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We’re gathering interest from early-career spiritual leaders to join us and the BTS Center in Portland, Maine, for four days at the end of August. Amid the “polycrisis” where [...]

May 2023 Auburn Theological Seminary is excited to announce the appointment of Patrick B. Reyes, Ph.D., as our Seminary Dean. Patrick brings impressive credentials, relationships, and vision as [...]

Auburn Theological Seminary and The BTS Center are partnering to offer a four-day gathering in Portland, Maine, for early-career leaders working toward communal justice. Spiritual Ecology for [...]

Dr. Keisha E. McKenzie, Senior Vice President of Programs, joined the 2023 Elizabeth and Robert Strickland Symposium Panel Discussion, with Dr. Corey D. B. Walker (Wake Forest University School [...]

Bringing together the national and the local for a sustained progressive faith movement By Michael Vasquez and Sharon Groves   A NOTE ON EASTERN EUROPE This group has been deeply engaged [...]

Bringing together the national and the local for a sustained progressive faith movement By Michael Vasquez and Sharon Groves   HAPPENINGS Many folks in the movement are engaged deeply in the [...]

Bringing together the national and the local for a sustained progressive faith movement By Michael Vasquez and Sharon Groves   HAPPENINGS Earlier this month, Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate [...]

The Prophetic Preaching Lab is an intergenerational, inclusive opportunity for young leaders to connect more fully to Black Church traditions and activism. In June, Auburn’s team accompanied the [...]

Since 2017, our Thriving in Ministry project has gathered regional and affinity groups of early-career faith and spirit-rooted community leaders across the US for respite, peer support, and [...]

In May 2022, Auburn partnered with Je-Shawna Wholley to co-create a symposium with Alexis Pauline Gumbs and her book Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals. This interactive [...]