Matthew Wesley Williams, a 1998 FAMU graduate with a double major in psychology and religion, has been appointed interim president of the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta.
ITC is a consortium of five predominantly African-American denominational Christian seminaries, operating together as a professional graduate school of theology. It is the largest free-standing African American theological school in the United States.
“Matt is uniquely gifted to effectively lead ITC during this period of transition. He is a strategic thinker and has exceptional organizational expertise. He knows theological education and the challenges the enterprise faces,” said outgoing ITC President Edward L. Wheeler. “He is also acutely aware and appreciative of ITC’s history and the potential the school has to make a positive contribution to the needed transformation of the academy, the church, and local/global communities.”
“I am deeply humbled and honored to return to my beloved alma mater to help facilitate the beginning of the next chapter of the Interdenominational Theological Center’s life and legacy,” said Williams. “I am clear that our call is not to merely “save the ITC” as we know it. This is the beginning of an effort to co-create the ITC our communities need. This is village work. I look forward to joining with ITC’s faculty, staff, students, alumni and allies to co-author this next chapter.”
Williams received a Master of Divinity degree from the Interdenominational Theological Center. He is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA).