G. Douglass Lewis
G. Douglass Lewis was president of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., for 20 years before retiring in 2002. He is the former chair of the board of the In Trust Center.
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Good students
In G. Douglass Lewis’s final column as interim president of In Trust, he suggests that seminaries…
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Lessons from a crisis
In Trust interim president G. Douglass Lewis enumerates the lessons all theological school leaders can learn…
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Enrollment, the linchpin of a theological school
Whether your enrollment is slumping or surging, you must think strategically about it, says In Trust…
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Boards have a role in accreditation, too
In Trust interim president G. Douglass Lewis urges boards to ask questions that strike at the…
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Our pledge
In Trust acting president G. Douglass Lewis says that In Trust will continue to be an…
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Fulfilling our mission with economic sustainability
Seven questions about the future
In Trust's outgoing board chair says that boards and presidents need to discuss seven significant issues…
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The capacity to fulfill the mission
Many theological schools want to address the problem of excess capacity while maintaining quality. But measuring quality requires knowing what the school is trying to achieve.
Boards should keep — and enhance — their mission-focused perspective as they address the problem of…
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A crisis can be a gift
In Trust's board chair compares theological education with the airline industry and sees parallels in how…
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Deferred presidential maintenance
Boards know that they are responsible for ensuring the long-term health of their institutions, but they…
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Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards
author: Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, and Barbara E.Taylor publisher: Wiley, 2005
In Governance as Leadership, Richard Chait, William Ryan, and Barbara Taylor take two familiar concepts (governance…
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