Conclusion
Duke Divinity School is poised to exercise transformative leadership as an institution. We believe that this leadership is significant for the United Methodist Church and the wider church, for the Carolinas and the wider world, and for Duke and the wider academy.
Our strategies for the next five years aim to transform conceptions of ministry and leadership by emphasizing the need for rigorous education, strong formation, and engaged social witness. Further, we believe that our goals and strategies will enable us to emphasize the ways in which ministry transforms people’s lives—and the ways in which lives so transformed can themselves become transformative; this is what transformative leadership is about.
This is a critical time for theological education, and for Duke Divinity School. If we keep our sights high, we believe that we have an opportunity to build on strength and pursue a compelling vision. We hope to achieve the goals we have identified and to move even more ambitiously into the future, ever in service to the claims of Christ.