Welcome to Pulpit & Pew: The Duke Center for Excellence in Ministry

Pulpit & Pew has been founded on the work of several ongoing initiatives of Duke Divinity School in pastoral leadership and practical theology. Its vision is of a church dedicated to discipleship, focused in community, effecting real change, and embodying the New Creation brought into being by Christ Jesus.

Center News

• New Book: God’s Potters: Pastoral Leadership and the Shaping of Congregations
• New Book: Resurrecting Excellence: Shaping Faithful Christian Ministry
• New Book: Pastors in Transition: Why Clergy Leave Local Church Ministry

Be sure to check out our recent publications and news room.

Special thanks to the Lilly Endowment, Inc. and the J.M. Ormond Fund of the Duke Endowment.