September 25, 1929 - Westminster Theological Seminary Holds First Session

After trying to prevent Princeton from becoming more liberal in its theology, Westminster Theological Seminary was formed in Pennsylvania by J. Gresham Machen. On September 25, 1929, Machen addressed the first fifty students and guests at the first session of classes with the words, “No, my friends. Though Princeton Seminary is dead, the noble tradition of Princeton Seminary is alive. Westminster Seminary will endeavor by God’s grace to continue that tradition unimpaired.”