Upcoming Events

Join us for a virtual summer series that centers the voices, vision, and vitality of the Black Church. Each week, we'll be in conversation with pastors, scholars, creatives, and community leaders who are doing the work, living the truth, and shaping the future.

On June 10, 2025, Don Abram, founder of Pride in the Pews and a nationally recognized advocate for faith-based inclusion, will lead a powerful dialogue on “Inclusion in the Black Church.” He will invite us to examine who is missing from our communities of faith and how we can cultivate spaces of radical welcome, justice, and belonging for all God’s children.

This is more than a seminar—it's a gathering of faith, wisdom, and sacred dialogue. Whether you’re clergy, laity, alum, or just hungry for a space that feeds both soul and mind, you belong here.

Pull up to the screen. Tune into the truth. Engage the tradition

You're invited to join The Faithful Formation Project for a half day workshop with Rev. Margaret Alsup, M.Div., Chaplain of Lyon College, as we relearn and then reimagine the classic faith stage theory of James Fowler. Rev. Alsup will introduce us to a series of case studies which illustrate the faith stages of today's young people. If you are a pastor of an intergenerational church, a professional who works with children, youth, or families in any religious context, or a caregiver who desires to nurture the faith of a young person, this event is for you.

Join us for a virtual summer series that centers the voices, vision, and vitality of the Black Church. Each week, we'll be in conversation with pastors, scholars, creatives, and community leaders who are doing the work, living the truth, and shaping the future.

On June 17^th, in honor of Juneteenth, this session will reflect on the Black Church as both a spiritual refuge and a revolutionary force in the ongoing struggle for liberation and inclusion in the Black Church. Through sacred conversation, theological insight, and communal remembrance, we’ll honor the freedom dreams of our ancestors, the faith that continues to sustain our journey and the call to curating inclusive faith communities of welcome and belonging.

This is more than a seminar—it's a gathering of faith, wisdom, and sacred dialogue. Whether you’re clergy, laity, alum, or just hungry for a space that feeds both soul and mind, you belong here.

Pull up to the screen. Tune into the truth. Engage the tradition

Join us for a virtual summer series that centers the voices, vision, and vitality of the Black Church. Each week, we'll be in conversation with pastors, scholars, creatives, and community leaders who are doing the work, living the truth, and shaping the future.

On June 24, 2025, Dr. Lakisha Lockhart, Assistant Professor of Christian Education at Union Presbyterian Seminary, will guide us through “Christian Education 101 in the Black Church,” offering fresh insight into the distinct practices of teaching, learning, and faith formation that shape spiritual growth and identity within the Black Church tradition.

This is more than a seminar—it's a gathering of faith, wisdom, and sacred dialogue. Whether you’re clergy, laity, alum, or just hungry for a space that feeds both soul and mind, you belong here.

Pull up to the screen. Tune into the truth. Engage the tradition

This immersive, in-person experience is designed for all LPTS students - whether you’re joining us on campus or learning remotely during the year - along with other LPTS constituents. The centerpiece is a 1-credit intensive course (Aug 26–28) developed by our faculty to explore faith, justice, and identity in our current cultural moment. Join us for a week of embodied learning, shared meals, artistic reflection, fieldwork, and connection across all degree programs.

More details coming soon. We can't wait to welcome you to campus!