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Strategic Shorts
Video Series for Building Institutional Capacity The Rev. David Rowe, Ph.D., Project Director for the Governance Initiative and…
Explore resources and tools to support faculty in theological schools, fostering effective teaching, shared governance, and alignment with institutional mission.
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The Star
From head and hands to heart
Competency-based theological education continues to move in new ways to help ministers prepare in their contexts.
The Sign
A prayer for a bountiful harvest
Rod Wilson offers a prayer for fundraisers and the work they do to provide a future…
The Sign
The Sign | Scattering the seeds of hope
Matt Hufman considers a farmer’s adage: Plant seeds and pray.
Feature Articles
The future of theological education
The leaders of ATS and the In Trust Center continue the state of theological education in…
The Star
More like a relay race than a marathon
A revived Auburn Studies considers the issue of leadership turnover and how schools can consider that…
The Sign
Unprecedented and Historic
The call of the time is to live in unprecedented times, which seems to have happened…
The Culture
How We Live | Not Quite a Walk in the Park
Berkeley’s famed (or infamous) People’s Park – across from the Berkeley School of Theology – is…
The Guardian
Students’ Changing Needs
New research by the Association of Theological Schools shows what study authors call a “misalignment” between…
The Star
Helpfully Engaging AI in the Field
How can theological education engage with AI? Leaders are exploring ways with a variety of experiments
The Star
Podcast picks | From Our Ears to Yours
These podcasts provide interesting and thoughtful voices on the topic of politics.
The Star
New Funding for Pathways
Lilly Endowment Inc. is expanding the Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative with new rounds of funding.
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…
Annual Report
Core Essential 3-President-Board Chair Partnership
Wise boards know the relationship between the school president and board chair is mission-critical.
Annual Report
Top 10 Questions When Merging
Consider these top 10 questions that trustees, presidents, and CFOs should ask each other and themselves…
Guide
4 Steps to Smooth Functioning Shared Governance
Shared governance has long been a part of theological education in North America but is often…
Annual Report
Core Essential 2-Diversity in the Boardroom
Rather than a checkbox, diversity should be viewed as a divine gift that enriches leadership and…
Annual Report
Core Essential 2: Our Board at its best
The leadership of theological schools views their boards as trustworthy, honest, and embodying numerous other positive…
Annual Report
Core Essential 4: The Board’s Role in Fundraising
There are two key components to a board's role in fundraising: Collective governance and individual involvement.
Annual Report
Core Essential 6: A short apologetic for Board Self-assessment
Board self-assessment often reveals mixed reactions, with some members valuing its insights whole others dismiss it…
Guide
Executive Sessions
If your board is not holding an executive session during every board meeting, maybe it should.
News & Insights
In Trust Monthly Newsletter: April 2025
The impact if AI on theological education, grant opportunities, rethinking ministry formation, and much more.
News & Insights
In Trust Monthly Newsletter, December 2023
Growing for the future, what leaders need to hear, and much more…
News & Insights
In Trust Monthly Newsletter, October 2022
Trauma in Theological Education, New Pathways grant, and much more…
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Videos & Webinars
Strategic Shorts: Large-scale Collaboration and the Role of Boards
Focus on the critical role boards play in large-scale collaborations
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Strategic Shorts: Large-scale Collaboration and Difficult Personnel Decisions
How theological schools can navigate complex personnel decisions during large-scale collaborations.
Videos & Webinars
Large-scale Collaboration and Change of Control
The formal process of transferring control between institutional boards
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