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Transformational Leadership

I lean upon my YDS experience every day in my personal and professional life. The community continues to inspire and support me in important ways, and I am grateful for the indelible impact that has had on my life.

Dr. Elijah Heyward ’07 M.A.R., Chief Operating Officer, International African American Museum
Ecumenical Formation

The most formative part of my time at YDS was the ecumenical worship. I am so appreciative of Marquand Chapel.

Calvon Jones ’18 M.Div.
Yale University

It transforms a class when you can go beyond a textbook to see what a book or a woodcut in the 16th century looks like.

Bruce Gordon, Professor of Ecclesiastical History
Faculty mentorship

My experience at YDS pushed me to better appreciate spiritual mentors in and out of class. Many times, I found myself blessed by faculty members who encouraged me to look beyond the boundaries of the syllabus as I sought answers to my biggest questions.

Christopher Phillips ’18 M.Div.
21st Century Church

Only by encountering people in the world can we truly bring the Church into the 21st century and hope to revive it as an important and practical part of society. I am blessed that my education prepared me to live out my call in the world.

Victoria Strang ’17 M.Div.
Inspired to lead

My time at Berkeley at YDS trained me to think and inspired me to lead with courage and faith.

The Most Rev. Michael Curry ’78 M.Div., Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
All tweets lead to YDS

It feels like everywhere I turn, every theologian or scholar...or every publication I read keeps pointing me back to one place: @YaleDivSchool. And I'm totally onboard with that ;)

@PorterCTaylor on Twitter
Prepared for any context

As assistant director of the LGBTQ Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I find myself doing what divinity school prepared me for every day, even if it’s not in a traditional congregational context.

Angel Collie ’14 M.Div.

Transformational Leadership

I lean upon my YDS experience every day in my personal and professional life. The community continues to inspire and support me in important ways, and I am grateful for the indelible impact that has had on my life.

Dr. Elijah Heyward ’07 M.A.R., Chief Operating Officer, International African American Museum
Ecumenical Formation

The most formative part of my time at YDS was the ecumenical worship. I am so appreciative of Marquand Chapel.

Calvon Jones ’18 M.Div.
Yale University

It transforms a class when you can go beyond a textbook to see what a book or a woodcut in the 16th century looks like.

Bruce Gordon, Professor of Ecclesiastical History
Faculty mentorship

My experience at YDS pushed me to better appreciate spiritual mentors in and out of class. Many times, I found myself blessed by faculty members who encouraged me to look beyond the boundaries of the syllabus as I sought answers to my biggest questions.

Christopher Phillips ’18 M.Div.
21st Century Church

Only by encountering people in the world can we truly bring the Church into the 21st century and hope to revive it as an important and practical part of society. I am blessed that my education prepared me to live out my call in the world.

Victoria Strang ’17 M.Div.
Inspired to lead

My time at Berkeley at YDS trained me to think and inspired me to lead with courage and faith.

The Most Rev. Michael Curry ’78 M.Div., Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
All tweets lead to YDS

It feels like everywhere I turn, every theologian or scholar...or every publication I read keeps pointing me back to one place: @YaleDivSchool. And I'm totally onboard with that ;)

@PorterCTaylor on Twitter
Prepared for any context

As assistant director of the LGBTQ Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I find myself doing what divinity school prepared me for every day, even if it’s not in a traditional congregational context.

Angel Collie ’14 M.Div.

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21st Century Church

Inspired to lead

All tweets lead to YDS

Prepared for any context

Transformational Leadership

Ecumenical Formation

Yale University

Faculty mentorship

21st Century Church

Inspired to lead

All tweets lead to YDS

Prepared for any context

Peter Hawkins: Retiring scholar, teacher, and preacher transformed lives over 43 years in classroom

New course bears witness to 'inherent value of Earth'

Marquand worshipers bless winter items for refugees

YDS alum welcomes refugees into New Haven congregation

New podcast explores Paris agreement, potential for science & religion to unite on climate fight

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