Father and son, Samuel Hong and Lucas Hong, reflect on their shared experiences as students at Duke Divinity School.
Nearly three years into the grant-funded initiative, Duke Divinity School’s Transformative Preaching Lab focuses on building community to support pastors as they address challenging topics in their preaching.
For many of our remarkable alumni, their callings brought them to Duke Divinity, but what has kept them around is the city of Durham—a place rich with history, resilience, and creativity.
Balmaceda and Reconciliation Featured in China Christian Daily
Nina Balmaceda, the Irene and William McCutchen Associate Professor of the Practice of Reconciliation and director of the Center for Reconciliation, discussed reconciliation in diverse contexts and hope for dialogue in the global church.
Rev. Ray Hausler, Hybrid M.Div. ’27, led multiple congregations through the local crisis of Hurricane Helene while also balancing coursework at Duke Divinity School.
The school welcomes Professors Nina Balmaceda, Natalie Carnes, Jonathan Cat Tran, Matthew Philipp Whelan to the faculty for the 2025–2026 academic year.
Healing After Disaster
Duke experts, including Associate Professor of Homiletics Jerusha Neal, are thinking about the less visible impact of natural disaster on us: our health, both mind and body.
Jordan DeVeaux, M.Div., '25, drafted a job description for a role that didn’t exist, and it led her to a year’s work with Lawndale Christian Health Center. Learn how she was shaped by the opportunity.
Read the stories of six Hybrid CTHC alumni, how they were changed by studying with TMC, and what led them to continue their studies at Duke in degree-seeking programs.
At Duke Divinity School, field education is a central part of preparing M.Div. students for ministry. For JoDeanne Francis, M.Div. ’26, that experience has meant learning to hold together her background as a social worker, her theological studies, and her pastoral imagination in new and surprising ways.
Field education at Duke Divinity School places students directly into ministry settings where they can apply classroom learning to real-world pastoral work. For Andrew Ingram, M.Div. ‘27, that hands-on experience is happening 150 miles from campus at Pembroke First United Methodist Church in rural North Carolina.
Where Mission Meets Management: Equipping Divinity Students for Nonprofit Impact
A groundbreaking new partnership between LILE’s Nonprofit Management Certificate program and the Duke Divinity School offers nonprofit management training specifically tailored to faith-based leaders.
“Field ed allows you to take your academic and spiritual formation and live it out in a practical way,” says Meg Greto, M.Div. '25. “It’s where you learn how to receive feedback and how to be in community with people. It’s a profound experience.”
A Labor of Love to Improve Health and Human Connection
Professor Wylin Wilson is interviewed about her new book on womanist bioethics and her research into maternal mental health.
At Duke Divinity School, field education is more than a program requirement—it’s a defining part of the seminary experience for students like Dylan O’Shell, M.Div. ’27, who embrace the time for learning, curiosity, and even failure.
Through two field education placements with Arise Collective in Raleigh, N.C., Elizabeth Deters found both a community and a deeper understanding of what ministry could look like with individuals impacted by incarceration.
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Hale, M.Div. ’79, believes a God-orchestrated series of unlikely events overcame her hesitation to becoming a pastor. Now she hopes a gift to Duke Divinity School in her will can smooth the path for future clergy.
When Steve Flowers, M.Div. ’04 gave to Duke Divinity School, he wanted to ensure that Duke Divinity students continue to have access to the same excellence in formation that he experienced, empowering him to “preach the gospel with clarity and confidence.”
Theology and the Arts alumnus and documentary film producer Pilar Timpane talks about her time at Duke Divinity, her passion for social change in film, and the beginnings of her artistic career.
Whether they're full-time residential students or hybrid students who pair online learning with residential intensives, our graduates are prepared for wherever their call takes them. See snapshots of some of our new graduates.