Faculty Vision Statement

The academic programs at the divinity school are shaped by the vision of the faculty, articulated as follows:

Confessing that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news of God that has power to transform both persons and societies,


We are firmly and unapologetically rooted in the traditions of biblical faith and of the Social Gospel;

We are committed to justice, to prophetic witness, and to fostering diversity and hospitality in the divinity school, in the churches, and in societies;

We affirm the distinct traditions of the 19th-century evangelical revival, and the abolition and suffrage movements of western New York for the sake of a life-giving future for all God's people;

We affirm the integrity of faith and intellectual inquiry, and seek to prepare women and men for Christian ministry that is pastoral, prophetic and learned, and that welcomes interfaith dialogue;

We choose to live and work in ways that are interdisciplinary, as we creatively, critically, and collegially engage one another, the churches, the academy, and the world.


In all this we are committed to breaking down the dividing wall of hostility between those who cherish the traditions of the past and those who are radically open to the future, thereby shaping a community in which the love of God is made manifest in human faces.







   

CRCDS embodies the life changing legacy of the Social Gospel to prepare progressive Christian leaders who are globally conscious, passionate and ready to transform people and communities.