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Practicing Collaboration: Indigenous Collaboration
In this conversation, Dr. Julie Lytle, director of distributive and lifelong learning initiatives at Bexley Seabury…
Access resources and insights to help boards address common challenges to engagement, fostering deeper commitment, stronger participation, and mission-focused leadership in theological schools.
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The Guardian
Small can be large
It may seem counterintuitive, but boards can do small things to revitalize and change the culture…
The Star
Present Moment | Boards in a Shifting Landscape
As many seminary presidents think about the kind of truncation of ecclesial bodies, we always must…
Soundings
‘Do’s’ for trustees
Veteran nonprofit board member Frank P. Wendt offers four pointed comments and suggestions for building better…
The Star
Future Promise
Boards of theological education institutions need to lean into strategy and visioning to navigate an uncertain…
The Guardian
Institutional Mergers
Use this thought and question to help spur a discussion about your board.
On My Mind
Smarter questions
The questions we fail to ask are the ones that will get us into trouble, writes…
The Guardian
Boardroom Diversity
Use this thought and question to help spur a discussion about your board.
The Guardian
Mutual Trust
Nancy Claire Pittman considers a life spent in theological education and lessons learned on shared governance,…
On My Mind
What’s Working?
What’s happening in theological education? There are three ways that leaders of theological schools can draw…
Feature Articles
Shared Governance is Smooth Like Jazz
Whether you’re a jazz aficionado or not, chances are that when you hear a jazz combo…
Document
Core Essential #3 – Presidential Evaluation
Presidential Evaluation: To help, not harm. Presidential evaluation can feel daunting for boards, but when approached…
Document
Core Essential 6-Ending Well
Many theological schools face mounting financial and enrollment pressures that make “business as usual” unsustainable. Chronic…
Document
Core Essential 3-President-Board Chair Partnership
Wise boards know the relationship between the school president and board chair is mission-critical.
Document
Core Essential 4-Balanced Budgets Fundraising Goals
Budget building is a challenging process, especially when finances are tight, and board members should balance…
Document
4 Steps to Smooth Functioning Shared Governance
Shared governance has long been a part of theological education in North America but is often…
Document
Core Essential 1 – Storytelling
While financial control often seems like the key to influence, it’s storytelling that holds power. Boards…
News & Insights
The Thinkers: Reimagining the Board’s Role in Strategic Planning
October 13, 1:00 pm ET, Zoom Facilitator: Rebekah Burch Basinger, Ed.D.Project Director, In Trust Center’s Wise…
News & Insights
In Trust Monthly Newsletter: July 2026
MAGAZINE Forming chaplains, shaping ministry pathways in Florida Palm Beach Atlantic University is helping shape the…
News & Insights
Strategic Shorts: Large-scale Collaboration and the Role of Boards
Strategic Short: Large-scale Collaboration and the Role of Boards
News & Insights
Board Chair Newsletter: December 2024
In Trust Center President Amy Kardash reflects on avoiding missing trends and issues that affect our…
News & Insights
Discussion guide for Rod Wilson’s piece on exceptionalism
In the Summer 2024 issue of the magazine, Rod Wilson discusses what exceptionalism looks like in…
News & Insights
May 2023: Board Chair Newsletter
In Trust Center President Amy Kardash reflects on finding better ways to engage an institution's board.
Videos & Webinars
The Thinkers: Reimagining the Board’s Role in Strategic Planning
October 13, 1:00 pm ET, Zoom Facilitator: Rebekah Burch Basinger, Ed.D.Project Director, In Trust Center’s Wise…
Videos & Webinars
Boards on a Tight Rope: Navigating the power differential in shared governance
Webinar explores attitudes about power, types of power at play within shared governance, and strategies for…
Videos & Webinars
Redeeming Conflict One Tough Conversation at a Time
Conflict can either divide or strengthen institutions, offering a framework and practical strategies for constructive dialogue.
Videos & Webinars
I See That Hand
Board members are typically recruited for their leadership, business acumen, and networks. Dr. Rebekah Basinger, project…
Videos & Webinars
Seminaries Are People Too
Seminaries are People Too: Mindsets that make or break institutional change
Videos & Webinars
Called to the Chair: Board Leadership for Unsettled Times
Dr. Rebekah Basinger addresses the opportunities and challenges that come with chairing the board of a…
Podcast
Ep. 100: What decades of governance still have to teach us
What are the trends in governance – the new ways to make things work? First, look…
Podcast
Ep. 86: Cultivating generosity in givers and theological education
Dr. Rebekah Burch Basinger sees fundraising as a vital ministry that can shape faith and fuel…
Podcast
Ep. 53: No CEO goes alone
Just 13% of CEOs of ATS-accredited schools are women. In Trust Center President Amy Kardash discusses…
Podcast
Ep. 35: Why serve? A board member’s calling
For Dr. Karen Sawyer, the sense of calling has kept her at Missio Seminary for more…
Podcast
Ep. 27: From good boards to great
Making boards good isn’t enough – they need to be great to help schools fulfill their…
Podcast
Ep.10: Wise Stewards Series: Board engagement
In the final episode of the Wise Stewards series podcast, discover the pivotal role of engagement…
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Videos & Webinars
Practicing Collaboration: Unexpected Collaborators
Mundelein Seminary has cultivated a remarkable network of collaborators—one far more diverse than many might expect….
Videos & Webinars
The Thinkers: Reimagining the Board’s Role in Strategic Planning
October 13, 1:00 pm ET, Zoom Facilitator: Rebekah Burch Basinger, Ed.D.Project Director, In Trust Center’s Wise…
Videos & Webinars
Practicing Collaboration
In this ten-part recorded series, leaders within theological education share practical insights drawn from their lived…
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