The Theological Education Between the Times project continues to seed fruitful, faithful dialogue
More than a decade after it began, a project on theological education has generated a dozen books and far more conversations.
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Is your organization’s base strong enough to answer God’s call?
A painting must be created on canvas sturdy enough to support it. Likewise, congregations and organizations need a solid foundation if their ministries are to flourish, writes a director of programs and grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Link to author Mycal X. Brickhouse
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Mycal X. Brickhouse
Director of programs and grants, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Like nature, congregations may change slowly
While we admire speed and efficiency, successful change can require time and patience, writes an associate director for Leadership at Duke Divinity’s Thriving Congregations Coordination Program.
Link to author Sarah E. Forsyth
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Sarah E. Forsyth
Associate Director, Thriving Congregations Coordination Program
Three historic Black churches come together to make a new congregation
When a fire destroyed a historic Philadelphia church building, the congregation merged with two others to form New River Presbyterian Church, dedicated to loving God and serving their neighborhood.
Link to author Annette John-Hall
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Annette John-Hall
Journalist
The church needs innovation instigators
As we’ve learned through COVID-19, faith communities can adapt. Church leaders must be willing to continue sparking change by asking new questions and challenging old answers.
Link to author Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes
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Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes
Pastor, author and educator
‘On Becoming Wise Together: Learning and Leading in the City’
In this excerpt from the newest book in the Theological Education Between the Times series, an educator considers theological formation as a communal rather than individual undertaking.
Link to author Maria Liu Wong
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Maria Liu Wong
Provost, City Seminary of New York
New people can mean new ways of doing things
The last four years have seen an influx of new hires for many organizations. Slowing down to make the changes that turnover requires can benefit everyone.
Link to author David L. Odom
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Ted A. Smith: A hope-filled end of theological education
The director of the Theological Education Between the Times project talks about the intentional planning behind the effort and his contribution to its book series.
To expand your imagination, get curious
Learning to be inquisitive and openhearted can make way for all sorts of possibilities, writes the director of the Thriving Congregations Coordination Program at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Kelly Ryan
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Kelly Ryan
Missioner for discipleship, Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina
A nonprofit promotes justice by creating employee-owned enterprises and industrial cooperatives
Inspired in part by Catholic social teachings, The Industrial Commons seeks to create “an inclusive economy rooted in community and dignity.”
Link to author Yonat Shimron
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Yonat Shimron
Journalist
Mark S. Young: Rediscovering the hope-filled meaning of evangelicalism
Theological education provides a path forward for a movement that has lost its way, writes the president of Denver Seminary in his contribution to the Theological Education Between the Times series.
