Issue
How one seminary carries out its mission to prepare older candidates for the priesthood.
It's not a sin to disagree
Aquinas Institute of Theology’s Ann Garrido talks about how a seminary community can learn to see internal conflicts as opportunities for growth.
Even theological schools with few development staff members can start a planned-giving program.
Interdenominational Theological Center president Edward L. Wheeler shares his wisdom on cultivating givers.
Pastoral residency offers one way to help new seminary graduates make the transition into ministry.
What seminary leaders need to know
The legal and missional implications of Title IX, the U.S. law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions.
In Trust Center president Amy Kardash reflects on the balance theology school leaders must strike between finances and fundraising on the one hand, and attention to the educational mission on the other.
A comprehensive investment policy is essential. Here’s how to create one.
A review of Keeping Faith in Fundraising by Peter Harris and Rod Wilson.
A review of Leadership and Change: A President’s Story, by G. Douglass Lewis.
The curriculum revision process brings to the surface competing priorities. These should be balanced and explored with patience, despite the anxiety of uncertainty.
Seminaries and denominations sometimes have a fraught relationship, but they ought to learn to appreciate one another.
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