Jia Cummings and Grace deMaine were the first Duke Divinity students to participate in an international field education placement in South Korea, serving at Good Shepherd Korean Methodist Church in Seongnam.

As a Master of Divinity student preparing for a career in medicine, Aaron Shirley found that his field education experience at Open Table Ministry in Durham shaped how he sees people for their full selves.

Grateful for the theological formation she received through TMC, Georgina Keene now supports the program's mission of helping health care professionals integrate faith, vocation, and practice. Her story is one of discovery, renewal, and investing in those who will follow.

Part of Duke Divinity School's Prison Studies Program, Project TURN brings incarcerated students into classes with Divinity School students and faculty. We interviewed incarcerated students to hear about how the program has impacted them.

Highlights of the mission and work of OBCS to nurture effective leaders, to build scholarly and spiritual community, and to extend resources from the Black Church context in 2025–26.

Professor Ha, a 2026-27 Provost Faculty Fellow, traces her fascination with intellectual history to an unexpected discovery as an undergraduate: a hidden world of dissent, forbidden manuscripts, and the birth of independence.

Lipe Leadership Fellow Daniel Phebus, M.Div. '27, spent his summer immersed in nearly every aspect of church life at Boone United Methodist Church, from worship and pastoral care to community engagement and leadership.

Physician and Duke Divinity alumnus Brewer Eberly interviews Professor Natalie Carnes about art, suffering, and medicine as part of a seminar series offered by the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative.

For Savannah Smith, a Rural Ministry Fellow pursuing a Master of Divinity (’27), her field education journey led to a small rural congregation where she could dive right into the community.

Elliot Krause's field education placement is L'Arche, an international network of communities where people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities share life together, envisioning a world where those with disability are known as indispensable parts of God’s creation.

Libba McCluskey, MDiv ‘29, is part of Duke Divinity School's student pastor program, which allows certain United Methodist students serving local congregations to fulfill their field education requirements through their pastoral appointments.

For Shirlye Grandy, MDiv ‘27, field education has become a place where her own story of transformation informs her ministry with others.

For student Reagan Kelly, field education has provided opportunities for her to practice ministry in tangible ways—showing her what ministry actually feels like in practice.

From first-generation scholars and international students to second-career ministers and hybrid learners balancing full-time work, our graduates share how they have been shaped to serve in churches, nonprofits, classrooms, and communities around the world.

MDiv student Henry Kennelly and Pratt undergrad Erin Peters discuss the communal and spiritual impact of dancing in Sacred Places, a work in progress ballet produced by Matthew Rushing as "artist in context" at Duke Divinity School.

For students who are also working as pastors and other Christian leaders, the DMin program brings their most pressing ministry questions into conversation with faculty, peers, and theological tradition.

Professor Kate Bowler explores the mystery of joy—and why it endures even in life’s hardest moments.

Dr. Natalie Carnes talks about the beginning of her interest in theology and the arts and how creativity impacts her approach to the classroom.

The course "Christianity and Politics in American History" questions the place of Christianity in American politics, with Duke Divinity students and incarcerated students learning alongside each other.

In "Disagreeing With You Feels Like Disagreeing With Myself," Andrew Hendrixson (Th.D. '26) sits down with theologian Miroslav Volf and artist Christian Wiman to explore their deep friendship built around mutual respect and a willingness to tackle life’s hardest questions.