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Faculty, Institutional Senior Leaders, Formation Directors/Student Life Staff, Educational Assessment and Accreditation Liaison Officers, Researchers (including IR/IE), Other Institutional Administration, Admissions and Recruitment Tidy Studios Faculty, Institutional Senior Leaders, Formation Directors/Student Life Staff, Educational Assessment and Accreditation Liaison Officers, Researchers (including IR/IE), Other Institutional Administration, Admissions and Recruitment Tidy Studios

Beyond Congregations: New Study Reveals the Value of Theological Education for Diverse Contexts

Drawing on interviews with 10 experts across fields including chaplaincy, education, nonprofits, entrepreneurship, and advocacy, the article identifies formation, religious literacy, critical thinking, interpretation, and the ability to navigate difference as distinctive strengths of theological education. It also highlights areas where graduates may be underprepared—including leadership, organizational fluency, adaptability, communication, financial literacy, and technology—and encourages theological schools to make transferable competencies more explicit in curricula, learning outcomes, institutional partnerships, and recruitment materials.

KEYWORDS: theological education; non-congregational vocations; vocational formation; spiritual formation; religious literacy; transferable skills; leadership; critical thinking; pluralism; communication; financial literacy; technology; curriculum; educational effectiveness; career preparation; chaplaincy; nonprofit leadership; entrepreneurship

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Institutional Senior Leaders, Students/Seminarians, Admissions and Recruitment Tidy Studios Institutional Senior Leaders, Students/Seminarians, Admissions and Recruitment Tidy Studios

Cultivating Greater Well-Being in Theological Institutions

Nonprofit organizations, Healthy Seminarians – Healthy Church, shared about cultivating well-being in theological institutions, emphasizing pastoral health and student support.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; ATS Student Data and Resources Consultation (2025); congregational health; ministerial formation; pastoral health; seminaries; slide deck; student well-being; theological education

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