Jalen Garza is serving a field education placement at Duke Memorial United Methodist Church for the 2024-2025 academic year, giving her space to discern further her calling into pastoral ministry.

Hays was an internationally recognized scholar of New Testament ethics and biblical studies and served as dean of the Divinity School for five years.

Good people, "wonderful angels" helped the Goehrings stay at Duke Divinity School when they were students. Now they try to do the same for others through 40 years of continuous giving and an estate gift.

The event gives Luther scholars an opportunity to collaborate and share research.

On Nov. 13, Dayna Bowen Matthew, J.D., Ph.D., dean of the George Washington University Law School, was recognized as the 2024 Richard Payne Awardee and Lecturer in Faith, Justice, and Health Care. This prestigious honor highlights academic, clinical, and lay leaders who embody the late Dr. Richard Payne’s spirit of caring for the whole person.

The grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. is part of their Nurturing Children through Worship and Prayer Initiative, a national initiative designed to help Christian congregations more fully and intentionally engage children in intergenerational corporate worship and prayer practices.

This year’s incoming D.Min. class welcomes 39 students from a variety of backgrounds and professional placements who are seeking advanced theological training and are divided into two conceptual cohorts: Traditional Leadership and Missional Innovation.

Whitney Bronson is the pastor of Russell Chapel AME Zion Church and in the D.Min. program's Traditional Leadership cohort.

Zack Dunlap is the pastor of the Berkley Campus United Methodist Church and in the D.Min. program's Traditional Leadership cohort.

Brandon Harris is a consultant and spiritual leadership coach, joining the D.Min. program's Traditional Leadership cohort.

Angelo Sanchez is the lead pastor at Wesley Memorial UMC in Wilmington N.C., joining the D.Min. program's MIssional Innovation cohort.

Professors Polly Ha and Abdullah Antepli are among Duke professors equipping students to respect differing viewpoints in a variety of ways. Read more on Duke Today.

Divinity emeritus professor William Turner received the University Medal, students led worship through music and prayers for the Founders' Sunday chapel service, and alumni contributions were recognized as part of Duke's centennial celebrations.

This agreement supports the creation of pathways for the exchange of students, faculty, and academic programming and is part of Duke Divinity School’s broader commitment to cultivate a global and intercultural community that contributes to theological scholarship at Duke Divinity and abroad.

D’Andrea Fanning (M.Div. '23) shares how Duke Divinity School, DITA, and the Certificate in Theology and the Arts led her to an interdisciplinary career as a business owner, consultant, professor, and Church minister.

Ha is enthusiastic about the program, which focuses on interdisciplinary education for sophomore undergrads. Read more from the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

The National Alumni Council consists of alumni from different graduating years, backgrounds, denominations, and current ministry contexts, who are part of a strategic effort to connect the Divinity School to its alumni and the ministry networks in which they serve.

The school is partnering with the Western North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist on relief efforts in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. The WNCC has more than 500 Duke Divinity School alumni who are leading churches on the front lines of the relief effort.

The grant will be used to recruit and support a senior faculty member specializing in Black church studies to foster research and field-defining work in an academic, theological context.

Threatt, M.Div. ’11, was inspired by transformative experiences at Duke Divinity School to teach and advise Duke Divinity faculty on teaching in prisons. Read more from the Kenan Institute.