Mark A. Rothstein holds the Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine and is director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is co-editor of Genetic Ties and the Family: The Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and Children.

Mary Anderlik Majumder is assistant professor of medicine with the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine.  She is co-editor of Genetic Ties and the Family: The Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and Children.

Scott C. Williamson is assistant professor of theological ethics at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. He wrote the article “The Ethics of Human Cloning and Its Implications for the Family: A Few Preliminary Matters” for the journal Family Ministry: Empowering Through Faith.

Read a Jan. 8, 2009, essay that attempts to find the line between teaching church doctrine and preparing ministers to help their congregations.

Read a Jan. 9, 2009, article about the 2009 study and the author’s personal experience at a seminary.

Read a Feb. 3, 2012, article on ChristianPost.com about the improvement seminaries have made when covering gender and sexuality issues.

Read and watch a March 5, 2010, conversation between professors at seminary schools about their teachings on sexual preference and gender identity.

Read an April 2013 proposal by The United Methodist Church to assimilate gender and sexuality courses into its seminaries.

Laura Simmons is an associate professor of Christian ministries at George Fox Evangelical Seminary in Newburg, Ore. One of her areas of expertise is seminary education.