Center for Business, Religion and Public Life

 Since its founding in 1987, the Center for Business, Religion and Public Life has helped the PTS and wider communities to explore the relation of faith, vocation, and public issues. From our earliest work of promoting dialogue among business and community leaders in the region’s transition from its steel mill and manufacturing roots, to our current focus on the challenges raised by new technologies, developments in health care, and an increasingly globalized business environment, the Center’s work has remained the same: to prepare leaders in church, business and professional life to relate issues of faith to their work and the complex communities and institutions they serve.

The Center assists students and local pastors and professionals seeking research assistance and resources on issues bridging faith, work and public life, including locating demographic, professional, and denominational resources to help churches and individuals deepen their understanding of their local communities and issues of vocation and public policy. On campus, the Center provides particular support to students interested in callings that relate church and public policy.