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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…
Find resources and best practices to strengthen shared governance, fostering collaboration, mutual accountability, and mission-driven decision-making in theological schools.
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The Guardian
In the balance
The board meeting adjourns with members’ thoughts turning quickly to making their way to airports and…
The Star
Present Moment | Preparing for greatness
Relationships are key to stewardship. They also making coming into the room more fun.
On My Mind
On My Mind
The mobile provides a good analogy for the work of governance and is worth a look…
On My Mind
Smarter questions
The questions we fail to ask are the ones that will get us into trouble, writes…
On My Mind
What’s Working?
What’s happening in theological education? There are three ways that leaders of theological schools can draw…
The Culture
Books | The Courage to Quit
Tod Bolsinger provides a series of short, accessible books to help leaders re-think the time and…
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…
The Guardian
A New Look at Boards
A new survey as part of the In Trust Center’s Governance Initiative provides a new look…
The Guardian
Remark(able) | For Board Reflections
Consider how advisory boards can help your school.
On My Mind
Answering the call
After more than 15 years with the In Trust Center, I continue to be inspired by…
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
In Trust Monthly Newsletter: July 2026
MAGAZINE Forming chaplains, shaping ministry pathways in Florida Palm Beach Atlantic University is helping shape the…
News & Insights
Board Chair Newsletter – July 2026
The newsletter for chairs of theological school boards, Vol. 4, No. 11 Building consensus and trust…
News & Insights
In Trust Monthly Newsletter: July 2025
THE MAGAZINE Flexible, tailored collaboration partners Eden Theological Seminary’s initiative, “Navigating the Shift,” funded by a $5…
News & Insights
In Trust Monthly Newsletter: June 2025
Collaborations, Shared Services, Shifting Regulatory Environment, and much more.
News & Insights
Strategic Short: Large-scale Collaboration and Merging Multiple Brands
Learn how to communicate your institution's brand value to potential collaborators and how to build an…
News & Insights
In Trust Monthly Newsletter: October 2024
Top 3 on-demand webinars, shared governance, and much more.
Videos & Webinars
Large-scale collaboration and merging multiple brands
Strategies for communicating an institution's brand value to prospective partners
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…
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. 77: What a president needs to know
The Rev. Nancy Claire Pittman, Ph.D., is retiring as president of Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa,…
Podcast
Ep. 74: The many facets of shared governance
The Rev. Heather Hartung, Ph.D., has been a student, minister, faculty member, dean, and member of…
Podcast
Ep. 71: Governance and the practice of holiness
Can the work of governance – even board meetings – be holy? Award-winning writer and author…
Podcast
Ep. 67 – Understanding the “invisible balance sheet”
Dr. Rebekah Burch Basinger considers the "invisible balance sheet" – things that institutions are responsible for…
Podcast
Ep. 64 – Why speciality accreditation matters
Dr. Philip Dearborn, president of the Association for Biblical Higher Education in the United States and…
Upcoming & Recent Webinars
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Practicing Collaboration
In this ten-part recorded series, leaders within theological education share practical insights drawn from their lived…
Videos & Webinars
Practicing Collaboration: A Collaborative Vision for Global Theological Education
In this conversation, Dr. Jo de-Blois, chief global engagement officer, and Dr. Adriaan Neele, president of…
Videos & Webinars
Practicing Collaboration: A Collaborative Vision for Nazarene Theological Education
In this video, Dr. Jeren Rowell, president of Nazarene Theological Seminary, and Dr. Brent Peterson, dean…
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