PTS Neighborhood Collaborative

About the PTS Neighborhood Collaborative

Through both certificate programs and non-degree educational offerings, the PTS Neighborhood Collaborative translates cutting edge scholarship and communicates best practices to wider audiences. Together, in their respective and collective work, the programs of the Neighborhood Collaborative connect the learned theology of the academy with the lived theology of church and society to form present and future Christian leaders in service to their contexts.

The Neighborhood Collaborative forms and equips students for ministry alongside and outside of the degree programs. We do this by joining in the work of formation through apprenticeship, cohorts, experiences, classes, and conferences that engage all those called to ministry and justice. A primary way of doing this is by working with neighbors local and global to partner in the work that God is already up to in the world.

EXPLORE THE PTS NEIGHBORHOOD COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS

Center for Adaptive and Innovative Ministry: Forms and supports Christian leaders in creating new Christian communities

Continuing Education: Provides the theologically interested public with opportunities to explore faith and vocation through free lectures, special events, and professional development, plus a non-credit certificate in spiritual formation

Kelso Museum of Near Eastern Archeology: Offers free tours and open hours to view displays from the more than 7,000-artifact collection, as well as several lectures by world experts annually

Metro-Urban Institute: Combines the theory and practice of collaborative community ministry into a program of urban theological education

Miller Summer Youth Institute: Resources churches in youth ministry and asks participants what God is calling them to do and who God is calling them to be

World Mission Initiative: Equips leaders to engage faithfully and effectively in God’s intercultural mission