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Video Series for Building Institutional Capacity The Rev. David Rowe, Ph.D., Project Director for the Governance Initiative and…
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Annual Report
Core Essential 3-President-Board Chair Partnership
Wise boards know the relationship between the school president and board chair is mission-critical.
Document
Core Essential 4-Balanced Budgets Fundraising Goals
Budget building is a challenging process, especially when finances are tight, and board members should balance…
Annual Report
Top 10 Questions When Merging
Consider these top 10 questions that trustees, presidents, and CFOs should ask each other and themselves…
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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.
Guide
4 Steps to Smooth Functioning Shared Governance
Shared governance has long been a part of theological education in North America but is often…
Guide
Storytelling
While financial control often seems like the key to influence, it’s storytelling that holds power. Boards…
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…
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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…
News & Insights
In Trust Monthly Newsletter: August 2025
Deferred maintenance, CBTE's potential, role of boards, and much more.
News & Insights
Strategic Shorts: Large-scale Collaboration and the Role of Boards
Strategic Short: Large-scale Collaboration and the Role of Boards
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In Trust Monthly Newsletter: July 2025
THE MAGAZINE Flexible, tailored collaboration partners Eden Theological Seminary’s initiative, “Navigating the Shift,” funded by a $5…
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Board Chair Newsletter: July 2025
Grants to help your advisory or governance board
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New CFO hired for In Trust Center
Elizabeth Palmer Bennett is named the new vice president for operations/CFO for the In Trust Center.
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Strategic Short: Large-scale Collaboration and Difficult Personnel Decisions
How theological schools can navigate complex personnel decisions during large-scale collaborations.
News & Insights
Resource Grants: Truett Theological Seminary
A Resource Grant from In Trust Center helped Truett host a mental health series.
Videos & Webinars
Strategic Shorts
Video Series for Building Institutional Capacity The Rev. David Rowe, Ph.D., Project Director for the Governance Initiative and…
Videos & Webinars
Strategic Shorts: Large-scale Collaboration and the Role of Boards
Focus on the critical role boards play in large-scale collaborations
Videos & Webinars
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
Videos & Webinars
Large-scale Collaboration and Integrating Cultures
What it takes to lead successful institutional collaborations
Videos & Webinars
Large-scale Collaboration and Organizational Readiness
Assessing organizational readiness for change and preparing multiple institutions for intensive cooperation.
Videos & Webinars
Large-scale Collaboration and Merging Multiple Brands
Strategies for communicating an institution's brand value to prospective partners
Videos & Webinars
Boards on a Tight Rope: Navigating the Power Differential in Shared Governance
Webinar explores attitudes about power, types of power at play within shared governance, and strategies for…
Podcast
Ep. 95: Forming leaders inside and out, exploring CBTE’s potential
Competency-based theological education (CBTE) is reshaping how future church leaders are formed – and it’s more…
Podcast
Ep 94: Lessons to learn from Pathways initiative
As the Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative reaches its midpoint, theological schools are navigating both promising innovations…
Podcast
Ep. 93 – Staying ahead of the evolving world of AI in theological education
As the world of artificial intelligence advances in theological education, leaders can stay ahead and find…
Podcast
Ep. 92 – Faith, law, and the future: Governance in a shifting regulatory environment
What happens when federal education policy changes, roiling higher education, without specifically mentioning theological education? The…
Podcast
Ep. 91 Coworkers in the vineyard: Adaptive change and the future of theological collaboration
What if collaboration wasn’t a tactic, but a way of being? In this episode, Greg Henson…
Podcast
Ep. 90 Rethinking ministry formation: Diaconal studies and the future of theological education
Could theological schools be missing a vital piece of ministry formation? Dr. Darryl Stephens joins the…
Podcast
Ep. 89 – Rooted and Ready: Strengthening Theological Schools Amid Regulatory Upheaval
In a time of political shifts and regulatory uncertainty, the Good Governance podcast dives into how…
Podcast
Ep. 88 – A shared future: Rethinking seminary administration
As theological schools consider how to prepare for the future, a Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative grant…
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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
Videos & Webinars
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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