“Southern Baptists look for cures to stagnation”
Read a June 10, 2009, Religion News Service story, “Southern Baptists look for cures to stagnation.”
Category: Faith leaders
“Southern Baptist Decline and God’s Bottom Line”
Read a Dec. 22, 2008, post by David Waters, editor of the “On Faith” site of The Washington Post, crunching the numbers and analyzing the SBC downturn.
“The Next Big Southern Baptist Debate: Purging the Membership Rolls”
Read a June 12, 2008, blog post at Christianity Today about the previous SBC convention, and the disputes over numbers and membership rolls. Ted Olsen lists several statistics chronicling the downturn.
“A new way to become a rabbi?”
Read an Aug. 24, 2012, article from The Jewish Standard about a controversial, one-year online seminary, the Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute.
“Clergy Launch Campaign For Student Loan Forgiveness, Aim To Qualify For ‘Public Service’ Rule”
Read a Feb. 8, 2012, Huffington Post article about clergy launching a campaign for federal student loan forgiveness based on a 2007 law aimed at graduates who go into public service.
“Catholic seminary enrollment up, but numbers seen as only part of story”
Read a Nov. 29, 2011, story from Catholic News Service about rising enrollments at Catholic seminaries.
“Seminaries look to update ministers’ skill set”
Read an Oct. 31, 2011, Christian Century article about curriculum overhauls at many seminaries.
“Forget the Ivory Towers: Seminaries and Their Challenges”
Read an Oct. 17, 2011, column at Patheos.com that discusses the effects of culture-shifts on seminaries.
“What a Mess! Notes on the Future of Theological Education”
Read another Oct. 17, 2011, column at Patheos that talks about how seminary education can be improved.