What have you learned?
Exit interviews with four seminary leaders
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Summer 2020
14 Articles
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What have you learned?
Exit interviews with four seminary leaders
Four women who have just departed from top leadership posts discuss their experiences in a male-dominated world.
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Beyond COVID-19: Relaunch and reconnect
Restarting your school in the new normal requires a “stagile” mindset
A systematic framework for reopening an institution that includes reviewing, regrouping, redefining, refocusing, and remaining personally resilient.
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Should we go on?
Amid the pandemic, some seminary leaders may need to ask the hardest question of all
School leaders need to consider all their options — even the unthinkable ones.
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COVID-related legal issues for theological schools
A Q&A with lawyer James Robertson, board chair at Hartford Seminary
What are the biggest pandemic-related legal risks for seminaries? What legal actions may result from them? How can seminaries mitigate risk?
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Zoom board meetings: Something is missing
Videoconferences are good for formal meetings and votes, but not good for wide-ranging discussions of strategic issues that lead to the wisest decisions.
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The mission of the seminary in an age of nostalgia
Instead of feeling nostalgic for a gilded past that never was, the president of Acadia Divinity College suggests rewriting our stories, examining and refocusing our missions, and leaning with hope into the future, unknown as it is.
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Paradigm shift 2020
A theological perspective on changing times
The president of Concordia Lutheran Seminary offers a theological reflection on change, emphasizing that today’s seminarians are ready to take the lead.
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Pedal to the metal
Accelerated pastoral degree programs help young people prepare for ministry in less time, with less debt, and with vocational training along the way
Accelerated ministry programs funded by the Kern Family Foundation are training a new generation of pastoral leaders, allowing them to earn both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in five years and enter ministry before they turn 25.
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Leading out of the crisis
Three critical acts of leadership
In Trust Center president Amy L. Kardash reflects that these uncertain times offer a good opportunity for leaders to rethink norms, and collaborate, changes, and renew their thinking.
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You asked, we listened
New resources from the In Trust Center and an announcement about the publisher of In Trust magazine. Plus, letters to the editor.
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What clergy need to thrive in ministry
Clergy members enrolled in the Pastoral Excellence Program at Columbia Theological Seminary describe the challenges they face and what they need to succeed.
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How to wrestle with your own purpose
New book unveils a process to ask self-awakening questions and enact the “next faithful step”
A new book from the Forum for Theological Exploration helps leaders facilitate change in themselves, their community, and the world.
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