began under McClintock's direction as both president and professor of practical theology after the first students were admitted in 1867. Drew is the third-oldest of 13 Methodist seminaries affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
Drew offered professional training for candidates to the ministry augmented by "an opportunity for a broad culture through the study of the humanities".
The seminary attracted a faculty that made influential contributions to Methodist theology and biblical scholarship, including James Strong, a professor of exegetical theology, who collaborated with McClintock on the ten-volume Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature (1867–1881), and researched, compiled, and published Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) during his tenure at the seminary. Writings on early church theology and Christian practice were translated into Chinese for use by foreign missions.
=== 20th century ===
Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, Drew Theological …
