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Pathways to seminary

Where the best students come from

By Barbara Wheeler

The director of the Pathways to Seminary Project reports that for many star students, the road to seminary includes years of nurture by a committed faith community.

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Got faith? Yes, but on my own terms

Seminaries reach out to growing numbers of religiously unaffiliated

By Heidi Schlumpf

Seminary leaders grapple with how they can welcome students who are committed not to churches or denominations, but to relationships and personal spiritual development.

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More schools, fewer students

By Greg Henson , Gary Hoag

Extensive information is available to help board members and administrators understand the context of theological education today. To make sound decisions, they need to interpret the data.

From the president

Good students

By G. Douglass Lewis

In G. Douglass Lewis’s final column as interim president of In Trust, he suggests that seminaries must continue to change to attract and educate students who no longer fit yesterday’s religious mold.

Spirit matters

Leaders learning to love

By Melinda R. Heppe

Contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe writes that truly loving a community requires truly knowing it — from more than one angle.

Perspective

Why theological education?

By Mark Rogers

You put hard work, time, and treasure into advancing theological education. Here's why it's worth it.

Interview

Trusteeship as ministry

This summer, trustees of Franciscan colleges gathered to discuss how board work is God’s work. In Trust talked to two of the conference organizers to learn more.

By Christa R. Klein

An interview with Sister Margaret Carney and Father John O’Connor.

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