This four-week self-paced online course taught by Stanley Hauerwas examines the meaning and significance of four key virtues and their importance in cultivating a virtuous life.

In this online course, you’ll learn how to engage the work of leading management theorists and business leaders on strategic management, finance, HR, and other foundational topics while—crucially—maintaining a theological focus that situates these practices within the church’s mission of discipleship, worship, and witness.

The Course of Study has been established by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church (GBHEM) as an alternate educational route for persons seeking to serve as licensed local pastors in United Methodist congregations.

How can Scripture expand our capacity to envision God’s presence in our time, and how can examples from Methodist history help us recognize these new possibilities? The first of five courses in the Rediscovering the Heart of Methodism series, designed to help engaged laypeople and clergy develop core capacities for innovative leadership within the Wesleyan tradition.

How can distinctively Methodist approaches to preaching, prayer, fellowship, and other practices help us nurture both character and gifts? The third of five courses in the Rediscovering the Heart of Methodism, this course examines how Methodism’s deep-rooted attention to Christian formation can nurture both gifts and character in our communities.

This self-paced online course is designed to help pastors and ministry staff identify important management considerations in order to be faithful stewards of the resources entrusted to them.

How can the resources of Methodist history and theology help us grow into leaders who reflect Christ not only in our churches, but also in our communities? The fifth of five courses in the Rediscovering the Heart of Methodism series, experience a deeper grounding in the distinctive elements of Methodism at its best, and a renewed capacity for hopeful, imaginative participation in the mission of God.

This program provides an opportunity for pastors and other church leaders seeking theological and practical skills to foster reconciliation in their congregations and communities.

This self-paced course connects human resource management to theological principles, and provides real-life examples and case studies of what to do and not do as a manager, all while learning the basics of human resource management in a church-related setting.

What can we learn from Methodism’s entrepreneurial streak, and how can we apply that spirit of innovation to faithfully meet our current moment? The fourth of five courses in the Rediscovering the Heart of Methodism series, each course includes four weeks of interactive video lessons from Duke Divinity School faculty and Methodist leaders.

This five-week course with Dr. Ellen Davis invites you to meditate on psalms and artworks, engage with the Psalms theologically, explore artful interpretations of the Psalms, and examine the role of the Psalms in the life of the church.

This self-paced online learning program for cohort and individual study includes five 4-week online courses designed to help laypeople and clergy develop core capacities for innovative leadership within the Wesleyan tradition.

How did Methodism come to be known as a missionary movement, and how can we embody that sense of mission today? The second of five courses in the Rediscovering the Heart of Methodism series, this course is designed to help individuals and Christian communities rediscover Wesleyan mission at its finest.

This self-paced online course explores how strategic management can be approached as strategic stewardship, helping pastors and lay leaders discern God’s direction for their church and lead their communities in God-centered, theologically grounded ways of realizing that vision.

This self-paced online course introduces a theological approach to church administration, showing how administrative work can serve the church’s call to discipleship, formation, witness, and worship while equipping leaders with practical tools for faithful stewardship.

These semi-monthly seminars are a regular gathering of faculty, students, clinicians, and others interested in the intersections of theology, medicine, and culture during the fall and spring semesters. Credit is available.

These curated programs and resources aim to equip youth theology programs by preserving the practices of the Duke Youth Academy, which served hundreds of high school students over nearly 20 years.