theological education

At times, the cost of theological diversity is painfully clear.

Patrick B. Reyes reflects on the soils that have sustained him—and those that have poisoned him.

EDS students will earn Union degrees, and EDS appointed Kelly Brown Douglas as dean.

Chicago's Episcopal seminary goes all in on field education

Churches have long outsourced theological education. Now it's moving back.

Princeton Theological Seminary's farm grows food. But this isn't the main point.

Theological schools occupy a unique place within higher education. With relatively small enrollments and modest endowments, seminaries feel the cutting edge of change. Online learning, new degree programs, and nontraditional scheduling proliferate. And rumors abound that one school or another might shut down.

I knew Jannie Swart's witness would have a lasting impact on our seminary. I didn't anticipate how it would challenge me in the classroom.

"We had to be willing to do a clear-eyed assessment of our financial situation—and to risk our old identity for the sake of a renewed mission."

People do not float through life in the bubble that is their skin. We are grounded, dependent beings that live through the lives and deaths of others.

There is much hand-wringing about the future of theological education. Yet graduates still follow the Spirit's call into some form of ministry.

In the context of a seminary class behind bars, Jesus' question to Simon is a probing and challenging one.

It would be a shame if the crisis in seminary education didn’t lead to fresh thinking about how the church calls, trains and places leaders.

Why is theological education necessary? What are the conditions of its fruitfulness? Such questions are both basic and perplexing.

I enjoyed Michelle Boorstein's piece of reporting on M. Div. students who aren't headed for parish ministry. She details how some seminarians seek to be ministers of a sort as part of their calling to other vocations; she also touches on the challenges of post-Christendom pastoring and the need for more flexible and affordable paths through seminary.

It’s time for bold, creative experiments in preparing women and men for the unique challenges of 21st-century ministry.

The idea that students will reside on a campus and attend classes at specified times seems increasingly quaint.

For all their problems, churches are often a good deal more self-critical and boldly innovative than seminaries.