Our Vision and Strategic Priorities

This Strategic Plan seeks to strengthen our School as a global, visionary, and public leader—particularly in the face of shifting educational and religious landscapes. By focusing on these five strategic priorities, we aim to cultivate transformational leaders, balance knowledge and tradition with innovation and compassion, and model a commitment to seek peace with justice in a diverse and interconnected world.

Transformative Research

Our faculty will lead globally in religious inquiries that exemplify excellence in scholarship, intellectual curiosity, research ethics, and practical applications.

Responsive Teaching

We will model creative teaching, programs, and partnerships that cultivate transformational leaders in a changing world.

Inclusion and Justice

We will hold ourselves accountable for racial justice, inclusion and belonging, and will seek to lead by addressing systemic inequalities within and beyond STH.

Accessibility

We will pursue a flexible curriculum and strategic online programs to provide excellent theological education for diverse audiences.

Sustainability

We will strengthen financial and administrative structures to secure key programs and amplify commitments to hospitality, accessibility, and ecological justice.

Prioritized Strategic Goals

A number of itemized strategies across the five pillars of our strategic plan will help us reach our goals in the coming years, including a full curriculum review, a focus to build out our online and hybrid programs, increasing the visibility of our faculty and the programs they lead, as well as reinvigorate areas of our programming.

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