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Make Your Minstry Thrive

The Center for Christian Leadership equips Christian leaders to thrive amidst the complex challenges of contemporary ministry; address the most pressing issues in church and public life with theological depth, intellectual rigor, and practical insight; and reach across theological, social, and geographical divisions to find new possibilities for common life and ministry.

  • Auburn at General Assembly 2010
    On July 7 Auburn will host a luncheon for Presbyterian alums and current Union Seminary students at the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in Minneapolis.
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  • Real-Time Blogging from Israel and the West Bank
    Sixteen future religious leaders - rabbinic students and Christian seminarians - are traveling throughout Israel and the West Bank this week to engage in learning and dialogue about the hottest of Jewish-Christian issues - Israel/Palestine.
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  • Day 2 for Seminarians Visiting Israel and the West Bank
    Imagine the Satmar rebbe and David Ben-Gurion (the first prime minister of Israel) explaining why the Holocaust happened. One blames Zionism as Jews going against Jewish law, the other asserts that the Holocaust proves the need for a strong Jewish state to protect and defend Jews.
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  • A Church's Lenten Journey Through "Johannesburg"
    Busy New Yorkers took on the Lenten discipline of watching and discussing an extraordinary documentary film series about the global anti-apartheid movement, and found themselves inspired and challenged in their own lives of faith as a result.
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  • Can Goldman Find God?
    Lloyd Blankfein says Goldman Sachs is “doing God’s work.” Is it? A former Goldman partner, a minister, and seminary president have a biblically ambitious plan to help the company do just that.
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  • Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women are Transforming the Middle East
    Isobel Coleman's book illustrates how and why women are at the core of human progress in the twenty-first century.
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The Center for Christian Leadership traces its mission back to the founding of Auburn Theological Seminary. Auburn was founded in 1818 to ensure that there would be ministers “hardy enough for the rigors of ministry on the frontier." The students lived in spartan accommodations with modest food and little heat in order to develop physical hardiness, and they learned creative methods of ministry to address the new and unique context of frontier ministry.

While the frontiers of the 19th century were geographical, today they are technological, cultural, and intellectual. Yet then and now, the church needs leaders who can thrive amidst the isolation, uncertainty, and challenges of ministry and who can lead their congregations with creativity and insight.  Through innovative programs and stimulating resources, the Center for Christian Leadership ensures that Auburn will continue to develop church leaders hardy enough for the rigors of ministry on the frontiers of the 21st century.