Central Baptist Theological Seminary

Project Information

• Initiative: Individual School Grant (ISG)
• Project Title: Pathways Forward: Theological Education Reimagined
• Project Description: Our Goals: (1) Innovating Financial Systems for Long-Term Sustainability Central will create a unified, mission-aligned financial ecosystem that supports the shared infrastructure of degree and non-degree offerings; (2) Integrating Communication, Marketing, and Development Functions Central will advance the current integration of development, branding, communications, marketing and recruitment and create a formal, strategic model; (3) Building a Unified and Responsive Technology Ecosystem Central will build a unified technology ecosystem intentionally designed to support integrated workflows across the multilingual academic, non-degree, administrative, and community engagement areas; and (4) Establishing a Center for Congregational Vitality Central will extend its mission by offering culturally rooted, non-degree learning pathways that serve the needs of diverse ministers and leaders, both lay and ordained, particularly in rural and Midwestern communities.
• Project Area: Business model innovation | Church vitality and equipping lay leaders | Congregational and denominational collaborations | Non-degree and continuing/lifelong learning | Non-English curricula | Non-residential education | Upskilling pastoral and ministerial leaders | Organizational partnerships and networks
• Project Start Date: 25-Oct-01
• Project End Date: 30-Dec-31
• Project Amount: $1,000,000