New College Berkeley, a long-standing center for Christian studies, bears the motto: “Let Us Walk in Newness of Life.” Since its founding in 1977, New College Berkeley has served undergraduates, graduate students, and life-time learners with wide-ranging courses, conferences, seminars, lectures, and retreats aimed at renewing minds, deepening faith, and shaping vocation. We do so at in-person gatherings and, especially in a season of public health concerns, we also do so through on-line gatherings. Expanding a mission focused on the relevance of biblical faith for all Christians, in 1992 NCB became an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, an interfaith consortium of nine seminaries and eleven affiliates associated with the University of California at Berkeley. NCB contributes academic courses, spiritual formation programs, and public forums to this distinguished theological consortium and university community. At NCB we encourage an integration of faith with academic disciplines and the cultivation of Christian vocation within secular studies and professional engagement. Committed to the “priesthood of all believers,” we find our programs and community life enriched by the participation of university students, seminarians, and Christians from Bay Area churches. In response to the spiritual depletion many Christians experience in our time-pressed, work- driven culture, New College Berkeley has expanded its spiritual formation programs since 2000. We now offer spiritual direction and regular retreat opportunities, along with programs integrating Christian faith with fields such as literature, psychology, social justice issues, science, and biblical studies. We are blessed to be part of the exceptional intellectual culture of Berkeley, fortifying the faith and vocations of students who will be influencing the church and the world. Contact:
New College Berkeley
2029 Durant Ave., #300
Berkeley, California 94704-1564
(510) 841-9386
[email protected]
Executive Director:
Susan S. Bairey, Esq. (Chair)
Kathryn Badalich (Vice-Chair)
Young-il Choo, PhD (Treasurer)
Philip C. Stillman, MD (Secretary)
Jan Brown
Laurel S. Gasque
Reverend Earl Palmer
Susan S. Phillips, PhD (ex officio)
Richard A. Rhodes, PhD
Douglas Sterne
NCB Advisory Board:
Martha Chan
The Reverend Dr. William Dyrness
Roger Hughes, Esq. The Reverend Dr. John Perkins
The Reverend Dr. Ted Peters
Clayton J. Radke, PhD
The Reverend Dr. William H.
