Seminaries struggle to build community with affordable dining services

April 27, 2018
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For theological schools in the United States and Canada, maintaining on-campus food service has become almost impossible without subsidies. Declining enrollment and increasing numbers of distance education and off-campus students are making the economics of providing food increasingly unsustainable. But everyone agrees that shared meals build community. 

Find out how some North American theological schools are addressing this challenge in “Food for the soul,” featured in the New Year issue of In Trust. 

 

Image Credit: Wycliffe College


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