Leaders for church and world: YDS alumni stories

The alumnae and alumni of Yale Divinity School are pastors, scholars, activists, educators, the heads of numerous ecclesiastical and secular oganizations, and more—all exemplifying the YDS mission of service to church and world.

Below is a collection of stories showcasing the leadership and contributions of YDS alumni/ae, in the United States and around the world.

If you have stories of your own to suggest about YDS alums—including yourself—please let us know

February 19, 2015
A Yale Divinity School graduate, an Episcopal priest, and a veteran of the United States Senate, John Danforth is well credentialed to speak about the intersection of...
January 22, 2015
Neichelle Guidry Jones ’10 M.Div., associate pastor of Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ and the founder of the shepreaches organization for young women, has been...
January 6, 2015
Now that Stanley Hauerwas ’65 B.D., ’67 M.A., ’68 M.Phil., ’68 Ph.D. has reached emeritus status at Duke Divinity School, his idea of retirement is to work on three books,...
December 2, 2014
Chiseled above the entrance to Boston’s historic Old South Church is a verse from Revelation that can stand as a congregational motto and, for senior minister Nancy Taylor ’...
December 1, 2014
Throughout what he described as his “fifty year love affair with Yale and the Divinity School,” Frank Mullen ’56 M.Div. pastored two churches, served as the 1957 class agent...

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