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. 

July 19 - 26, 2025
Durham , North Carolina

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. 

July 21, 2025, 7:00 PM
Grand Rapids, Michigan

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

August 4, 2025, 7:00 PM
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Cultural Values in Ministry—October 2025

Developed in partnership with the 91ÁÔÆæ 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. 

October 20 - 31, 2025
Event Archive

Cultural Values in Ministry—June 2025
June 2 - 13, 2025
Service of Lament
June 12, 2025, 7:00 PM
Grand Rapids, MI

El Paso—Arrabon Experiential Learning Trip
May 19 - 23, 2025
Washington, DC—Arrabon Experiential Learning Trip
April 28 - May 1, 2025
Vital 91ÁÔÆæ, Vital Preaching Informational Webinar
April 10, 2025, 7:00 PM