Established in 1991, it identifies key challenges, explores them in depth, and shares the results with theological schools, religious communities and other educational institutions. The Center serves a broad constituency, including mainline and evangelical Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish theological educators, as well as leaders of religious agencies and of organizations that oversee theological education. The Center's findings, the results of collaborative research, are made available widely through print, interactive technology and conferences. The Center's research helps leaders to make wise decisions regarding issues affecting the future health of their institutions. Over time, ideas generated by such research may influence the thought and conversation of these institutions.
Perspectives shift and positive change can take root and flourish.
Auburn's Center for the Study of Theological Education, the first of its kind ever to be established, provides an important context for reflection and the relevant empirical data that will enable national and local leaders in theological education to make informed judgments on the institutional and personnel matters so critical to the future of theological education everywhere.