Summer 2017

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Seminary specializes in second-career students

By Jay Blossom , Holly G. Miller

How one seminary carries out its mission to prepare older candidates for the priesthood.

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Redeeming conflict

It's not a sin to disagree

By Matt Forster

Aquinas Institute of Theology's Ann Garrido talks about how a seminary community can learn to see internal conflicts as opportunities for growth.

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Building the case for planned giving

By Jay Blossom

Even theological schools with few development staff members can start a planned-giving program.

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Opening the door to generosity

By Jay Blossom

Interdenominational Theological Center president Edward L. Wheeler shares his wisdom on cultivating givers.

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Title IX

What seminary leaders need to know

By Sara Wilhelm Garbers

The legal and missional implications of Title IX, the U.S. law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions.

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Shaping our future pastors

By Kevin Harlan , Tom Nelson

Pastoral residency offers one way to help new seminary graduates make the transition into ministry.

From the president

Mission fulfillment with economic vitality

By Amy L. Kardash

In Trust Center president Amy Kardash reflects on the balance theology school leaders must strike between finances and fundraising on the one hand, and attention to the educational mission on the other.

Tool box

Do you have an investment policy statement?

By Douglas R. MacGray

A comprehensive investment policy is essential. Here's how to create one.

Books

Questions for thoughtful Christian fundraisers to ponder

By Gary Hoag

A review of Keeping Faith in Fundraising by Peter Harris and Rod Wilson.

Books

Longtime president chronicles a 20-year voyage from near ruin to financial stability

By Emilie Babcox

A review of Leadership and Change: A President's Story, by G. Douglass Lewis.

Perspective

Six tensions in curriculum revision

By Kyle A. Roberts

The curriculum revision process brings to the surface competing priorities. These should be balanced and explored with patience, despite the anxiety of uncertainty.

Viewpoint

Money matters

By Helen Ouellette

Four (gutsy) services your CFO should provide

Changing scenes

Recent news from the world of theological education.

Life in the spirit

Who saves?

By Barbara Wheeler

Seminaries and denominations sometimes have a fraught relationship, but they ought to learn to appreciate one another.

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