•  We have nearly 200 years of experience preparing religious leaders for the real world, from our founding in 1818 in upstate New York to a global presence today.

•  We were founded to prepare Presbyterian ministers to be hardy enough for work on the frontier.

•  In its early years, Auburn participated in the great social challenges of its time:

          - Abolition of slavery
          - Women’s suffrage
          - Reforms that uplifted the poor
          - Prisoners’ rights

•  During the Great Depression, Auburn moved to New York City and established itself as an innovator in continuing education for religious leadership.

•  In recent decades, we were founders of religious continuing education and pioneers in theological research, reinventing ourselves to be a seminary without walls that understands religious leadership and the pulpit in traditional and innovative ways.

•  Drawing from its own experience of transformation, Auburn has become a sought-after resource for other institutions undergoing change and growth.

•  Auburn has remained relevant beyond the religious community by “looking downtown”—making connections with the business world and grappling with economic issues that impact individuals and organizations.

•  In the last two decades, much of Auburn’s work has focused on the challenges and opportunities of the growing religious diversity in America.

•  Even through times of reinvention, Auburn’s hardy spirit remains constant: we have always been relevant, confronting, evolving, real-world challenges with flexible, thoughtful, pragmatic, and fresh solutions for our multifaith society.

•  We are now a center for religious leadership that celebrates difference, shares abundance, and promotes hope, working for a future that is better than today.