Congratulations to our 2025 Graduate Award Recipients!
The Covenant Seminary family is proud of all our graduates. We look forward each year to seeing them complete their studies and move out into the ministries the Lord has prepared for them. Each year we also honor certain graduates with awards in specific areas. Please join us in celebrating our 2025 graduating class and in congratulating our 2025 award recipients!
The Robert G. Rayburn Homiletics Award is given annually to a graduating student who has demonstrated special zeal and competence in the field of homiletics. This year’s prize has been awarded to Mike Caponigro. Graduating from Covenant with a Master of Divinity, Mike will return to his home state of Illinois to plant a church through the Presbytery of Northern Illinois (PCA) in Bloomington, IL.
The J. Oliver Buswell Theology Prize is given annually to a graduating student who has demonstrated special zeal and competence in the field of historical or systematic theology. This year’s award goes to Rebekah Marsh. Graduating with a Master of Divinity, Bekah hopes to serve the local church through teaching, discipleship, and leading in worship.
The Exegesis Prize is given to a graduating student who has demonstrated special zeal and competence in the field of biblical exegesis. This year’s recipient is Coleman Greene. Graduating with a Maser of Divinity, Coleman has received a call to serve as a Campus Minister with Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) at Wofford College (pending presbytery approval).
The Belz Christian Education Award is given to a graduating student who has demonstrated special zeal and competence in the field of Christian education. The 2054 award goes to Annalisa Smith. Graduating with a Master of Arts in Ministry (Educational Ministries emphasis), Annalisa will continue to serve as Family Coordinator for Covenant Seminary, look for ways to equip others in ministry to children, and write a follow-up volume to her recently published Bible study Nurtured: God’s Tender Care for New and Expectant Mothers.
The Grant for Graduate Theological Studies is a grant given to a graduating student to be used toward tuition in a graduate program of theological studies. This year’s recipient is Arabella Susie Ahn. Graduating with a Master of Divinity, Susie will continue ministry as the Education Director at Korean United Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She begins a PhD in educational studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School this summer to be further equipped to provide and rethink transformative theological education.
