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AI, Smarter Questions, and Wise Stewardship
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AI, Smarter Questions, and Wise Stewardship

Core Essential 6: The board models the importance of goal setting, continuous planning, and hard-nosed evaluation…

Core Essential #3 – Presidential Evaluation
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Core Essential #3 – Presidential Evaluation

Presidential Evaluation: To help, not harm. Presidential evaluation can feel daunting for boards, but when approached…

Core Essential 6-Ending Well
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Core Essential 6-Ending Well

Many theological schools face mounting financial and enrollment pressures that make “business as usual” unsustainable. Chronic…

Core Essential 3-President-Board Chair Partnership
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Core Essential 3-President-Board Chair Partnership

Wise boards know the relationship between the school president and board chair is mission-critical.

Core Essential 4-Balanced Budgets Fundraising Goals
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Core Essential 4-Balanced Budgets Fundraising Goals

Budget building is a challenging process, especially when finances are tight, and board members should balance…

Top 10 Questions When Merging
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Top 10 Questions When Merging

Consider these top 10 questions that trustees, presidents, and CFOs should ask each other and themselves…

The Basics of Change Management
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The Basics of Change Management

Transformation becomes essential when the current vision and operations can no longer sustain an organization’s health.

4 Steps to Smooth Functioning Shared Governance
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4 Steps to Smooth Functioning Shared Governance

Shared governance has long been a part of theological education in North America but is often…

Lilly Endowment launches new initiative to encourage collaborations
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Lilly Endowment launches new initiative to encourage collaborations

A new initiative is encouraging collaborations between Christian congregations and charitable organizations to improve quality of…

In Trust Center’s New Director of Organizational Effectiveness
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In Trust Center’s New Director of Organizational Effectiveness

Rosalie (Lee) Mirenda DelleMonache, Ph.D., brings nearly three decades of leadership experience in educational, nonprofit, and…

The Thinkers: Reimagining the Board’s Role in Strategic Planning
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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…

Calibrating Collaboration: Differentiating Governance, Management, and Coordination
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Calibrating Collaboration: Differentiating Governance, Management, and Coordination

In “Calibrating Collaboration: Differentiating Governance, Management, and Coordination,” the Rev. David Rowe, Ph.D., senior advisor for…

New program director for In Trust Center
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New program director for In Trust Center

The In Trust Center for Theological Schools is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Lyons,…

Practicing Collaboration: Lessons from the Faith and Leadership Collaborative
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Practicing Collaboration: Lessons from the Faith and Leadership Collaborative

Rev. Dr. Javier Viera, president of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and professor of education and leadership, reflects…

Practicing Collaboration: Indigenous Collaboration
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Practicing Collaboration: Indigenous Collaboration

In this conversation, Dr. Julie Lytle, director of distributive and lifelong learning initiatives at Bexley Seabury…

Practicing Collaboration: Unexpected Collaborators
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Practicing Collaboration: Unexpected Collaborators

Mundelein Seminary has cultivated a remarkable network of collaborators—one far more diverse than many might expect….

The Thinkers: Reimagining the Board’s Role in Strategic Planning
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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…

Calibrating Collaboration: Differentiating Governance, Management, and Coordination
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Calibrating Collaboration: Differentiating Governance, Management, and Coordination

In “Calibrating Collaboration: Differentiating Governance, Management, and Coordination,” the Rev. David Rowe, Ph.D., senior advisor for…

Practicing Collaboration: Lessons from the Faith and Leadership Collaborative
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Practicing Collaboration: Lessons from the Faith and Leadership Collaborative

Rev. Dr. Javier Viera, president of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and professor of education and leadership, reflects…

Practicing Collaboration: Indigenous Collaboration
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Practicing Collaboration: Indigenous Collaboration

In this conversation, Dr. Julie Lytle, director of distributive and lifelong learning initiatives at Bexley Seabury…

Practicing Collaboration: Unexpected Collaborators
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Practicing Collaboration: Unexpected Collaborators

Mundelein Seminary has cultivated a remarkable network of collaborators—one far more diverse than many might expect….

Practicing Collaboration
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Practicing Collaboration

In this ten-part recorded series, leaders within theological education share practical insights drawn from their lived…

Practicing Collaboration: A Collaborative Vision for Global Theological Education
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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…

Practicing Collaboration: A Collaborative Vision for Nazarene Theological Education
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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…

Ep. 112: New research, new thinking on advisory bodies
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Ep. 112: New research, new thinking on advisory bodies

In this episode of the In Trust Center’s Good Governance Podcast, host Matt Hufman talks with…

Ep. 111: Beyond Earnings: Defining the value of theological education
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Ep. 111: Beyond Earnings: Defining the value of theological education

Higher education is entering a period of significant regulatory change, with new federal proposals potentially reshaping…

Ep. 110: Seeing the mountains: Preparing theological education for the future
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Ep. 110: Seeing the mountains: Preparing theological education for the future

Theological education is built on centuries of tradition, but leadership expert the Rev. Tod Bolsinger, Ph.D.,…

Ep. 109: Beyond church decline: New research points to renewed vitality, future opportunities
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Ep. 109: Beyond church decline: New research points to renewed vitality, future opportunities

In this episode of the Good Governance podcast, Scott Thumma, Ph.D., discusses what the latest research…

Ep. 107: Creating a different future
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Ep. 107: Creating a different future

The future of theological education will require more than incremental change. In the latest episode of…

Ep. 106: Rethinking board governance in theological education
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Ep. 106: Rethinking board governance in theological education

What actually makes a governing board effective, especially in times of institutional uncertainty, leadership turnover, and…

Ep. 105: Finishing faithfully – leadership lessons on closing a school
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Ep. 105: Finishing faithfully – leadership lessons on closing a school

What does it mean to finish well? The Rev. Dr. Colleen Derr reflects on one of leadership’s…

Ep. 104: Faith and formation in the AI age
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Ep. 104: Faith and formation in the AI age

As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes daily life, theological leaders face deeper questions than efficiency or innovation…

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The Thinkers: Reimagining the Board’s Role in Strategic Planning

Videos & Webinars

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…

Calibrating Collaboration: Differentiating Governance, Management, and Coordination

Videos & Webinars

Calibrating Collaboration: Differentiating Governance, Management, and Coordination

In “Calibrating Collaboration: Differentiating Governance, Management, and Coordination,” the Rev. David Rowe, Ph.D., senior advisor for…

Practicing Collaboration: Lessons from the Faith and Leadership Collaborative

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Practicing Collaboration: Lessons from the Faith and Leadership Collaborative

Rev. Dr. Javier Viera, president of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and professor of education and leadership, reflects…

Practicing Collaboration: Indigenous Collaboration

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Practicing Collaboration: Indigenous Collaboration

In this conversation, Dr. Julie Lytle, director of distributive and lifelong learning initiatives at Bexley Seabury…