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Church and school together

The boom in congregationally based education

By Melinda R. Heppe

A new and mostly uncharted trend in theological education is the rapidly expanding number of congregations themselves training people for ministry. The congregations and their programs are diverse, and they are attracting students who might not otherwise have considered theological education -- but they are also siphoning some students from established schools. Here's an introduction to three such schools and an invitation to think about how their models will inform they way your school is run.

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Looking for leaders

Preferably with most of them under 30

By Kenneth Briggs

"Leadership" is a much used and little defined term in theological education circles. What does it mean for your students to be trained as leaders? And how can you find young people who are ready for such training?

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Toward a stronger future

Auburn's analysis of its survey of seminary trustees

By William R. MacKaye

Trustees of theological schools are critical to the school's future. Do you know where your new board members are coming from?

Focal point

R U ready 4 this nu day?

By William R. MacKaye

Count, count, weigh, divide.

Soundings

We 'federated' | culture is key

Louis Weeks looks back with satisfaction, five years after the merger of Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia. Peter Chynowrth says understanding differences in culture is the key to successful amalgamation.

Spirit matters

Every knee shall bow: start now

By Melinda R. Heppe

With this issue, In Trust introduces a new department: “Spirit Matters.” In “Spirit Matters” associate editor Melinda R. Heppe will explore aspects of the life of prayer and methods for “the practice of the presence of God,” as Brother Lawrence called it. Associated with theological schools as most of our readers are, we know theoretically that prayer is important. Column by column, Heppe will help us experience why it’s important.

Field notes

Scandals challenge Catholic seminaries

By Heidi Schlumpf

Roman Catholic seminaries in 2002 are dealing with enormous media interest in the sins of men who graduated years ago—and are regularly faced with unanswerable questions. How is your school prepared to deal with disasters not of your making? How do you keep your publics aware of who you are today?

Perspective

Recruiting the very best for your board

By John M. Mulder

Identifying, attracting and replacing a theological school’s leaders is critical to growth and survival. Here is one president’s take on the process.

Changing scenes

Field guide identifies worshipers

A new study provides clues about who’s in the pews, scholars receive grants to work across disciplines, a school closes just short of its twenty-fifth birthday, and very long and very short tenured leaders move on.

Innovations

Doughnuts, doctrine, bagels and blessings

By Melinda R. Heppe

Associate editor Melinda Heppe finds the appeal of bagels and Bible study can draw a crowd even before sun-up in rural Pennsylvania.

Books

Ambivalence of the Sacred

A review

Title: Ambivalence of the Sacred
Author: R. Scott Appleby
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

Books

Conflict resolution

A review of Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence and Peacemaking

Title: Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence and Peacemaking
Author: Marc Gopin
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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After the book: picking up all the pieces

A review of Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy

By Robin Lind

Title: Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy
Authors: Philip Evans and Thomas S. Wurster
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press

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Reverence

A review of Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue

Title: Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue
Author: Paul Woodruff
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Great awakenings

A review of The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism

Title: The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
Author: Robert William Fogel
Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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