BSK Theological Seminary

Project Information

• Initiative: Large-Scale Collaborative Grant (LSCG)
• Project Title: Tending: A Ministry of Learning
• Project Description: Tending is BSK's comprehensive, congregation‑centered ecosystem for lifelong theological learning and leadership development. It strengthens churches through four major, interconnected initiatives: an online platform delivering courses, certificates, curated resources, and other tools for congregational support; a network of trained guides who accompany congregations and judicatory partners through assessments, workshops, cohorts, resource navigation, and ongoing programmatic insight; a strategic communications and fundraising effort that amplifies our story through media, research publications, podcasts, partner events, and integrated marketing/outreach; and cross‑institutional work with partners to align lifelong learning with academic innovation, resource sharing, faculty development, and transformative initiatives.  Together, these initiatives create a scalable, partner‑driven model that equips congregations and leaders for long‑term, context‑sensitive ministry formation.
• Project Area: Business model innovation | Congregational and denominational collaborations | Engaging publics and contexts | Institutional restructuring | Organizational partnerships and networks | Spiritual direction and student formation | Upskilling pastoral and ministerial leaders | Church vitality and equipping lay leaders | Diversifying students and curricula | Marketing and recruitment | Non-degree and continuing/lifelong learning | Non-residential education | Technological intervention
• Project Start Date: 25-Dec-01
• Project End Date: 30-Dec-31
• Project Amount: $7,000,000