Upcoming Events
2025 Black Religious Autobiography Seminar
The office of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School is sponsoring a week-long seminar exploring the autobiographical writings of Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Howard Thurman, Ida B. Wells, and other Black autobiographers and memoirists who used their life stories as weapons in the quest for freedom and humanization.
Faith Formation in the Digital Age
An Application-Based Summer Seminar Directed by Felicia Wu Song
Loneliness: A Casualty of AI as Human Substitute
This public lecture with Felicia Wu Song highlights the impacts of AI on human interactions and how faith communities should respond.
Ministry in a Secular Age
An Application-Based Summer Seminar Directed by Andrew Root
The Waiting Church: How to Face the Crisis
It feels like the church is in an unquestioned crisis. But what is the shape of this crisis? And have we misunderstood it? Learn more in this public lecture with Andrew Root
Cultural Values in Ministry—October 2025
Developed in partnership with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and the Calvin University School of Graduate and Continuing Studies, this online course equips worship planners and leaders of all types of ministries with practical tools for relating well to people from a variety of cultures. Understanding and respecting cultural differences is key to a healthy ministry.
Hope and a Future
Worship Songs for Workers
A free and open to the public concert by The Porter’s Gate Worship
Worship and Work
A summer seminar on liturgies for those who labor
2023 African American Religious Autobiography
A summer seminar on insights for pastoral and worship ministries
Frederick Douglass Jazz Works
A free and open to the public Jazz Experience with Ruth Naomi Floyd. Not able to livestream.
Reflections on Lamentation
A lecture free and open to the public by Dr. Rolanda L. Ward, Dr. Stephanie Boddie, and Dr. Danjuma Gibson