christian Church – Turner, OR
Sunday, March 16
4 p.m. dinner
RSVP: David Moore, 503.507.9833
Speaker
Stephen Waers, PhD
Milligan University President
MDiv ’10, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan
Prior to answering the call to serve as Milligan’s president, Dr. Stephen Waers worked as chief academic officer and chief information officer at Point University in West Point, Georgia. Waers previously worked as director of institutional effectiveness at Point University and held teaching appointments at both Point University and Manhattan Christian College in Kansas.
Waers is a 2007 graduate of Point University, where he was a dual major in Humanities and Biblical Studies. He earned a Master of Divinity with a concentration in Church History from Emmanuel Christian Seminary in 2010 before earning his doctorate in Religious Studies – Historical Theology from Marquette University in 2016. His dissertation work on early Trinitarian theology culminated in the publication of his monograph, Monarchianism and Origen’s Early Trinitarian Theology (Brill, 2022). He has published other articles focusing on the history and theology of the early church as well as the Stone-Campbell movement.
Waers is a native of Tallahassee, Florida, and grew up in churches that were part of the Stone-Campbell Movement. He is an ordained minister in the Independent Christian Churches. Waers, his wife, Katie, and his two daughters – Vivian and Ellie – live in Johnson City.
