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From Confusion to Clarity: Strengthening Your School’s Brand
Facilitator: Dan Kennedy, Vice President, The FOCUS Group Many theological institutions are facing mounting pressure regarding…
Access resources and insights from Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative, highlighting innovations, lessons learned, and strategies that strengthen theological education for the future.
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Feature Articles
Inspired by their language of faith
A Pathways for Tomorrow grant is bringing three California schools together to offer students a way…
Feature Articles
Lessons (being) learned
Since its start, the Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative has spurred innovation and brought energy into the…
Feature Articles
Flexible, tailored collaboration partners
Eden Theological Seminary has created a network of schools that will provide students a wide range…
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The new town square
Union Theological School and several others in New York are forging a new way forward thanks…
Feature Articles
What’s the future? And is it all artificial?
Artificial intelligence is found throughout society and now, thanks to things like ChatGPT and Gemini, it’s…
Feature Articles
Choose Your Path
Pacific School of Religion is bringing Silicon Valley together with theological education and a stackable curriculum…
Feature Articles
Rites of Passage
Western Theological Seminary is seeing renewed energy and expanded fundraising happening around its Pathways project.
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A Transformative Path
Latinos comprise nearly one-half of Catholic parishioners in the United States today, a dramatic cultural shift…
The Star
Crafting Narratives, Shaping Futures
The In Trust Center’s website has a page of stories and links about Pathways for Tomorrow…
Feature Articles
Rites of Passage
Two schools in the Methodist tradition are teaming up to find ways to help students and…
The Star
Working on a building
The Pathways for Tomorrow gathering in November 2023 brought 370 people to discuss ideas, trends, and…
Feature Articles
A mentoring mission
For Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Pathways provides a way forward for pastors to re-engage their communities.
News & Insights
In Trust Center awarded new Pathways for Tomorrow grant
The Center will continue its work to co-coordinate the initiative. The In Trust Center for Theological…
News & Insights
Strategic Shorts: Large-scale Collaboration and the Role of Boards
Strategic Short: Large-scale Collaboration and the Role of Boards
News & Insights
In Trust Monthly Newsletter: July 2025
THE MAGAZINE Flexible, tailored collaboration partners Eden Theological Seminary’s initiative, “Navigating the Shift,” funded by a $5…
News & Insights
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.
News & Insights
Strategic Short: Large-scale Collaboration and Integrating Cultures
What it takes to lead successful institutional collaborations
News & Insights
Resource Grants: Concordia Theological Seminary
A campus master plan will address aging mid-century buildings, accessibility needs, and evolving community priorities while…
News & Insights
Strategic Shorts: Large-scale Collaboration and Change of Control
This video explores the formal process of transferring control between institutional boards.
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 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
Partnerships that improve institutional sustainability and quality
Webinar explores considerations for institutions pursuing strategic partnerships.
Videos & Webinars
Strategic Shorts: Building Institutional Capacity through Student Readiness
By implementing targeted programs and support systems, institutions can better equip students for academic challenges, thereby…
Podcast
Ep. 98: Creating a virtual neighborhood through an innovative approach to distributed learning
Host Matt Hufman speaks with Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy, president of Pacific School of Religion (PSR),…
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. 88 – A shared future: Rethinking seminary administration
As theological schools consider how to prepare for the future, a Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative grant…
Podcast
Ep. 85 – The State of Theological Education in 2025
Theological schools across North America are at a pivotal moment. In this episode, Rev. Frank Yamada,…
Podcast
Ep. 83: A misalignment in theological schools – and a way forward
Research by scholars at the Association of Theological Schools suggests a misalignment between how students in…
Podcast
Ep. 82: Lilly Endowment’s expanded Pathways Initiative
Lilly Endowment Inc.’s expanded Pathways for Tomorrow initiative will offer up to $325 million to help…
Podcast
Ep. 81: Creating a Pathway for underserved students in theological education
The Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri, is using Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative grants…
Podcast
Ep. 80: Eden Theological’s move to a network model
Eden Theological Seminary President the Rev. Dr. Deborah Krause and Vice President for Institutional Advancement the…
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Videos & Webinars
Practicing Innovation: Integrated Innovation
Innovation in theological education requires systemic thinking, shared practices, and organizational alignment rooted in mission. In…
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Practicing Innovation: Innovation Over Time
Change and innovation are about faithfulness to mission and listening to the spirit, and creating a…
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Practicing Innovation: Organizational Development, Culture, and Innovation
Explore how the formative nature of innovation can become the soil where creativity grows. Dr. Tammy…
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