We at Auburn equip bold and resilient leaders who can bridge religious divides, build community, pursue justice, and heal the world.

We educate and inspire leaders—religious and secular, women and men, adults and teens—for their work in our complex, multifaith, media-driven world.

• • We help religious and secular leaders assume more active roles in public life.
• • We address challenges facing religious and lay leaders in their congregations, communities, and academic institutions.
• • We explore diverse perspectives on religion and religious traditions in order to understand our differences as well as our common goal and interests.
• • We help religious leaders communicate through a variety of media.

We incubate and develop educational models to galvanize religious life and leadership.

• • We conduct research that identifies gaps between what religious leaders need and the training provided.
• • We adapt innovative forms of leadership training found outside traditional theological education to the needs of religious leaders.
• • We develop a new generation of leaders by working with teens from around the globe to use religion to build a peaceful world.
• • We support and strengthen the preaching and leadership of clergy and other people of faith.
• • We work with women of all faiths to enhance their leadership capacities
• • We convene forums and screen media that explore a range of perspectives on religion, coexistence, and pressing social issues.

We identify, analyze, shape, and respond to emerging trends that affect theological education, faith communities, and society at large.

• • We conduct research that strengthens theological education and religious leadership.
• • We track changes in Christian leadership in America—from old forms that are no longer relevant or functional to vibrant new trends in ministry.
• • We explore the challenges that affect religious life in faith communities and in the public square, in America and beyond, and share our findings.
• • We help academic and theological institutions make connections between religion and public life.
• • We coach religious leaders and experts to speak authentically and effectively in and through traditional and emerging media.

We convene people from around the country and world—who wouldn’t otherwise meet for conversations they wouldn’t otherwise have—to better understand themselves and work together for justice.

• • We bring people together for religious dialogue to increase understanding and compassion across religious, theological and cultural divides.
• • We help people better understand themselves and their sense of the “neighbor,” the “stranger,” or the “other” to further the cause of justice.
• • We work with religious and secular professionals and offer insights that turn ethical convictions into action.
• • We organize innovative educational sessions with thought leaders from different fields to think creatively about religious leadership, life, and education.